State Policy Connecticut Debates Bill to Limit Physician Industry Interaction Thomas Sullivan Mar 8, 2010 0 During testimony last week at a Public Health Committee hearing for the Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Attorney General…
Academic Organizations New England Journal of Medicine Editorial on COI In Academic Medicine –… Thomas Sullivan Mar 4, 2010 0 Using the recent change in policy at Partners Health Care in Boston, Massachusetts, as an example, Bernard Lo, M.D.,…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct Massachusetts Gift Ban Costing State Medical Jobs Thomas Sullivan Mar 3, 2010 1 As many expected, the new Massachusetts law designed to prevent pharmaceutical and medical device firms from having undue…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: The Simple Math May Be Hard Thomas Sullivan Mar 3, 2010 0 Just before the seven hour political show last week—the Health Care Summit—ended with no progress or changes in the current…
Academic Organizations MedPAC to Discuss New Funding Priorities for Graduate Medical Education Thomas Sullivan Mar 2, 2010 0 Expanding on their June 2009 Report “Medical education in the United States: Supporting long-term delivery system reforms” The…
Academic Organizations Residency Programs Benefit From Industry Support Thomas Sullivan Mar 1, 2010 0 A recent article published in The Archives of Internal Medicine examined the affect that pharmaceutical industry…
Congress AMA Calling For End of Temporary Fix to Medicare Payments Thomas Sullivan Feb 26, 2010 0 This week, in response to the proposed 21% cut to Medicare reimbursement rates set to take effect on March 1, James…
ACRE Cardiology Today: Conflict of Interest an Outdated Phrase for… Thomas Sullivan Feb 26, 2010 0 An article in Cardiology Today discusses why the term ‘conflict of interest’ is becoming an “outdated phrase for…
Conflict of Interest Fox Stossel Show: Hands Off My Healthcare Thomas Sullivan Feb 25, 2010 1 Tonight at 8:00pm and 11:00pm EST on the Fox Businesses Channel, John Stossel, host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Is Dartmouth Atlas Accurate or Misleading? Thomas Sullivan Feb 25, 2010 1 A recent article in the New York Times examined how much of President Obama’s praise for health care reform based on a few select…