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 moreJuly 15, 2016 – More than 100 medical associations, including the American Medical Association, signed a letter of support for S. 2978, a bill sponsored by Sen. John Barrasso, M.D. (R-Wyo.), that would exempt peer-reviewed journals, journal reprints, journal supplements, medical conference reports, and medical textbooks from being reported as transfers of value under the […]
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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 moreOct. 12, 2015 – A bill introduced in the Senate last week by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) would broaden Sunshine Act Open Payments reporting to nurse practitioners and physician assistants, according to a recent article in Policy and Medicine. “Although Senators Grassley and Blumenthal are true believers, it’s probably premature […]
Read moreJune 8, 2015 – In his new book, “Pharmaphobia: How the Conflict of Interest Myth Undermines American Medical Innovation,” Tom Stossel, M.D., states that regulations designed to limit valuable interaction between industry experts, physicians and researchers have “undermined scientific progress and stifled American medical innovation.” According to Stossel, the book has two purposes: (1) to […]
Read moreCommentary from Jack Angel, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Education Foundation Executive Director March 9, 2015 – I am not sure who created the phrase, “you can’t fight city hall,” but it is certainly not a premise that those of us at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication have accepted. Indeed, we have extended our purview well […]
Read moreSept. 9, 2014 – An overwhelming majority of comments sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by last week’s deadline stated that the agency should either retain the continuing medical education (CME) exemption it recently proposed eliminating or revise its proposed reliance on the “indirect payment” provision under the Physician Payment Sunshine […]
Read moreSept. 2, 2014 – The Coalition for Healthcare Communication’s comment to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) asks the agency to retain the continuing medical education (CME) exemption that was established in the Physician Payment Sunshine Act final rule. CMS had floated eliminating that exemption in the physician fee schedule proposed rule, which […]
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 […]
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