Our colleagues at Epstein Becker Green have issued a client alert: "CMS Issues Final Regulations on Federal 'Sunshine' Law for Manufacturers and GPOs," by Amy K. Dow, Wendy C. Goldstein, Kim Tyrrell-Knott, Sarah K. diFrancesca, David C. Gibbons, Daniel G. Gottlieb, and Natasha F. Thoren.
Following is an excerpt:
On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued long-awaited final regulations with a lengthy preamble relevant to Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the "Physician Payment Sunshine Act." This health ...
The Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which was incorporated into Section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act, requires pharmaceutical, medical device, biological and medical supply manufacturers to file annual reports on payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. Despite the requirement in the law that manufacturers submit their first report in March 2013 disclosing payments made during 2012, two events have pushed back that obligation or taken the sting out of noncompliance.
First, although Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was required to publish standards for ...
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