CMS CMS Considers Global Payment Budgets Similar to the Maryland All-Payer… Thomas Sullivan Jul 22, 2016 0 Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through its Innovation Center (CMMI) released a…
Uncategorized Pfizer: Another Settlement Down Thomas Sullivan Jul 22, 2016 0 The agreement in principle reached between Pfizer, Inc. and the Department of Justice has been finalized. The deal includes $784.6…
CMS CMS Delays Hospital Ratings – No Stars Yet Thomas Sullivan Jul 21, 2016 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) postponed publication of its hospital ratings after numerous…
Uncategorized Dentsply v. Bates: Taking a “Bite” Out of False Claim Act (FCA) Violations… Thomas Sullivan Jul 21, 2016 0 Recently the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed Plaintiffs’ qui tam False Claim Act (FCA)…
ACCME ACCME 2015 Annual Report Released Thomas Sullivan Jul 20, 2016 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) released their 2015 Annual Report, which includes…
Uncategorized Medical Affairs Strategic Summit West 2016 Thomas Sullivan Jul 20, 2016 0 This year’s Medical Affairs Strategic Summit (MASS) West will be held September 14 – 2016, 2016 at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego.…
State Policy D.C. Detailer Law Provides New Definition of 30 Consecutive Days Thomas Sullivan Jul 19, 2016 0 We have previously written about the change in the Washington, D.C. pharmaceutical detailer license requirements. The…
Uncategorized Valeant Finally Able to Close One Troubled Door with Salix Settlement Thomas Sullivan Jul 19, 2016 0 Salix, a subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., recently settled claims involving Anti-Kickback and False…
Congress Bipartisan PRICED Act Introduced in Congress Thomas Sullivan Jul 18, 2016 0 Three members of Congress, a bipartisan trio that spans both the House and the Senate, have introduced the Price Relief,…
Uncategorized Annual Forum on Transparency and Aggregate Spend Thomas Sullivan Jul 18, 2016 0 The Tenth Annual Forum on Transparency and Aggregate Spend will be held August 15 – 17, 2016, at the Ritz-Carlton in…