RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Physician Payment Disclosure Under Health Care Reform: Will the Sun Shine?
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 327
OP 331
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120264
VO 26
IS 3
A1 Tim K. Mackey
A1 Bryan A. Liang
YR 2013
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/26/3/327.abstract
AB Pharmaceutical marketing has become a mainstay in U.S. health care delivery and traditionally has been directed toward physicians. In an attempt to address potential undue influence of industry and conflicts of interest that arise, states and the recently upheld health care reform act have passed transparency, or “sunshine,” laws requiring disclosure of industry payments to physicians. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced the final rule for the Sunshine Provisions as part of the reform act. However, the future effectiveness of these provisions are questionable and may be limited given the changing landscape of pharmaceutical marketing away from physician detailing to other forms of promotion. To address this changing paradigm, more proactive policy solutions will be necessary to ensure adequate and ethical regulation of pharmaceutical promotion.