CME Continuing Medical Education: The Link Between Physician Learning and… Thomas Sullivan Nov 17, 2011 0 A recent article in the Journal of the AAMC: Academic Medicine, noted that in the past century, we have “seen…
FDA FDA Innovation Pathway and Extension of Comment Period on Medical Device… Thomas Sullivan Nov 16, 2011 0 Over the past year or so, there has been a tremendous amount of attention on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
Conflict of Interest Thomas Stossel Addressed American College of Surgeons: Where Has All this… Thomas Sullivan Nov 16, 2011 1 Thomas P. Stossel, MD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of translational medicine at Brigham and Women’s…
Medical Legal DOJ Outlines Balance between Encouragement and Enforcement in Healthcare… Thomas Sullivan Nov 15, 2011 0 With the announcement of a recent settlement between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline for the drug…
CME CME Coalition Announces Code of Conduct Thomas Sullivan Nov 14, 2011 1 The CME Coalition announced the adoption of the CME Code of Conduct, a ten-point list designed to bring clarity to the rules…
Congress Pharmacy Benefit Managers Proposal to Super Committee: Cut Everyone but Us Thomas Sullivan Nov 14, 2011 1 In an effort to deflect cost cutting heat from PBM's last month, Mark Meritt, President & CEO of the Pharmaceutical Care…
Congress The Prescription Drug Cost Reduction Act Thomas Sullivan Nov 14, 2011 0 In an attempt to address federal spending and budget concerns, United States Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) recently introduced…
Congress MedPac Recommends Ending The Doc Fix by Reducing Specialists Pay Thomas Sullivan Nov 11, 2011 0 Recently, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) voted 15 to 2 to recommend a "doc fix" for the Medicare reimbursement…
State Policy West Virginia Governor Withdrew Rule for Prescription Drug Advertising… Thomas Sullivan Nov 10, 2011 0 According to the West Virginia State Register, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin of West Virginia withdrew the rule for Prescription Drug…
CMS CMS Announces Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative Thomas Sullivan Nov 10, 2011 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new plan that would pay interested doctors, hospitals, and other…