Sept. 27, 2018 – Although it was the Obama administration’s position that reprints and textbooks received by physicians were transfers of value that were fully reportable under the Sunshine Act Open Payments regulation, the Trump administration and Congress are taking another look at the matter, according to John Kamp, Washington Counsel, Coalition for Healthcare Communication. […]
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May 24, 2016 – At a recent Coalition for Healthcare Communication Rising Leaders Conference, keynote speaker Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-W. Va.) told the attendees that they “have the power and the ability to influence policymakers” and that the Coalition must continue its work to make sure that communication between industry and physicians and patients can […]
Read moreJune 12, 2014 – The American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) House of Delegates is attempting to bring some common sense to the Sunshine Act final rules, passing two resolutions at the AMA 2014 annual meeting this week that call on the AMA to work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to add a […]
Read moreFeb. 10, 2014 – New legislation put forth last week by Committee leaders in both the House and Senate proposes a change to the Medicare physician payment system and could be a solid vehicle to which the publishing community can attach amendments to the Sunshine Act provisions. Specifically, industry is calling for medical textbooks and peer-reviewed […]
Read moreJan. 10, 2014 – According to a recent article in Policy and Medicine, a letter from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to several members of Congress states that although CMS agrees that textbooks and medical reprints are educational, “‘we do not believe these materials fall within the statutory exclusion’” of […]
Read moreNov. 26, 2013 – On Nov. 22, 23 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to voice their disagreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to include textbooks and scientifically peer-reviewed medical journals as “transfers of value” reportable under […]
Read moreOct. 28, 2013 – On Monday, 33 physician organizations and 41 national and state medical societies sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to express their “serious concerns” about Sunshine Act regulations that consider journal reprints and medical textbooks to be “transfers of value” which are reportable under […]
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