ACCME ACCME Releases Report Highlighting 2017 Successes Thomas Sullivan Feb 21, 2018 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) recently released a new report, Transforming Continuing Medical…
Affordable Care Act The Congressional Budget Deal’s Effect on Health Care Thomas Sullivan Feb 20, 2018 0 In early February, Congress passed a massive bipartisan budget deal to fund the government through March 23, 2018, suspend the…
Events 12th International Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Congress Thomas Sullivan Feb 20, 2018 0 This May, the 12th International Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Congress will take place in Vienna, Austria, at the…
Drug Prices Trump Administration Releases Budget Proposal Calls for Changes to Open… Thomas Sullivan Feb 19, 2018 0 The Trump Administration recently released its fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget proposal, including extensive health policy…
Compliance Aegerion Sentenced to Pay $7.2 Million to Patients Thomas Sullivan Feb 16, 2018 0 On January 30, 2018, Federal U.S. District Court Judge William Young sentenced Aegerion to pay some of the roughly $36 million…
Congress House Holds Hearing on Opioid Crisis Thomas Sullivan Feb 15, 2018 0 On January 17, 2018, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing entitled “The Opioid Crisis: The Current…
Accountable Care Organizations Should ACOs Be Revamped? Thomas Sullivan Feb 14, 2018 0 In an article authored by the American Enterprise Institute’s Resident Fellow and Milton Friedman Chair, James C. Capretta, he…
HHS-OIG OIG Releases Review of QPP Thomas Sullivan Feb 13, 2018 0 The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a review of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), concluding CMS has made progress…
Clinical Research FDA Announces Study on Consumer and HCP Deception Perception Thomas Sullivan Feb 12, 2018 0 In December 2017, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to study whether consumers and healthcare…
Pharmaceutical and Device New PhRMA Website Tackles Pharmaceutical Cost and Coverage Thomas Sullivan Feb 9, 2018 0 On January 24, 2018, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) launched a new website,…