May 4, 2018 – A drug pricing initiative expected from the White House May 8 is likely to include a number of incremental steps on drug pricing to support a strategy that is trickling down from President Trump to Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. This initiative may […]
Read more
June 27, 2017 – A draft Executive Order from President Donald J. Trump indicates the administration may seek to “roll back regulations in pursuit of faster drug approvals, promoting drug competition and new payment models for federal health insurance programs,” according to CQ Roll Call. A CQ Roll Call article stated that some of the […]
Read more
Oct. 6, 2016 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently clarified in a revised FAQ that manufacturers that provide a payment or transfer of value to support continuing medical education (CME) but do not specify that the CME provider should offer payment to a specific physician speaker or faculty member would not […]
Read moreAug. 18, 2014 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it had reopened its Open Payments Website and would extend the period during which physicians can review and request corrections to their Physician Sunshine Act records, according to an Aug. 15 article in Policy and Medicine. The agency had taken […]
Read moreDoctors Recommend Fixes to CME Exemption Elimination, Educational Materials Provision Aug. 6, 2014 – More than 100 medical associations and medical specialty societies have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider its “serious concerns with implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act,” which include revising CMS’ recently proposed elimination of the […]
Read moreJuly 29, 2014 – Industry groups and physician organizations have banded together to petition the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to address “certain pressing issues” related to implementation of the Sunshine Act. The first request in the July 28 letter, signed by 26 groups, is that CMS provide physicians and industry stakeholders with […]
Read moreJuly 7, 2014 – About 240 pages into the 600-page physician fee schedule proposed rule, which is due to be published July 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the elimination of the exemption from Sunshine Act reporting for continuing medical education (CME) supported by industry. “When so many other issues need […]
Read moreJan. 3, 2014 – From Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director John Kamp: Several weeks ago I was privileged to participate in this year’s CMS/FDA Summit, produced by the editors of The RPM Report. Among the most interesting panel presentations was that titled “Beyond the Label,” featuring Mit Spears, General Counsel of the Pharmaceutical Research […]
Read more