Pharmaceutical and Device Critical Issues Affecting the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2012 Thomas Sullivan Feb 2, 2012 2 Recently, the consulting firm Booz Allen reflected on the critical issues that the pharmaceutical industry will face in 2012 and…
Affordable Care Act CMS Innovation Center: One Year of Innovation Thomas Sullivan Feb 1, 2012 0 This month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center, created by the Affordable Care Act,…
Affordable Care Act Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institutes National Priorities for… Thomas Sullivan Jan 31, 2012 0 One of the bigger pieces of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was the idea to lower healthcare costs through…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine: Media Missing the Mark – This Could be… Thomas Sullivan Jan 30, 2012 0 In the weeks following the issuance of the proposed rules to implement the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”), there…
Innovation Translational Research Innovation The Way Forward Thomas Sullivan Jan 27, 2012 0 A recent Forbes article from David Shaywitz, MD/PhD, discussed a highly interactive translational research innovation symposium at…
Uncategorized AHRQ Comparative Effectives CME Thomas Sullivan Jan 26, 2012 0 A recent presentation by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) gave a brief overview on an AHRQ CME/CE Project in…
Medical Legal DOJ Failed Case against GSK Staff Lawyer Lauren Stevens: Lessons Learned Thomas Sullivan Jan 25, 2012 1 In November 2010, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release discussing a six-count indictment against Lauren Stevens…
Affordable Care Act State of the Union, Bio Pharmaceutical Jobs and Innovation Thomas Sullivan Jan 24, 2012 3 Tonight, President Obama is set to make his State of the Union Address. Many have speculated that with the United States Supreme…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine: Wall Street Journal and Forbes – Where is… Thomas Sullivan Jan 24, 2012 1 As we have written several times over the past few weeks, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued…
Affordable Care Act HHS Publishes Medicaid Quality Measures Thomas Sullivan Jan 23, 2012 1 Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice finalizing the initial core set of 26 care quality…