Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville Principal Paul Moorehead will deliver a presentation, “Indian Tribal Energy Development: Current Legislative and Policy Initiatives” at the 16th Annual Washington, DC Indian Law Conference on November 14. The conference is sponsored by the Federal Bar Association.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued a final rule, or the Rule, removing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act exemption for payments to speakers at certain accredited continuing medical education events funded by companies covered by the Act. 1 The agency concluded that the exemption was not necessary because such payments (if made under the conditions of the exemption) are not reportable under the Act or its implementing rules.2 The loss of the exemption could lead some companies to report CME payments that were not being reported previously. But, CMS included language in defense of its decision to remove the CME exemption that should help physicians and medical societies in their efforts to limit such overreporting.
On November 6, 2014, Powers Principal Peter Thomas will present the John S. Young Lecture at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado. Craig is a renowned hospital specializing in the treatment of people with brain and spinal cord injuries. This year’s lecture is entitled, Advancing Craig’s Unique Mission in the Face of Health Care Reform.