5th Annual CBI West Coast Forum on Transparency & Aggregate Spend

John moderated the Keynote Panel: Through the Looking Glass — The Future of Aggregate Spend Reporting panel on April 24 at 8:45am and spoke on the Experts Panel: Update on Guidance Changes on April 25.

Tim moderated on the Sunshine/Open Payments, Chilling or Much Ado about Nothing? on April 25.

We’ve officially entered a new era of transparency created by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Processes are in place to ensure the complete and accurate collection of data on HCP interactions to create a total aggregate spend report, and put that data into the specific templates provided by the government. But, we all know that the first report is not the end, it’s just the beginning.

• Approaches to inquiry and dispute resolution
• Monitoring and verifying data
• Working with internal business units to address implications of public reporting