Specialty Societies and Patient Advocates Contribution to Comparative…
A recently article in Health Affairs explained how, “Specialty societies and patient advocates have critical roles to play to help…
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CMS Imposes Payment Restrictions on Preventable Conditions
A recent update from the law firm McDermott Will & Emery, explained how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufactures Code of…
As we have covered numerous times on this blog, in 2009, the State of Massachusetts enacted the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and…
In Advance of PDUFA FDA on Record Approval Pace
Every five years the pace of FDA evaluations and approvals increases in advance of PDUFA renewal in congress. This year has…
Pfizer to Adopt New Model for CME Grants
Pfizer’s Medical Education Group (MEG) announced that it is adopting a new model of medical education grant-making that…
Sorrell vs. IMS Health: FDA’s Ban on Truthful Off Label Promotion May be…
A recent panel of health lawyers discussed the Supreme Court decision in IMS v. Sorrell and further assessed the impact of the…
Developing Fair Market Value for Physician Payments
Pharmaceutical companies have long relied on healthcare practitioners to provide perspective on developmental and marketed…
CMS Updates Rule for Hospital Outpatients and Guidelines for SGR
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with comment period (final rule) that will update…
Interventional Cardiologist Sees Negative Trend in Innovation: Despite…
A recent article from TCTmd noted that, “the field of Interventional Cardiology has seen negative trends in innovation – defined…
Alliance for CME Becomes the Alliance for Continuing Education in the…
In an effort to increase its membership from physician educators to educators for all health professionals the Alliance for CME …