In the US, starting in 2013, under the Physician Financial Transparency Reports (part of the Sunshine Act), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has to collect information from applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations in order to report information about their financial relationships with physicians and hospitals. Data are made public in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. The expectation is that relationship between doctors and Pharmaceutical industry will become fully transparent. COUNT 9
QSN1 What is the speculation of the relationship between doctors and the drug industry? ANS1 become fully transparent. QSN2 What is the Physician Financial Transparency Report part of? ANS2 Sunshine Act QSN3 Where can you obtain information about the Sunshine Act? ANS3 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website QSN4 What information is collected by Centers for Medicine & Medicaid Services? ANS4 financial relationships with physicians and hospitals. QSN5 When did Centers for Medicine & Medicaid Services have to start collecting information? ANS5 starting in 2013 QSN6 The Physician Financial Transparency Reports was part of what other act? ANS6 Sunshine Act QSN7 In what year were Medicaid and Medicare required to disclose information about their relationships with doctors and hospitals? ANS7 2013 QSN8 Where can financial relationships between Medicaid, Medicare and pharmaceutical companies be found? ANS8 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website QSN9 What is expected when the relationships are made public? ANS9 relationship between doctors and Pharmaceutical industry will become fully transparent