In August of this year, we reported that the CME Coalition released a comprehensive guidebook to provide clear rules for participation in Sunshine-exempt Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities.
We have written about the guidebook previously, along with our numerous Sunshine-related posts.
The CME Coalition’s Sunshine Act Compliance Guide will: “provide clarity on the CME Sunshine exemption to medical education providers, CME event sponsors, commercial supporters and physicians.”
Consequently, the CME Coalition announced last week that it has updated the Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) section of the Guide. The updated FAQ supplement, includes important answers and citations to regulation intended to answer a number of questions, including:
- how to handle attendee meals;
- treatment of various accrediting bodies/rules; and
- treatment of educational materials.
The FAQ supplement includes an index of categories and questions to provide assistance to stakeholders in finding quick access to questions and answers. Categories and questions include issues relating to:
- Accreditation (related to CME);
- Definitions of covered recipients and applicable manufacturers;
- Educational materials
- Stipends for post-activity outcomes reporting
- Meals & Travel
- Faculty, Speaker and Physician-Attendee Identity; and
- General questions