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Sunshine Act Compliance: How to Take Action to Meet Reporting Requirements and Avoid Costly Penalties

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The clock is ticking for medical device and pharmaceutical companies to fulfill their obligations under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (the "Sunshine Act"). With the reporting deadline of March 31 looming and CMS...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Key Takeaways from the OIG’s New Comprehensive General Compliance Program Guidance

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) on November 6, 2023, marking the first update to OIG’s compliance program guidance...more

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Questions aplenty about medical device-makers paying doctors $3.6 billion

Although Big Pharma has taken deserved heat for selling its drugs by slathering doctors with cheesy tchotchkes, lavish or even cheap meals, and pricey trips, as well as lucrative consulting and speaking opportunities, medical...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index Indicates Corruption Is Affecting COVID-19 Response

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On January 28, 2021, Transparency International released its 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”). Transparency International is an organization focused on stopping global corruption and promoting transparency,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Law & Governance Update - January 2017

The following developments from the past month offer guidance on corporate law and governance law as they may be applied to nonprofit health care organizations: HEALTH POLICY INITIATIVES - Perhaps the most...more

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Corporate Law and Governance Update - November 2016

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Conflicts of Interest - As the daily headlines make clear, issues associated with governance conflicts of interest are very much “on the front burner” and the focus of media scrutiny. These types of issues typically...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FTC Provides Guidance Regarding Antitrust Compliance for State Regulatory Boards

In North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC, 135 S. Ct. 1101 (2015), the Supreme Court held that the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners (“Board”), a state agency, was not exempt from federal antitrust laws...more

Dickinson Wright

Before Your Nonprofit Health System Considers a Merger – Three Important Board Preps

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The Governing Board of every nonprofit health system considering a merger, change in control, sale or significant affiliation has a key role in the process and needs to be engaged throughout the planning, research,...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Health Care: As Sunshine Act Deadlines Approach Physicians and Hospitals Should Prepare for Transparency in Their Financial...

On September 30, 2014, in accordance with the Federal Sunshine Act (the Sunshine Act), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will publically disclose payments and "other transfers of value" by pharmaceutical,...more

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Getting the Best Medical Care: a Newsletter from Patrick Malone - July 2013

In This Issue: - Is There a Problem? Let Us Count the Ways - A Growing Awareness - Getting Objective Information - Recent Health Care News You Should Know About - Excerpt from Navigating Through Medical...more

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Good Governance for General Counsel: What Your Board Needs to Know Now

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A host of regulatory and finance reforms have ushered in significant changes for health care entities, and likewise, for the boards that guide them. How can general counsel broach these changes with their boards and steer...more

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Affordable Care Act: Navigators Get Clarified and Standardized in CMS's Latest Proposed Rule

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On Friday, April 5, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule (45 CFR Part 155) that clarifies and implements standards for providers of consumer-related assistance under the...more

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