Physician Payment Sunshine Act

The Sunshine database was released one month ago, and it has been interesting to see the range of media coverage that has…

Last month we wrote about a bipartisan effort in Congress to exempt medical textbooks and journals, as well as indirect…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made a number of announcements related to their Open Payments…

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Burwell, yesterday held a press conference on…

Open Payments currently presents a vague portrait of how pharmaceutical and device manufacturers interact with physicians. The…

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…

CMS launched Open Payments on Tuesday. Instead of stories entitled “Find Out How Much Your Doctor Makes From Industry!” the media…

CMS published the Open Payments database yesterday. Once we were able to download and analyze the full Excel spreadsheets (this…

Today, CMS launched its Open Payments System. The website went live at 2pm. Open Payments gives users the option of (1)…

After over four years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, September 30th marks the date for the release of the…