Affordable Care Act Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) What is Happening Now Thomas Sullivan Jul 15, 2016 0 The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) is one of the "cost control mechanisms" that can be found within the…
AMA AMA, AAFP and Medical Societies Support Senate Bill Promoting CME Exemption… Thomas Sullivan Jul 14, 2016 0 A long list of over one hundred specialty groups and state medical societies penned a joint letter to Senator John Barrasso…
ACCME CMS Receives Hundreds of Comments to include CME in MACRA Thomas Sullivan Jul 13, 2016 1 With the nearly 4,000 comments now in for the proposed MACRA rule, we are taking a look at what organizations had to say…
DOJ The Latest DOJ Setback – Jury Acquits Former Warner Chilcott Senior… Thomas Sullivan Jul 13, 2016 0 With the acquittal of Carl Reichel, the Government's track record on securing convictions against individuals continues to be…
International EFPIA Transparency Begins Thomas Sullivan Jul 12, 2016 0 Europe has recently pulled the trigger on their version of our Sunshine Act. While it is true that, with the exception…
DTC Industry Expresses Concerns About FDA DTC Study Thomas Sullivan Jul 11, 2016 0 AbbVie, Eli Lilly, and Merck are all raising questions about the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) plan to…
Transparency Webinar on EFPIA Disclosure Tomorrow, June 12 Thomas Sullivan Jul 11, 2016 0 On June 30, 2016, pharmaceutical companies across Europe started to disclose their financial interactions with health care…
CMS CMS Proposed Physician Fee Schedule 2017 – Includes Open Payments Questions Thomas Sullivan Jul 8, 2016 0 CMS released its proposed Physician Fee Schedule on July 7, including a section on Open Payments. CMS notes it does not…
Opioids More Opioid Pill Shipment Settlements Thomas Sullivan Jul 7, 2016 0 Five drug wholesalers have agreed to a $4.2 million settlement in connection with a lawsuit alleging that they shipped…
Life Science Compliance Update History Repeating – Is Insys a Warner Chilcott Clone? Thomas Sullivan Jul 7, 2016 0 Recent arrests have once again left the pharmaceutical world wondering how many times do the same lessons have to be learned?…