FDA CME Programs to Reduce Opioid Abuse Thomas Sullivan Mar 22, 2013 1 Over the past several years, there has been significant attention drawn the prescription drug abuse and overuse of painkillers or…
CME Connecticut Senator Proposes Expanding CME Requirements to Specialty… Thomas Sullivan Mar 21, 2013 0 A recent article from Stamford Plus news in Connecticut discussed recently proposed legislation regarding continuing medical…
ACCME ACCME and ACGME: Next Accreditation System Thomas Sullivan Mar 21, 2013 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) recently announced a new four-part video interview series that…
CMS HHS OIG Report on Medicare COI Finds Potential for Conflict But No Actual… Thomas Sullivan Mar 20, 2013 0 Federal law and regulations require Medicare Part D Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committees to make prescription drug…
ACCME ACCME Updates : CME Providers Submit Year End Reporting By March 29, 2013 Thomas Sullivan Mar 19, 2013 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) continued along with a number of important activities,…
Healthcare Reform Understanding the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) A.K.A the Doc Fix Thomas Sullivan Mar 18, 2013 0 Despite the monumental healthcare reforms enacted in the Affordable Care Act of 2010, there still remains one legislative fix that…
Electronic Health Records Overview of Electronic Health Records Thomas Sullivan Mar 15, 2013 0 We have written about health information technology (HIT) and electronic health records (EHRs) over the past few years given their…
Academic Organizations 2012 AAMC/SACME Harrison Survey of Academic Medical Centers Links CME to… Thomas Sullivan Mar 14, 2013 0 Since 1981, the Society for Academic CME (SACME) Research Committee has surveyed continuing medical education (CME) units at…
Collaborations Consensus Principles on Physician-Industry Collaboration Thomas Sullivan Mar 13, 2013 0 As our readers know, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long awaited finalized regulations…
Conflict of Interest Physician Payment Sunshine: ProPublica Updates Dollars for Doctors Database… Thomas Sullivan Mar 12, 2013 0 Back in October 2010, an investigative journalist shop with the help of funding from the Pew Charitable Trust known as ProPublica…