{"id":44280,"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/04\/physicians-need-to-be-aware-of-law-surrounding-meals-honoraria-gifts\/"},"modified":"2013-09-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T05:00:00","slug":"physicians-need-to-be-aware-of-law-surrounding-meals-honoraria-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/04\/physicians-need-to-be-aware-of-law-surrounding-meals-honoraria-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Physicians need to be aware of law surrounding meals, honoraria, gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>\n<strong><em>Sunshine Law went into effect on Aug. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A law designed to bring transparency to financial relationships between physicians, teaching hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry went into effect Aug. 1 and is something that all physicians need to heed.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Physician Payment Sunshine Act, referred to as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Regulations-and-Guidance\/Legislation\/National-Physician-Payment-Transparency-Program\/index.html\">OPEN PAYMENTS<\/a>, was passed as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs and devices, as well as group purchasing organizations, to report payments or transfers of value made to U.S. physicians and teaching hospitals, including The Nebraska Medical Center and Children&rsquo;s Hospital &amp; Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>\nThings that must be reported include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nPayments for research, such as grants. Generally, UNMC will be listed as the recipient of the research funds, with the name of the physician principal investigator listed also.<\/li>\n<li>\nPayments for speaker&rsquo;s honoraria, travel expenses, meals, entertainment, gifts, educational materials like text books or journal reprints;<\/li>\n<li>\nParticipating in a paid advisory board; and<\/li>\n<li>\nPayment for writing manuscripts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThe law also requires manufacturers and GPOs&nbsp;to report physicians who have an ownership interest in the company. Reports are made to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a government agency.<\/p>\n<p>\nReports are&nbsp;only&nbsp;required for physicians licensed to practice in the United States. Physicians include M.D.s, D.O.s, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists and chiropractors. This excludes medical students, residents, support and office staff, nurses, advance practice nurses, physician assistants, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\n&ldquo;While physicians and teaching hospitals do not have any reporting obligations under the regulations, they will have the ability to register with CMS in 2014 to validate listed payments are accurate and challenge payments they believe are incorrect prior to the payments being made available to the public,&rdquo; said Sheila Wrobel, UNMC conflict of interest officer.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is definitely something that physicians need to put on their radar screen,&rdquo; said Lois Colburn, executive director of continuing education for UNMC.<\/p>\n<p>\nSome payments and transfers are exempt, Colburn said. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nPayments for speakers and faculty at certain accredited CME events.<\/li>\n<li>\nFood and beverage provided to all attendees of a large scale conference or meeting.<\/li>\n<li>\nProduct samples intended for use by patients.<\/li>\n<li>\nEducational materials for use by or with patients, such as anatomical models.<\/li>\n<li>\nPayments or transfers of less than $10 in value, unless they exceed $100 in annual aggregate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nIf a manufacturer&rsquo;s representative brings lunch for a department, Colburn said physicians can avoid being reported by declining the meal. She added that redirecting payments or transfers to others or to charitable organizations does not negate the reporting requirement.<\/p>\n<p>\nMore information on the Sunshine Act is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Regulations-and-Guidance\/Legislation\/National-Physician-Payment-Transparency-Program\/index.html\">here<\/a> or by contacting Wrobel at 9-6767, <a href=\"mailto:swrobel@unmc.edu\">swrobel@unmc.edu<\/a> or Colburn at 9-2824, <a href=\"mailto:lcolburn@unmc.edu\">lcolburn@unmc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"FlhszFTor\">FlhszFTor<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine Law went into effect on Aug. 1 A law designed to bring transparency to financial relationships between physicians, teaching hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry went into effect Aug. 1 and is something that all physicians need to heed. 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