Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Cutting Wasteful Spending or Wishful Thinking Thomas Sullivan Jul 14, 2009 0 When leaders of the hospital, insurance, drug and device industries pledged to cut billions of dollars in wasteful spending, “few…
Medical Journals JAMA: Reverses Course on Banning Dissenters Thomas Sullivan Jul 14, 2009 0 Recently, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an editorial titled “Resolving Unreported Conflicts of…
Government Agencies CMS Proposes Pay Increases to Primary Care and Pay Cuts for Specialists… Thomas Sullivan Jul 14, 2009 1 Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed changes to policies and payment rates for…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Senate Finance Publishes Transcripts of Roundtable on… Thomas Sullivan Jul 13, 2009 0 Recently, the Senate Finance Committee published its “Roundtable Discussion on Comprehensive Health Care Reform.” The…
Executive Branch Obama Administration: Regina Benjamin, MD as Surgeon General Thomas Sullivan Jul 13, 2009 0 According to CNN, President Obama will be nominating Regina Benjamin, MD as the Surgeon General of the United…
CME ACCME: Fundamentals of Assessment in Medical Education Thomas Sullivan Jul 13, 2009 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) is hosting "Fundamentals of Assessment in Medical…
ACRE Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators: Inside Higher Ed… Thomas Sullivan Jul 13, 2009 0 This week in a story in Inside Higher Education titled: Conflict with My Interest they outline the need for an organization…
State Policy State Policy: Guide to Vermont’s Prescribed Products Law for FY 10… Thomas Sullivan Jul 12, 2009 0 Recently the Vermont Legislature passed their “Prescription Drug Marketing Law” This law bans certain gifts and requires…
ACRE Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators: Nature Medicine… Thomas Sullivan Jul 9, 2009 0 Today in Nature Medicine is a news story titled: Conflict of Interest Rules Seen by Some as Too…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Baucus Continues to Champion Bi-Partisan Reform Thomas Sullivan Jul 9, 2009 0 With the Senate Finance Committee still trying to deliberate in a ‘bi-partisan’ fashion to create a health care reform bill,…