Open Payments: What Neurosurgeons Need to Know and How Accurate is the Data?
Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCSC (left) Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, and Director, Spinal Neurosurgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Catherine Miller (right) Neurosurgical Resident, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN The Open Payments system also known as the Sunshine Act, is a federal program required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that collects information about […]
Problems With Open Payments Program Abound
Guest Post from Maya A. Babu, MD Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Representing the American Medical Association (and neurosurgery) I participated in an important panel session on the Sunshine Act (specifically on the Open Payments Database) during the 15th Annual Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum […]
AANS Joins ‘Partners for Healthy Dialogues’ Campaign
When it comes to our health, appropriate collaboration between physicians and biopharmaceutical and medical device professionals is essential to improving the care that patients receive. It is for this very reason that the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has joined the ‘Partners for Healthy Dialogues’ campaign because we believe there is great value when […]