Missing an Opportunity to Protect Patients and Save Dollars
Posted by: Staff On: October 19th, 2011 | Number of Comments: Comments Off
In the wake of pharmaceutical companies paying large sums of money to settle allegations of illegal kickbacks to doctors, the Physicians Payment Sunshine Provision or the “Disclosure Law” provides the transparency necessary to reduce improper behavior. Unfortunately, the Center’s for Medicare & Medicaid Services missed the October 1, 2011 deadline for implementing this law, ignoring the consequences inherent in allowing drug and device companies to compromise the objectivity of our nation’s doctors.
Below is a link to an article written by Reuben Guttman and Oderah Nwaeze about this issue.
Please read at: http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/missing-an-opportunity-to-protect-patients-and-save-dollars
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