Events FDA announces Public Meeting on Evaluating Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria… Thomas Sullivan Mar 19, 2018 0 On April 16 from 8:30am to 5pm, the FDA will be holding a public meeting entitled “Evaluating Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria in…
Drug Prices UnitedHealthcare Will Share Rebates with Patients Thomas Sullivan Mar 16, 2018 0 On March 6, 2018, UnitedHealthcare announced that beginning in 2019, the company will expand its pharmacy discounts to the seven…
CME Benchmarking Insights 2017 Report Released Thomas Sullivan Mar 15, 2018 0 Recently, the Industry Alliance for Continuing Education (IACE) Benchmarking Working Group of the Alliance for Continuing…
Congress CARA 2.0 Introduced by Bipartisan Group of Senators Thomas Sullivan Mar 14, 2018 0 A bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation framed as a follow-up bill to the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery…
Drug Prices White House White Paper on Pharma Pricing Released Thomas Sullivan Mar 13, 2018 0 In February 2018, the White House Council of Economic Advisers released a white paper, “Reforming Biopharmaceutical Pricing at…
Electronic Health Records US Health IT Policy Lags Behind Thomas Sullivan Mar 12, 2018 0 As described in a recent opinion article, Health IT Now and the Bipartisan Policy Center convened a work group of organizations…
CMS CMS Posts CY 2019 Notice and Call Letter Thomas Sullivan Mar 9, 2018 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the calendar year (CY) 2019 Advance Notice and Call Letter …
CMS CMS Updates Physician Compare to Include 2016 Data and Star Ratings Thomas Sullivan Mar 8, 2018 0 CMS announced that it has updated its Physician Compare website to include 2016 data and new star ratings related to clinical…
Drug Prices New ESI Data Shows Medicine Spending Grew Just 1.5% in 2017 Thomas Sullivan Mar 7, 2018 0 In early February 2018, Express Scripts Institute (ESI) released the 2017 Drug Report, which included new data that showed…
FDA FDA Issues New Draft Guidance on Submitting Formal Meeting Requests Thomas Sullivan Mar 6, 2018 0 A new draft guidance from FDA explains how sponsors can submit a formal request for a meeting, which can be face-to-face,…