Congress Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act: Gets Kicked Down The Road for… Thomas Sullivan May 3, 2013 0 In 2012, Congress passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act), which originally was meant to prohibit…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Principal Investigators and Primary Care… Thomas Sullivan May 2, 2013 0 Industry Standard Research (ISR) recently conducted a survey of various physicians and stakeholders affected by the Physician…
Academic Organizations American Medical Association: Launches Improving Health Outcomes Initiative Thomas Sullivan May 2, 2013 0 To bolster ongoing efforts to address the leading causes of suffering and death in our nation and to engage the physician…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payment Sunshine: Trends in Aggregate Spend Thomas Sullivan May 1, 2013 0 While everyone is busy analyzing the final Physician Payment Sunshine Act final rule, and beginning to prepare for reporting,…
HHS-OIG HHS OIG Provider Self Disclosure Protocol Thomas Sullivan Apr 30, 2013 0 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently updated OIG’s Provider…
Academic Organizations Simpson-Bowles and Daschle-Frist-Domenici: Unveil Plans for Reducing… Thomas Sullivan Apr 29, 2013 1 In addition to the President’s FY 2014 we previously reported on, former Fiscal Commission heads, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles,…
Government Agencies HHS OIG: Proposed Budget for FY 2014 Thomas Sullivan Apr 26, 2013 0 We previously wrote about President Obama’s FY 2014 budget for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its…
FDA FDA: Enhancing Benefit-Risk Assessment in Regulatory Decision Making Thomas Sullivan Apr 25, 2013 1 Last summer, Congress enacted the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), which included the fifth…
Pharmaceutical and Device PhRMA Report: Over 5400 Medicines in Development and 70% are First in Class Thomas Sullivan Apr 24, 2013 0 According to a report released by PhRMA, companies have more than 5,400 medicines in development globally, and more than 70% of…
Corporate Integrity Agreements Companies Add Recoupment of Executives Bonuses to Compliance Cases Thomas Sullivan Apr 23, 2013 0 In two recent settlements involving off-label promotion and corporate integrity agreements (CIA) with HHS-OIG, new provisions were…