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The Canadian federal budget’s establishment of a vaccine bank for foot-and-mouth disease is an excellent step forward for Canada’s pork industry, Canadian Pork Council chair Rene Roy says.

Funding for a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank and an increase to the interest free limit of loans under the Advance Payments Program were tw...

The new budget addresses the Advance Payments Program and the Local Food Infrastructure Fund.

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.

This week, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced the launch of PayShap, a real-time rapid payment platform that is aimed at offering safer, faster and significantly more convenient payment options for South Africans. PayShap is the outcome of an industry-spanning collaboration, driven by BankservAfrica, the Payments Association of South Africa and the South African banking community, with the aim of modernizing the national payments industry. It is rooted in the SARB's Rapid Payme...

Sunshine Act reporting for Program Year 2022 (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022) must be submitted to CMS via the Open Payments System by March 31, 2023. What is the...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently conducted two audits of HHS management of healthcare provider loan and funding...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently conducted two audits of HHS management of healthcare provider loan and funding programs...

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...