CMS announced on Thursday in a blog post it will wait to issue a final rule until later this year on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which requires pharmaceutical, medical device or other supply manufacturers to report payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals.
The proposed rule also requires the reporting of financial relationships between physicians, manufacturers and group purchasing organizations. Under the proposed rule, the definition of GPOs includes physician-owned distributorships
According to CMS' Thursday announcement, manufacturers and group purchasing organizations will not need to collect data before Jan. 1, 2013 "in order to provide time for organizations to prepare for data submission and to sufficiently address the important input [CMS] received during the rulemaking process."
Last month, the bipartisan legislative duo that authored the Act, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), asked CMS in an open letter to start data collection in June.
Violators of the Sunshine Act will be subject to civil monetary penalties under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — up to $150,000 annually for failing to report and up to $1 million for knowingly failing to report.
It has been six months since CMS issued its proposed rule for implementing the Sunshine Act.
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The proposed rule also requires the reporting of financial relationships between physicians, manufacturers and group purchasing organizations. Under the proposed rule, the definition of GPOs includes physician-owned distributorships
According to CMS' Thursday announcement, manufacturers and group purchasing organizations will not need to collect data before Jan. 1, 2013 "in order to provide time for organizations to prepare for data submission and to sufficiently address the important input [CMS] received during the rulemaking process."
Last month, the bipartisan legislative duo that authored the Act, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), asked CMS in an open letter to start data collection in June.
Violators of the Sunshine Act will be subject to civil monetary penalties under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — up to $150,000 annually for failing to report and up to $1 million for knowingly failing to report.
It has been six months since CMS issued its proposed rule for implementing the Sunshine Act.
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