The Social Security Act requires CMS to collect information from applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in order to report information about their financial relationships with physicians and hospitals. Open Payments is the federally run program that collects the information about financial relationships between physicians and hospitals with applicable manufacturers and GPOs and makes...
Society Members Advocate on Capitol Hill for Expansion of Diabetes, Obesity Coverage
On May 6, 2014, the Society held a clinician Hill Day to build support for a variety of advocacy issues related to diabetes, obesity, and physician reimbursement. Members of the Advocacy and Public Outreach Core Committee and the Clinical Affairs Core Committee came to Washington, D.C., to meet with congressional offices about the importance of...
Society Guideline Program Offers Valuable Resources for Practicing Physicians
The Endocrine Society plays a role in helping endocrinologists improve their quality of care through the development of clinical practice guidelines on various endocrine-related topics. The Society has published 23 guidelines to date, with 16 guidelines in varying stages of development or revision. The newest guideline, “Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma,” was published in the June edition of the...
