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The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biological and medical supplies covered by the three federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to collect and track all financial relationships with physicians and teaching hospitals and to report these data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Also often referred to as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, this initiative is a growing body of federal and state legislations intended to collectively address all or some of the following goals: (a) Provide transparency with regard to who, in the life sciences industry, is contributing what benefits to which physician;
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015; Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999; Mental Health Parity Act; Mental Health Systems Act ...
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services may seek over $1 billion from Johnson & Johnson as reimbursement for federal health agencies' payments of medical costs for patients who allege that ...
The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies.
Physicians in general practice also face potential conflicts of interest. [7] For example, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2010 requires that financial relationships of physicians and teaching hospitals with manufacturers be reported and made publicly available via the Open Payments Program website.
HealthCare.gov is a health insurance exchange website operated by the United States federal government under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), informally referred to as "Obamacare", which currently serves the residents of the U.S. states which have opted not to create their own state exchanges.
Boasting sunshine some 235 days a year and no state income tax, it's easy to see why people are drawn to the Sunshine State. However, the recent tragedy of Hurricane Helene — which has so far ...