Tom Sullivan

Most recent articles by Tom Sullivan

Drug Pricing Will Be a Key Issue, Whether Clinton or Trump Win the Election
Drug Pricing Will Be a Key Issue, Whether Clinton or Trump Win the Election
Tom Sullivan
September 22, 2016
2:35 pm

Policymakers respond to a crisis and every crisis has to have a villain. Unfortunately, today pharma is the villain.

Finding a Better Strategy for Pricing Drugs
Finding a Better Strategy for Pricing Drugs
Tom Sullivan
March 3, 2016
3:00 pm

We need to consider that not every expenditure is beneficial to patients: perhaps that Super Bowl commercial or that sales meeting in Maui may not be in their best interest.

Washington Insider: Open Payments
Washington Insider: Open Payments
Tom Sullivan
August 29, 2014
4:00 am

Problems and changes have set ablaze criticism over the Sunshine Act’s implementation

As I See It: Quality programs
As I See It: Quality programs
Tom Sullivan
December 1, 2013
5:00 am

Keeping up with quality programs often feels like a safari in a jungle of government paperwork

As I See It: The Sunshine Act’s CME exclusion
As I See It: The Sunshine Act’s CME exclusion
Tom Sullivan
August 30, 2013
4:00 am

CMS recognized that the rules in place for CME provide for separation from supporter influence

As I See It: the Physician Payment Sunshine Act
As I See It: the Physician Payment Sunshine Act
Tom Sullivan
October 1, 2011
1:00 pm

As companies prepare to report payments under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, there are significant concerns.

Payments to doctors caught in UK’s crosshairs
Payments to doctors caught in UK’s crosshairs
Tom Sullivan
June 15, 2011
6:41 pm

Over the past several years, the industry has paid about $15 billion in penalties to the US government for cases involving off-label marketing and, more recently, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

As I see it
As I see it
Tom Sullivan
February 15, 2011
7:18 pm

Everything in life is inherently risky. Each day, thousands of people are injured driving on roads or walking on public streets.

As I see it
As I see it
Tom Sullivan
December 15, 2010
7:32 pm

While there has been a flurry of proposals to repeal, change or fix the Affordable Care Act, many stakeholders have come together to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).

As I see it: healthcare reform
As I see it: healthcare reform
Tom Sullivan
November 13, 2009
11:01 pm

As healthcare reform moves through Congress, power moves from the hands of committee chairmen to the speaker and the Senate majority leader, who will decide, with little input, what stays in and out of the final bills.

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