CMS releases list of teaching hospitals; educational efforts and requests for additional clarification regarding the physician payment sunshine final rule continue *

USA - May 3 2013
In preparation for data collection to begin under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule on August 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare &…

Co-authors: Katie C. Pawlitz, Nancy E. Bonifant.

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OIG views PODs as "inherently suspect" under the anti-kickback statute *

USA - March 26 2013
Referencing what it deems a "proliferation" of physician-owned distributors (PODs), on March 26, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services…

Co-authors: Catherine A. Hurley, Elizabeth O’Brien, Joseph W. Metro.

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The Sunshine Physician Payment Final Rule overview and analysis *

USA - March 5 2013
On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the…

Co-authors: Katie C. Pawlitz, Nancy E. Bonifant.

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CMS releases Physician Payments Sunshine Act Final Rule *

USA - February 1 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released late today its final rule implementing the physician payment transparency provisions of…

Co-authors: Katie C. Pawlitz, Nancy E. Bonifant.

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Massachusetts releases final regulations, restores annual "Sunshine" reporting requirement for drug/device manufacturers *

USA - November 27 2012
On Wednesday, November 21, 2012, Massachusetts’ Public Health Council (“Council”) approved amendments to the State’s Marketing Code of Conduct, which restricts certain gifts and payments by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to Massachusetts health care practitioners (“HCPs”) and requires disclosure of payments and transfers of value to HCPs.

Co-authors: Katie C. Pawlitz, Nancy E. Bonifant.

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