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A Systematic Review of State and Manufacturer Physician Payment Disclosure Websites: Implications for Implementation of the Sunshine Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Alison R. Hwong ,
Noor Qaragholi ,
Daniel Carpenter ,
Steven Joffe ,
Eric G. Campbell  and
Lisa Soleymani Lehmann
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Public disclosure of industry payments to physicians is one way to address financial conflicts of interest in medicine. As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA) requires pharmaceutical, medical device, and biologics manufacturers who have at least one product reimbursed by Medicare or Medicaid to disclose payments to physicians and teaching hospitals on a public website starting in 2014. The physician payment data will contain individual physician names, monetary values, and specific products connected to payments.

According to the Final Regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in February 2013, the law will make transparent the extent and nature of relationships between physicians, teaching hospitals, and manufacturers.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , Summer 2014 , pp. 208 - 219
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2014

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