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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

Here Comes the Sun: Final Rules Implementing the Federal Sunshine Law

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited final rule implementing the Federal Sunshine Law (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h). (The rule was subsequently published in the Federal...more

CMS Issues Final Rule for Implementing Sunshine Act

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/14/2013

On February 8, 2013, 16 months after the statutory deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register the final regulation implementing the physician payment transparency...more

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations

by Joel R. Levin, Jeffrey Miller, Jerica L. Peters | Perkins Coie on 2/13/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act or Sunshine Act). The Sunshine Act requires drug,...more

The Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule A Summary Of Key Provisions

by Pat A. Cerundolo, Igor Gorlach, Tad Heuer, Colin J. Zick | Foley Hoag LLP on 2/8/2013

On February 1, 2013, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) Final Rule, implementing Section 1128G of the Social Security Act. The...more

CMS Releases Final Rule on Physician Payment Disclosures

by Sandra Maki Hashima, Mary Mullany | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/8/2013

Public disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical, medical device, biologic, and medical supply manufacturers to physicians and hospitals will begin under a final rule on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act)...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News Update - February 6, 2013

by Colleen M. Faddick, Bruce A. Johnson, Matthew Murer, Alan K. Parver | Polsinelli on 2/7/2013

In This Issue: - Top News ..CMS Announces Round 2 Competitive Bidding Single Payment Amounts ..CBO Lowers SGR Repeal Cost by $100 Billion ..Republicans Press HRSA on 340B Audits ..HHS Proposes...more

Healthcare Alert: Better Late than Never - The Sunshine Act Final Regulations are Finally Here!: Covered Recipients

by Sarah Crotts | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 2/7/2013

“Covered Recipients” - Physicians - The Final Rule retains the proposed definition of “physician” as meaning doctors of medicine and osteopathy, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, and chiropractors, who are...more

CMS Issues Final Rule to Implement Physician Payments Sunshine Act

by King & Spalding on 2/7/2013

On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the highly anticipated final rule to implement the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (the “Sunshine Act”). The final rule will...more

CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule; Data Collection to Begin on August 1, 2013

by Brian P. Dunphy, Kimberly J. Gold, Karen S. Lovitch, Kate Stewart | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/5/2013

The long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule) implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) has arrived at the Federal Register. It amends key definitions and adds new terms; retains broad reporting...more

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Rule

by Michael Werner | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/5/2013

In an action that will have broad implications for drug and device manufacturers, researchers, distributors, teaching hospitals and physicians, on February 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly...more

Health Law Alert: Final Sunshine Act Regulations Released

by Ryan McGary, Sheva J. Sanders | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 2/5/2013

On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited Sunshine Act regulations. The Sunshine Act requires disclosure of payments and value transfers (Payments) from drug and...more

CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/4/2013

This afternoon, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited final rule (Final Rule) implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act). The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of...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

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

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