Health Care Reform: The Price of Reconciliation
While most of us were sleeping last night, the United States House of Representatives approved the Senate Health Care Bill. In a…
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Physician Payment Sunshine Provisions: Patient Protection Affordable Care…
Tonight the House of Representatives passed the senate bill the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act and a Reconciliation…
NEJM Letters to the Editor: Underplaying the Value of Industry Support of…
An article last year in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) focused on “The agenda for continuing medical education —…
Harrington Relationships with Industry: Research, CME, Focus on Solutions
A recent lecture from Robert A. Harrington MD, FACC, focused on the "Relationships with Industry: Effects on the Academic…
Nissen Relationships with Industry: CME, Professional Societies and Red…
This week’s debate between Steven Nissen, MD Cleveland Clinic and Robert Harrington, MD Duke on Industry support of education…
Health Care Reform: Will the House Pass the Senate Bill
A recent memo from Ranking Republican of the House Rules Committee David Dreier (R-San Dimas, CA) asserted how “the Democratic…
Senate Aging Committee Hearing: Rising Drug Prices
Today (Wednesday March 17, 2010), at 2:30 p.m., the Senate Special Committee on Aging will be holding a hearing in…
The Era of Big Pharma Fraud Cases May Be Ending
A recent interview with former US Attorney Michael K. Loucks noted that although “The Era of Big Pharma Fraud Cases Is Ending,”…
News Paper Targets Private Practice Physicians Speaking at Industry Events
As part of an ongoing series about how money and conflicts of interest affect medicine and patient care, the Milwaukee Journal…
Congressional Hearing on Drug Safety: an Update from the FDA
Last week, The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on “Drug Safety: An Update from the…