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Physician Payments Sunshine Act: CMS Returns Payment Records, Corrections…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today made a number of announcements related to their Open Payments…
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: Medical Societies Express Strong Support…
Last month we wrote about a bipartisan effort in Congress to exempt medical textbooks and journals, as well as indirect…
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: CMS Extends Data Correction to October 31,…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made a number of announcements related to their Open Payments…
Secretary Burwell Addresses Open Payments: The Data Wasn’t Perfect, But…
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Burwell, yesterday held a press conference on…
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Open Payments is Missing a Lot of Data
Open Payments currently presents a vague portrait of how pharmaceutical and device manufacturers interact with physicians. The…
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Majority of Transactions in Open Payments…
Many payments in the Open Payments website wouldn't cover a doctor's popcorn and soda, let alone a movie ticket. Out of the 2.6…
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…
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Breakdown of Research Payments, Including…
CMS published the Open Payments database yesterday. Once we were able to download and analyze the full Excel spreadsheets (this…
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Open Payments Is….Live?
Today, CMS launched its Open Payments System. The website went live at 2pm. Open Payments gives users the option of (1)…