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CMS Proposed 2020 Medicare Hospital Payment System Rule Includes: Total…
The Trump administration is continuing the push for hospitals to disclose to patients how much they charge for all supplies, tests…
Nevada DHHS Releases Updated Transparency Draft Reporting Templates
Last week, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released updated drug transparency draft reporting templates…
Senators Grassley and Wyden Expand Their Opioid Investigation to Tax-Exempt…
In 2012 Senators Grassley and Baucus sent letters to the American Pain Society and other pain-related organizations including the…
CMS Turns Focus to Transparency
In mid-February 2019, at the American Medical Association’s National Advocacy Conference, Demetrios Kouzoukas, principal deputy…
Rhode Island Holds Hearing on Prescription Drug Representative Disclosure…
In January 2019, a handful of Rhode Island state senators introduced Senate Bill 136, An Act Relating to Business and Professions…
Illinois Gift Ban Bill Amended to Mirror HHS OIG and PhRMA Guidance
Some of our readers may already be aware of the “physician gift ban” legislation introduced in the Illinois State House by…
Health Canada Begins to Release Clinical Data on Drugs and Devices
Last week, on March 13, 2019, Health Canada launched two public databases as the first step in making clinical information about…
IFPMA New Code of Practice Embraced by Biopharmaceutical R&D Industry
Effective January 1, 2019, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) instituted a new…
CMS Publishes Additional Guidance on Hospital Transparency Requirements
Many readers are likely aware that as of January 1, 2019, hospitals became required to make public all the standard charges for…
Medicaid Drug Decisions Transparency Act: Last Minute Bill to be Introduced…
Better late than never? During this last week of session for the United States Congress, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey plans…