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Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Physician Owned Distributorships (PODs)…
The Senate Finance Committee has been conducting an investigation into Physician Owned Distributorships (PODs), leading…
American Medical Association House of Delegates Joins Prescription Drug…
At this week's American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates meeting in Atlanta the AMA adopted recommendations…
The Politics of Drug Pricing
The 2016 presidential race is fraught with hot-button issues, with each party and each candidate taking positions on…
States Target Compounding Pharmacies over Claims to Military Health Program
Federal prosecutors in at least four states – Florida, California, Texas, and Mississippi – are ramping up…
ACCME: Accreditation Rules Safeguard Continuing Medical Education from…
Continuing medical education courses have been under attack lately, with skeptical writers making unsubstantiated claims…
Accountable Care Organizations Prove They are Here to Stay
One of the key missions of the Affordable Care Act is to slow the rising cost of health care. The Obama administration…
2016 Physician Fee Schedule: Includes Changes on Self-Referral Rules,…
Earlier this year, we wrote about the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. In the proposed rule, CMS sought comment…
HHS OIG Enforcement Actions on the Horizon Utilizing Open Payments, Advises…
Pharmaceutical and device companies can expect federal agencies to begin pursuing enforcement actions against companies…
2016 Data Collection and Submittal Changes under the Open Payments System
A representative of the Open Payments Team at CMS, hosted a Webinar on Thursday, October 29, 2015 about Open Payments…