Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Recent Survey Shows Physicians Still… Thomas Sullivan Sep 19, 2012 1 A recent follow-up survey shows that 47% of physicians are still unaware of the requirements of the physician payment sunshine…
CMS HHS and Private Payers Announce Partnership to Prevent Healthcare Fraud Thomas Sullivan Sep 18, 2012 0 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced the launch of…
Affordable Care Act CMS Medicare Prescription Plans Remain Constant – The Donut Hole is Filled Thomas Sullivan Sep 17, 2012 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the average basic premiums for Medicare…
CME CME Coalition Survey Shows Physicians Value CME but are Less Likely to… Thomas Sullivan Sep 14, 2012 0 In anticipation of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act Roundtable that the U.S. Special Committee on Aging held earlier this week,…
Electronic Health Records CMS to Begin Audits on Electronic Health Records Practices Thomas Sullivan Sep 14, 2012 0 Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and…
Affordable Care Act Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Senate Special Committee on Aging… Thomas Sullivan Sep 13, 2012 3 The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a roundtable discussion entitled, “Let the Sunshine in: Implementing the Physician…
Academic Organizations Novartis and University of Pennsylvania Announce Research Collaborative Thomas Sullivan Sep 13, 2012 0 The collaboration between academia and industry has led to some of the world’s greatest and most innovative breakthroughs in…
CME Journal of American College of Cardiology: CME Contributes to Reduction in… Thomas Sullivan Sep 12, 2012 0 by Thomas Sullivan, Editor Implementing a collaborative quality initiative, including a continuing medical education (CME)…
BioSimilar Biosimilar Price Competition and Innovation Act – Discussions on the… Thomas Sullivan Sep 11, 2012 0 Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was mostly upheld by the United States Supreme Court, one of the major provisions—the…
CMS CMS Releases Final Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements Thomas Sullivan Sep 10, 2012 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published the final rule outlining the requirements for Stage…