Sept. 21,2012 — Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming presidential election or the changing state of healthcare reform, “the patient is the trend of the future,” according to Kavita Patel, M.D., managing director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution. “Understanding the patient better, understanding [care] from a consumer’s perspective, […]
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healthcare reformWashington Update: Notes on Congress, Health Reform, Elections and Politics
By John Kamp Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Aug. 6, 2012 — When Congress recessed last Thursday we marked nearly the end of this session and began the final stretch of the Congressional and Presidential elections that will affect the next four years of governing. From this point forward we have the all-important nominating […]
Read moreMMM Previews Pharma Debates in DC: Prepare for a Wild Ride in 2012
Dec. 12, 2011 — Facing a need to decrease spending and boost revenues, the federal government will continue to target the pharmaceutical industry in 2012, according to a recent report in the December issue of Medical Marketing & Media. In the report, “Outlook 2012: Detailing DC,” author Matthew Arnold states that although pharma is fighting back, […]
Read moreHow Will ACOs Affect Drug Sales?
From PharmExec.com: April 7, 2011 — In the April 5 microsoft oem software issue of PharmExec.com, the author raises the issue of whether Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) will alter prescription drug business, and states that pharmaceutical companies hoping to do business with ACOs “will have to show that expensive brand drugs can offer not just […]
Read moreCoalition, Stakeholders Weigh In During CMS “Sunshine Act” Call
March 28, 2011 – The Coalition for Healthcare Communication (CHC) and other stakeholders warned government regulators that they must be very careful to limit the scope of regulations that enforce the new “Sunshine Act” to avoid a serious regulatory burden on both the government and industry. Regulators also need to avoid sending a signal to […]
Read moreCMS "Sunshine Act" Stakeholders Call Set for March 24
Announcement Sends Ominous Signal to Industry Stakeholders March 18, 2011 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has given the industry its first glimpse of how it will implement the national registry of payments to doctors by sending a notice of a stakeholders’ call for next week, and the glimpse is not encouraging. Sounding like CMS wants more […]
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Coalition Focus for 2011
Coalition Focus for 2011
Although 2011 brings political party shifts in Congress and new challenges, the mission of the Coalition for Healthcare Communication (CHC) remains the same: To protect, for society and individual patients, the benefit of the free flow of healthcare information. This year the CHC will be focusing on four major issues: (1) tax treatment of marketing […]
Read moreRoundup of Education and Marketing Issues in Light of Health Reform Passage
Thanks to Tom Sullivan for providing this roundup of information on current issues that affect the healthcare communication industry. For more of Tom”s commentary and analysis, visit his blog at www.policymed.com
Read moreStudy: The Prohibition of Commercial Support Is Not Needed
From Tom Sullivan’s Policy and Medicine blog: free sms spy app A study by the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Continuing Education showed that there was no correlation between the perception of bias and the commercial support status of an activity such as continuing medical education. Read more on their website. Comments are welcome here.flagyl generic […]
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