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…
International Global Patient Groups Rank Pharmaceutical Companies Thomas Sullivan Apr 23, 2013 0 FiercePharma reported a recent survey done by PatientView, which measured the corporate reputation of pharma companies in Germany,…
Uncategorized President’s 2014 Proposed Budget Calls For Increase to Overall Healthcare… Thomas Sullivan Apr 22, 2013 0 President Obama unveiled his fiscal year 2014 budget for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The budget…
International Physician Payment Sunshine: Pharmaceutical Payments in the UK Thomas Sullivan Apr 22, 2013 0 The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) recently published aggregate totals of payments made last year to…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payment Sunshine: Some Pharmaceutical Companies Reduced Meal… Thomas Sullivan Apr 22, 2013 0 Fox business news recently reported that two pharmaceutical companies reduced meal spending on doctors last year by double-digit…
Media ProPublica Dollars for Doctors Articles Miss the Mark Thomas Sullivan Apr 19, 2013 0 Occasionally the media misses the point on important stories. This is clearly the case with ProPulica’s Dollars for Docs…
Open Payments Q&A Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Post Round 1 of FAQ’s Thomas Sullivan Apr 18, 2013 2 Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted on the OPEN PAYMENTS the first iteration of Frequently Asked…
Medical Legal US Court of Appeals Rules that Off Label Promotion May Be Treated as… Thomas Sullivan Apr 18, 2013 0 Earlier this month, as reported by Reuters, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an opinion that may allow…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Final Rule Physician Payment Sunshine Act: AMA Resources for Physicians Thomas Sullivan Apr 17, 2013 0 The American Medical Association (AMA) recently added resources for physicians to its Advocacy Page regarding the Physician…
Academic Detailing AMSA Expanding Anti-Industry Scorecard to 400 Teaching Hospitals Thomas Sullivan Apr 16, 2013 0 We recently reported on a survey of 1,610 first- and third-year medical students and 739 residents regarding conflict of interest…