Physician, Patient Advocates: Don't Exempt CME From Sunshine Reporting

July 18, 2016 at 5:39 PM
In contrast to most other physician societies, the National Physicians Alliance opposes exempting journal articles and other so-called continuing medical education from Sunshine Act reporting because the group’s members say drug and medical device makers should not pay for educating doctors. The Sunshine law requires drug and medical device companies to disclose payments and other items of value that they make to physicians. The law includes 12 exempted areas, including for educational materials that directly benefit patients or are intended...


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