Open Payments Program News Today

A new JAMA study reports that some resident specialties are more likely to accept industry payments via sponsored lunches. Overall, about 13% of trainees accepted payments.

Industry payments to cardiologists remained highly prevalent in each year of study, but the research showed significant declines in the total value of payments and payment per cardiologist.

A new California law (AB 1278) will require physicians and their employers to provide patients with several forms of notices about the Open Payments database, starting January 1, 2023.

A new California law (AB 1278) will require physicians and their employers to provide patients with several forms of notices about the Open Payments database, starting January 1, 2023. The law is intended to increase patients’ awareness of the Open Payments database so they can make informed decisions about drugs and devices prescribed by their physician. This blog post provides an overview of the Open Payments Program, what exactly California's AB 1278 entails, and the implications of th...

A new California law (AB 1278) will require physicians and their employers to provide patients with several forms of notices about the Open Payments database, starting January 1, 2023....

New California law will require physicians and employers to provide patients with several forms of notice about Open Payments database starting January 2023. Law is intended to increase patient awareness of database to make informed decisions about drugs and devices.

Staying up-to-date with fraud enforcement trends and recent cases and settlements can sometimes be viewed as a “Glass Half Empty” perspective, focusing on negative aspects of the...

Part 1 of this article series, published in the November 2021 issue of Compliance Today, outlined in general the American and Italian healthcare systems. Part 2 outlines America’s...

This Viewpoint revisits the Open Payments Program, mandated by the Sunshine Act, and discusses alleged violations by device and pharmaceutical manufacturers and

Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers should be advised that the government is using its enforcement authority under the Open Payments Program (otherwise known as the Sunshine...