CME Physicians and Performance Improvement CME Thomas Sullivan Jan 18, 2013 0 A recent article from amednews.com noted that as “physicians face increasing pressure to demonstrate performance improvement,”…
Medical Legal The Impact of Caronia Case: What Happens Next? Thomas Sullivan Jan 17, 2013 0 Last month, in a landmark ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Caronia, vacated…
Events HCEA Summit Features Physician Payment Sunshine and Transparency Talks Thomas Sullivan Jan 17, 2013 1 On January 24, 2013, the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA) will hold its annual Marketing Summit, at the…
State Policy Massachusetts Manufactures Code of Conduct: Responding to the Change Thomas Sullivan Jan 16, 2013 0 As we noted back in late September, the Massachusetts Public Health Council passed the first round for emergency regulations to…
Medical Legal The Supreme Court and “Pay for Delay:” The Potential Impact on… Thomas Sullivan Jan 15, 2013 0 In early December of last year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case to decide whether agreements between brand-name…
Academic Organizations Medical Students Remain Unfazed by Professors Industry Relationships Thomas Sullivan Jan 14, 2013 0 Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) from relationships with the pharmaceutical and device industries is…
Uncategorized Breakthroughs in Research and Clinical Practice Helping Patients Thomas Sullivan Jan 11, 2013 0 Pharmaceutical and medical device companies make significant breakthroughs in research to develop innovative treatments and…
CMS CMS Working on Predictive Modeling System to Combat Fraud Thomas Sullivan Jan 10, 2013 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has is still working on creating a predictive-modeling system to combat…
FDA FDA Updates PDUFA Goals: NDA’s, BLA’s and REMS Thomas Sullivan Jan 9, 2013 0 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently gave three presentations from the Centers for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Companies Collecting Data while Others are… Thomas Sullivan Jan 8, 2013 0 While the final regulations to implement the Physician Payment Sunshine Act are expected soon, aggregate spend companies are…