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Health Reform + Related Health Policy News Update - April 2013

by Jane Arnold, Anika Clifton, Thomas Donohoe, Colleen M. Faddick, Matthew Murer, Alan K. Parver, Emily Wey | Polsinelli on 4/17/2013

In this Issue: - Top News ..Large Hospital Systems Settles for $25.5 Million for False Claims Act Allegations ..Catholics’ Challenge to Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Dismissed As Not Ripe - States...more

Highlighting Transparency Through The Federal Sunshine Act Regulations

by Bruce D. Armon | Saul Ewing LLP on 4/9/2013

The final regulations implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act take effect April 9, 2013. Pharmaceutical manufacturers, group purchasing organizations, academic medical centers and physicians need to be ready to...more

Physician-Owned Device Companies: OIG Issues Further Guidance

by Anthony Ten Haagen | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/29/2013

The Office of the Inspector General for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert on March 26, 2013 (the "2013 POD alert"), that identifies physician-owned distributorships...more

Getting Ready For The Physician Payment ‘Sunshine’ Rule

by Kathleen Howard, Joel R. Levin, Charles Mulaney, Jerica L. Peters | Perkins Coie on 3/22/2013

Originally Published in BNA Bloomberg, Medical Devices Law & Industry Report on March 20, 2013. On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations for...more

Here Comes the Sun: What You Need to Know about the Sunshine Act and Its Implementing Rules

by Edward Buthusiem, Cheray Lynch Sieminski | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 3/20/2013

After years of deliberation, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-awaited regulations to implement the specific requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine) on February 1,...more

ProPublica's "Dollars for Docs": Will The Physician Payments Sunshine Provisions Clear The Haze?

by Robert Radick | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 3/20/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-delayed final rule that is intended to implement the Physician Payments Sunshine provisions that were included in the Patient...more

CMS Issues Rules On Physician Payments Sunshine Act

by Michael Volkov on 3/15/2013

People like to think they have it the hardest in life. I call it the competition among victims. If you are in the healthcare industry and fall under the Physician Payments regulations, then I think you are on your way to...more

Final Sunshine Act Arrives: Now the Hard Part

by Michele L. Buenafe, Jonathan Havens, Kathleen McDermott, Rebecca Osowski, Albert Shay | Morgan Lewis on 3/8/2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final regulations on the U.S. Sunshine Act on February 8, 2013. Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests, 78 Fed. Reg....more

Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule Released

by Thomas Donohoe, Lauren Groebe, Lindsay Kessler, Matthew Murer | Polsinelli on 3/7/2013

In This Issue: - Interpretation and Clarification of Key Definitions ..Applicable Manufacturers ..Applicable GPOs ..Covered Drug, Device, Biological or Medical Supply ..Covered Recipients ...more

The Sunshine Physician Payment Final Rule Overview and Analysis

by Nancy Bonifant, Elizabeth Carder-Thompson, Katie Pawlitz | Reed Smith on 3/6/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the long-awaited Final Rule (Rule) to implement the “Sunshine” provisions of the Affordable...more

Research-Related Payments and the Physician Payment Sunshine Act: How Reporting Works and What Applicable Manufacturers Should...

by Frederick Ball, Elinor Hart, Michael A. Swit | Duane Morris LLP on 3/6/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published long-awaited rules (the "Rules") detailing manufacturers' and group purchasing organizations' reporting requirements under Section 6002 of the...more

Update on Federal and State Developments: Regulation of Financial Interactions between Health Care Providers and Pharmaceutical...

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 12/13/2012

Recent weeks have seen two significant developments with respect to federal and state laws regulating financial interactions between pharmaceutical and medical device companies and health care providers: (1) the Centers for...more

Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Challenge for Companies, Tool for Enforcers

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/22/2012

Pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and biotech companies are gearing up for the January 1, 2013 deadline set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) for companies to begin collecting...more

Healthcare Companies Need to Update Compliance

by Michael Volkov on 9/21/2012

The Supreme Court’s decision upholding most of the Affordable Care Act increased compliance responsibilities for healthcare companies. The ACA amended the False Claims Act (FCA), which was amended in 2009 in the Fraud...more

Senators Push CMS to Implement Physician Payments Sunshine Act

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/19/2012

In a roundtable discussion of the Senate Special Committee on Aging last week, Senators Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl called on CMS to issue final regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which was enacted...more

French Sunshine Act: Implementing Decree to Be Published No Later than October 2012

by McDermott Will & Emery on 9/7/2012

French Law No 2011-2012 on the Strengthening of Health Protection for Medicinal and Health Products, dated 29 December 2011 (known as the French Sunshine Act), imposes new disclosure obligations to health products companies. ...more

Industry Groups Call for Final Sunshine Act Rule

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 8/17/2012

On August 14, 2012, four industry groups sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), asking CMS to publish the final rule implementing the Physician...more

Ober|Kaler Health Care Reform Update: In the Wake of the SCOTUS’s Affordable Care Act Decision: What’s Next for Health Care...

by Ober|Kaler on 7/23/2012

In March 2010 the hotly contested Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) (ACA or the Act) was signed into law by President Obama. Since its enactment, some health care providers have struggled to meet the Act’s current...more

CMS Announces it Will Not Require Data Collection by Manufacturers under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act Before January 1,...

by King & Spalding on 5/11/2012

Margaret Tavenner, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS or the “Agency”), issued a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley on May 3, 2012 formally responding to a letter sent to her by Senator...more

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