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CNN Special Report on Prescription Addiction
We have been talking about the opioid addiction in America for several months now, from Congressional hearings, to new…
Media Using Medicare Part D Data and Open Payments To Put a “Spotlight on…
In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released over thirty Medicare Part D payment spreadsheets,…
AMSA Scorecard Provides Useful Conflicts of Interest Tool For Industry…
Periodically since 2007, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) has released a “Scorecard,” ranking medical schools on…
U.S. Spent $374 Billion on Prescription Drugs Last Year, Up 13%; Increase…
The U.S. healthcare system spent $373.9 billion on prescription drugs in 2014, up 13.1 percent from the year before, and the…
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: One Month After the Data Release, What Are…
The Sunshine database was released one month ago, and it has been interesting to see the range of media coverage that has…
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Media Coverage of the Open Payments Data…
CMS launched Open Payments on Tuesday. Instead of stories entitled “Find Out How Much Your Doctor Makes From Industry!” the media…
Medicare Payment Data Released: Journalists Create National and Regional…
On April 9th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2012 Medicare billing information for individual…
ProPublica Tells Journalists How To Use Sunshine Act Information
ProPublica has developed a niche over the past couple of years through its "Dollars for Docs" database. As we have covered…
ProPublica Misses the Mark in Research Payments Article
The Boston Globe recently published a ProPublica-penned article which attacks doctors who speak about the drugs and antibiotics…
ProPublica to Sell Enhanced Data Received From FOIA Requests and Other…
ProPublica have announced their plan to sell information they receive from FOIA requests and other "datasets that reflect…