Uncategorized Kids Policy: Moms Need Back Rubs Thomas Sullivan Mar 1, 2009 0 On Friday, I went down to our state capitol with several of my children for a field trip on how the…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Obama Budget Down Payment on Healthcare Reform Thomas Sullivan Feb 26, 2009 0 The Health and Human Services Portion (HHS) of the Obama budget established a reserve fund of $630 billion over ten years to…
Congress Letters from Grassley: HHS OIG – Investigate Emory Thomas Sullivan Feb 26, 2009 0 Emory University’s (Emory) Charles Nemeroff, M.D., who in December stepped down as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Obama State of Health Care – Incremental Change Thomas Sullivan Feb 25, 2009 0 “We can’t afford to put it (healthcare) on hold.” “It’s time.” President Obama, Speech to Congress, February 24,…
Pharmaceutical and Device Physician Payment Sunshine: Medtronic to Disclose Payments to Physicians Thomas Sullivan Feb 24, 2009 0 Medtronic announced today its commitment to voluntarily disclose payments to U.S. physicians. The company will begin…
CME Grant Disclosure CME Grant Disclosure 2008 Thomas Sullivan Feb 24, 2009 0 We have compiled a list of grant disclosure reports for 2008. At the end of 2007 only Eli Lilly reported their CME grants…
State Policy State Policy: Data Mining in Montana Thomas Sullivan Feb 22, 2009 0 Data Mining is a the practice of collecting prescriber level prescription data information, aggregating and selling that…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Clinical Trials Leaving the US Thomas Sullivan Feb 20, 2009 0 According to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine (the Journal), clinical trials are leaving the U.S. and…
State Policy State Policy: Colorado Gives the Boot to Gift Ban Thomas Sullivan Feb 20, 2009 0 In a 6-1 vote against the Colorado Senate sent the opponents of physicians and industry packing. In Colorado the state Senate…
State Policy State Policy: More State Bills Thomas Sullivan Feb 18, 2009 0 Last week, we featured some key state bills that are focused on restrictions on “gifts” to physicians and pharmaceutical…