Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Final Rule Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Physicians Express Concerns over CMS… Thomas Sullivan Mar 19, 2014 0 Registration for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act Registration opened for companies on February 18th, 2014. The Centers for…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Final Rule Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Comparison Chart for Phase 1 and Phase 2… Thomas Sullivan Mar 18, 2014 0 March 17: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a reminder that Open Payments Phase 1 ends on March 31. They…
ACCME ACCME Webinar on Simplified Accreditation Requirements Summary, Release… Thomas Sullivan Mar 18, 2014 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) hosted a webinar to discuss the recent changes to their…
Congress FDA Commissioner Addresses FDASIA, DQSA, and Opioid Abuse Thomas Sullivan Mar 17, 2014 0 FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg testified at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, addressing…
HHS-OIG HHS OIG 2014 Work Plan Thomas Sullivan Mar 14, 2014 0 The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services ("HHS") Office of Inspector General ("OIG") released its annual 2014 Work Plan.…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payments Sunshine: 2012 DC Transparency Report, State… Thomas Sullivan Mar 13, 2014 0 Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) found that pharmaceutical…
DOJ DHHS Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for Fiscal… Thomas Sullivan Mar 12, 2014 0 The U.S. recovered $4 billion last year through healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts, according to a report…
Corporate Integrity Agreements Endo Health Solutions Lidoderm Settlement and Corporate Integrity… Thomas Sullivan Mar 11, 2014 0 Endo Health Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Endo) have agreed to pay $171.9 million to resolve civil…
CMS CMS Ditches Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D Thomas Sullivan Mar 10, 2014 0 Last week we wrote about the unpopular proposed changes to Medicare Part D. Among the most problematic proposals was one to…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payments Sunshine Act: ISMPP Revises Their Interpretation on… Thomas Sullivan Mar 10, 2014 0 The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) established the Sunshine Task Force to provide information…