Are you a Sunshine Superman? The US Sunshine Act and reporting requirements

Act II of the Sunshine Act

To coincide with the introduction in the United States of the Sunshine Act, Genevieve Pham-Kanter discusses what we need to look for to fight hidden bias and deliberate or unconscious corruption. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

Shining a light on the Sunshine Act.

Sunshine and the cardiovascular benefits – a dose of sunshine!

Shining light on the Sunshine Act.

INTRODUCTION Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Sunshine Act, requires that manufacturers report payments or other transfers of value made to physicians and teaching hospitals [1,2]. The tracking of such payments goes into effect on August 1, 2013, and the new rules could affect radiologists. In this column, I pose and answer several questions rega...

Shedding Some Light on the Sunshine Act.

I read with interest Mr. Aicher’s editorial in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and wanted to echo and share some of my thoughts and concerns on this new government mandate. Approximately 2 years ago the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was tasked by the federal government to oversee and report all payments made to health care providers, owing to concerns that payments from the phar...