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Physician Payments Sunshine Act - Open Payments
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program. Grant Space rental or facility fees teaching hospital only. Payments or other transfers of value provided as compensation for speaking at a continuing education program are not required to be reported, if all of the following conditions are met: The American Academy of Family Physicians. The American Medical Association. The American Osteopathic Association. Rudloff , Jeffrey J. Of particular interest to the life sciences industry are a series of recent efforts by the U.
Congress to expand the scope of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act—a law that requires transactional transparency between drug and device manufacturers and their customers or providers.
Potential Sunshine Act Changes & A 2018 Midterm Elections Update
On June 12, the U. The legislative package contains a measure that would expand Sunshine Act provisions by requiring drug and device manufacturers to publicly disclose the payments they make to nurse practitioners and physician assistants for promotional talks, consulting, and other interactions.
The Sunshine Act already requires such transparency for payments made to physicians and academic medical centers. Some members of Congress have proposed going even further in expanding the law. The modified amendment would have required only opioid manufacturers to publicly report payments made to patient groups and advocacy organizations, in the same manner in which they currently report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals under the Sunshine Act.
In the markup, Senator Cassidy added there should be transparency in what pharmaceutical companies give to patient advocacy groups because of potential conflicts of interest. Senator Cassidy stated that he had received assurances from the Committee that this matter will be discussed in a separate future hearing on drug costs. While some of these proposals do not affect the medical device industry directly, it is important to monitor the increased scrutiny Congress is giving to the relationship between manufacturers and advocacy groups. Senator McCaskill and Rep.
As members of the life sciences community, it is important that we collaborate with groups representing the patients and physicians who use our products. These groups provide important advocacy bridges from the manufacturer to the public and help make our voices heard in an increasingly challenging regulatory environment. Judging by the recent activity with this issue, we will continue to see more criticism of these relationships, especially if Congress changes hands next year. Over half of the states have held their primary elections, allowing us to get a better glimpse of what the races will look like in November.
By pegging himself as a true Washington outsider, Braun was able to defeat two sitting U.
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Braun now faces incumbent U. We expect this race to be competitive, but give Braun the edge given the popularity of the President in ruby-red Indiana. Heitkamp has voted as a moderate, but it will be hard for her to distance herself from her party in this polarized climate when Trump won North Dakota by over 35 points in The President has been active on the campaign trail and hosted a large rally in Fargo on June 27 to support Cramer. Morrissey, the current Attorney General of West Virginia, won a heated three-way primary defeating sitting U.
This race will be competitive but, perhaps seeing the writing on the wall, Manchin recently stated that he regrets voting for Hillary Clinton and would be open in to supporting Trump. Montana poses another potential blue-to-red pickup for the GOP.
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Montana is another red state that Trump won by a large margin, but unlike some of his moderate Democratic cohorts, the former rancher Tester has bona fide blue-collar credentials. It is important to note, however, that Tester has never won a race with over 50 percent of the vote. We expect this race to be decided by less than 20, votes. For Democrats, their biggest opportunity to steal a red Senate seat will be Nevada, where incumbent U.
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- Ain't No Sunshine.
- Potential Sunshine Act Changes & A Midterm Elections Update - Medical Product Outsourcing!
Nevada is a purple state, but has been trending blue in recent elections. Pick the time that works best for the majority of people where you are, and stick to it all year round. In Florida, keeping DST all year round makes total sense; Florida drivers are bad enough in the daytime and could use an extra hour of evening light. Cyclists could use an extra hour of light; Florida leads the country in cycling deaths.
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