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Medtronic deal with spine surgeon draws Grassley's ire
Continuing his efforts to keep a spotlight on cozy financial relationships between industry players and physicians, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is asking tough questions about the relationship between... Read more...
VT passes stiffer ban on industry gifts to providers
Vermont legislators have passed a bill that would require medical products companies to share information on payments they make to providers and other groups. The bill would expand an existing ban... Read more...
More academic medical centers mull conflict-of-interest rule changes
The trend among academic medical centers of late has been to restrict physician relationships with pharmaceutical companies and medical devicemakers. This week, the trend continues to evolve as... Read more...
Senators file bill requiring disclosure of MD gifts above $100 per year
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) have filed a bill requiring pharmas and medical device firms to publicly disclose either gifts or payments valued at $100 or more once per calendar... Read more...
Legislators want more physician payment disclosure
A new federal bill requiring more extensive disclosure of payments to physicians by pharmas and medical device companies is now circulating on Capitol Hill. The bill, a new version of the Physician... Read more...
U of Penn to disclose potential conflicts of interest
Joining a growing national movement, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and its health system have announced that it will begin disclosing information on all of its doctors and... Read more...
Four FL providers charged with $110M HIV infusion fraud
A group of four people associated with an allegedly corrupt chain of HIV infusion clinics have been arrested and charged with a $110 million fraud scheme. An indictment from the U.S. Attorney's... Read more...
FL doctor pays $7M to settle federal fraud suit
A physician who owns a Boca Raton, FL-based chain of medical imaging centers has agreed to pay $7 million to settle charges that he overcharged Medicare for services and ordered unnecessary tests.... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Medical device industry ramping up lobbying budget
Given the amount of political change in the air, it's hardly surprising that the medical device industry spent a pretty penny--about $28 million--on lobbying last year. That's up from $26.5 million... Read more...
