The Sunshine Act: Putting It into Practice – Interview with Karen Lovitch, Member, Mintz Levin
As hospitals become increasingly technologically savvy, they are looking to do more and more with their electronic health record systems. What many hospitals do not realize is that some of the functionality they are seeking...more
Recently, representatives from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) for the Office of...more
Law no. 2011-2012 of 29 December 2011, also known as the French Sunshine Act, introduced into French law disclosure obligations imposed on health care companies (HCC). The French Medical Board and a nonprofit organisation...more
In This Issue: - Connecticut Supreme Court: HIPAA Does Not Preempt Negligence Claims - CMS Removes Continuing Education Exemption to Physician Payments Sunshine Act - Federal Government and New York...more
On October 1, 2013, seven national councils representing French health care professionals posted on their publicly accessible websites information submitted by affected enterprises (i.e., companies) that produce or market...more
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
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
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
With little fanfare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today on the CMS Blog that it is delaying data collection under the Sunshine Act until 2013. Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers...more
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued on December 14, 2011 its much-anticipated proposed rule interpreting the requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act), enacted by Congress as Section 6002...more
Originally published in Health Care Fraud Report, 16 HFRA 80, 01/25/2012. Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers as well as group purchasing organizations (GPOs) finally received some insight into how the...more
Considerably after the statutory deadline of October 1, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally has issued proposed regulations aimed at implementing what is known as the "Physician Payment Sunshine...more
On December 14, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its long-awaited proposed rule to implement Section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as the Physician Payment Sunshine...more
The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act), passed on March 23, 2010, requires all U.S. manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biologics, and medical supplies covered under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State...more
The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (H.R. 3590) signed into law in March 2010 includes the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (section 6002) (PPSA), which requires pharmaceutical, medical device, biological, and...more