Sunshine rising soon: Making ready for financial relationship reporting
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
While the Obama administration has been postponing certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act in recent weeks, it appears all systems are go for the measure requiring biopharmaceutical and device makers whose products are covered by Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program to report their financial relationships with doctors and teaching hospitals to the federal government – information that will be made publicly available under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.