{"id":698,"date":"2016-06-16T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.policymed.com\/detecting-the-sham-in-speaker-programs\/"},"modified":"2018-05-05T01:09:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T20:09:21","slug":"detecting-the-sham-in-speaker-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.policymed.com\/2016\/06\/detecting-the-sham-in-speaker-programs.html","title":{"rendered":"Detecting the \u201cSham\u201d in Speaker Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #221e1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">In late March 2016, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NPC) and the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of New York (collectively, &#8220;Government&#8221;) corresponded with the presiding U.S. District Judge about an alleged &#8220;nationwide kickback scheme, spanning 10 years, to induce doctors to write prescriptions.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #221e1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">It is alleged by the Government that NPC routinely conducted &#8220;promotional events that had little to no educational value,&#8221; &#8220;frequently providing lavish meals,&#8221; allowing the &#8220;same doctors attend the same events over and over again&#8221; and other related allegations. From these correspondences, the Government has delineated nine factual bases for determining whether a speaker program is a &#8220;sham&#8221; and a potential violation of the Anti-Kickback Statue (AKS) and False Claims Act (FCA). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #221e1f; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We thought it would be significant if the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">publicly<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0available Open Payments data can be employed, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #b9b9b9; background-color: #ffffff;\">using the same factual basis as the Government has stated, to detect potential &#8220;sham&#8221; speaker programs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifescicompliance.com\/june-2016-life-science-compliance-update-2\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Read Full Article in the June 2016 Issue of Life Science Compliance Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 30px; background: #336699; width: 750px; padding: 10px 0px 4px 20px; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; color: white;\">To Read the Full Story, <a style=\"color: white;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifescicompliance.com\/subscription-options\/\"><strong>Subscribe<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Download a <a style=\"color: white;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescicompliance.com\/sample-issue-contact-information\/\">Sample Issue<\/a><\/strong>, or <a style=\"color: white;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescicompliance.com\/login\/\"><strong>Sign In<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 770px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifescicompliance.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e5520572bb883401b8d1c8ad6d970c image-full img-responsive\" style=\"width: 770px;\" title=\"PM_LSCU_Box\" src=\"http:\/\/policymed.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e5520572bb883401b8d1c8ad6d970c-800wi\" alt=\"PM_LSCU_Box\" height=\"253\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late March 2016, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. 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