CMS CMS Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program: Call for Public Comment… Thomas Sullivan May 12, 2010 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) recently issued a memorandum is to provide Part D sponsors with draft guidance for…
Government Agencies VA Proposes Restrictions on Access to Pharmaceutical Representatives Thomas Sullivan May 11, 2010 2 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed to amend its regulations regarding access to VA facilities to control the…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine: The Road Ahead Thomas Sullivan May 11, 2010 0 The Regulation Policy Marketing Access (RPM) Report discussed how the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has a tough…
State Policy Connecticut Passes Adoption of Codes of Conduct Thomas Sullivan May 10, 2010 0 Last week the Connecticut legislature passed a bill requiring manufactures of pharmaceuticals and medicals devices to adopt a…
Pharmaceutical and Device Pharmaceutical Reps Seen By Fewer Physicians Thomas Sullivan May 10, 2010 0 At a time when the use of drugs and medicine are increasingly being used to beneficially treat Americans in our health care…
Medical Societies CMSS Code for Interactions with Companies – Too Strict for Some, Not… Thomas Sullivan May 7, 2010 0 Last month, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), which represents 32 leading medical professional societies, with…
Research The Importance of Clinical Trials Thomas Sullivan May 7, 2010 0 A recent supplement in the Wall Street Journal discussed the importance of clinical trials, and provided an introduction to the…
Healthcare Reform Treating Elderly Patients: Geriatric Graduate and Continuing Medical… Thomas Sullivan May 6, 2010 0 With all the advances in health care and medicine over the past few decades, it is no wonder that Americans are living longer,…
State Policy State Policy: Vermont Senate Rejects Public Reporting of Pharmaceutical… Thomas Sullivan May 6, 2010 0 Looking to wrap up their legislative session by this weekend, the Vermont Senate easily passed a major health care reform bill,…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payment Sunshine: Local Papers Get in The Act Thomas Sullivan May 5, 2010 0 Taking advantage of the new transparency and disclosure guidelines of several companies (Eli Lilly, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline,…