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Jack Angel

CHC News

Jack Angel to Retire from the CHC

Jack Angel to Retire from the CHC

Aug. 2, 2018 – Roughly 27 years after the Coalition for Healthcare Communication was established, Jack Angel – one of the Coalition’s founding members and the current executive director of the Coalition’s Education Foundation – is retiring on Aug. 17. Angel was the Executive Director of the Coalition from its beginning in 1991 to 2004, […]

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Legislative

State Legislators Move to Increase Transparency, Limit Gifts and Payments to Physicians

State Legislators Move to Increase Transparency, Limit Gifts and Payments to Physicians

July 5, 2017 – While deregulation takes hold in the Trump administration in Washington, the states are predictably working to fill the void. For medical transparency and “sunshine,” California, Maine and Nevada are currently very active. All three states have taken legislative action in recent months to restrict the ability of pharmaceutical companies to furnish […]

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Legislative

Sunshine Clarifications Stripped from 21st Century Cures Act

Sunshine Clarifications Stripped from 21st Century Cures Act

Special Report and Commentary from Jack Angel, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Education Foundation Executive Director   Nov. 30, 2016 – As you may have seen, the language proposed for clarifying the intent of the educational provisions of the Sunshine Act have been stricken from the 21st Century Cures Act, which is scheduled for a vote […]

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General

Coalition Commentary: How Information Flows … or Doesn’t

Coalition Commentary: How Information Flows … or Doesn’t

Commentary from Jack Angel, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Education Foundation Executive Director Oct. 25, 2016 – The Coalition for Healthcare Communication is dedicated to monitoring and resisting efforts by any organization, including our government, to restrict the free flow of truthful, scientific information. It is a fact that a great deal of scientific information flows […]

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