Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

By Mike Ferguson, Chris Jones, Adam Higgins and Tyler Thompson on February 13, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized

At HHS, Price will lead Trump’s efforts on ACA repeal Three weeks into President Trump’s administration, the Senate on Friday narrowly approved Tom Price as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), elevating the former orthopedic surgeon as Trump’s point person on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Price … Continue Reading

It Is Finally Here─the Sun Shines on a New Era

By Lee H. Rosebush and Dena Kessler on October 3, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly launched a database this week detailing the payments doctors and teaching hospitals have received from drug and medical device manufacturers. Under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act—a provision of the 2010 Affordable Care Act—CMS is required to collect and make available information about these payments, which certain manufacturers … Continue Reading

CMS – Doc, if You Want a Free Book Go to the Library

By Robert M. Wolin on January 23, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently denied a request from a bipartisan group of 23 members of congress to exempt the distribution of textbooks and scientific peer-reviewed medical journal materials from the reporting requirements under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act). The regulatory preamble in the CMS final rule provides that … Continue Reading