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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;
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.
Board members argued they were exempt from the 24-hour notice requirement of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act because they hadn't received the union's tentative agreement until the day of the public ...
“The Sunshine Act only applies if there’s a quorum deliberating agency business,” Melewsky said earlier this week. “It doesn’t appear that a quorum of board members was involved because ...
By 1966, the Uniform Time Act was established and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, creating daylight saving time. ... In order for the Sunshine Act to be enacted across the country as a law ...
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, enacted October 6, 1972), is a United States federal law which governs the behavior of federal advisory committees. In particular, it has special emphasis on open meetings, chartering , public involvement, and reporting. [ 1 ]
The state Sunshine Act requires agendas to be published at least 24 hours in advance of a meeting. For any late items that come to a body's attention within that 24-hour period, the Sunshine Act ...