The Sunshine Act: Putting It into Practice – Interview with Karen Lovitch, Member, Mintz Levin
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updated guidance on the thresholds that Applicable Manufacturers and Group Purchasing Organizations are required to report annually under the Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. §...more
On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (the “Act”). The Act requires certain manufacturers of covered drugs, devices, and...more
The Final Rule implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act was announced on February 1st and published in the Federal Register on February 8th. The Final Rule establishes procedures for drug and device manufacturers to...more
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
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
Reports on Physician Ownership and Investment Interests The Sunshine Act requires applicable manufacturers, as well as applicable GPOs, to report to the Secretary, in electronic form, certain information concerning...more
“Payments or Other Transfers of Value” Payments or Other Transfer of Value Must Have a Discernible Economic Value.In the Final Rule, CMS interprets value as the discernible economic value on the open market in the United...more
Late afternoon on Friday February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published the final rule regarding Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests ("Final...more
“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