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Compliant HCP engagements have become imperative for Life Sciences companies. Reducing risk by integrating a data-driven compliance solution into an organization’s HCP engagement process is the key to reducing business-critical compliance risks. With heightened scrutiny and expectations from the government, it’s important to have an automated and data-driven HCP engagement solution that helps compliance professionals […]
Life Sciences is a highly regulated industry, and meeting compliance demands is highly imperative for companies. In addition, the evolving nature of the rules and regulations mounts pressure on organizations and compliance professionals as both are required to keep up with the government’s expectations. However, with the inception of technologies and data-driven compliance solutions, Life […]
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published data every year, and similarly, they published Open Payments data for the year of 2021. This data was for the previous program years hence it includes the payments/transactions that took place between January 1st and December 31st. The applicable manufacturers reported a total of $10.9 billion […]
In November 2020, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a critical Special Fraud Alert highlighting the key risks associated with speaker programs sponsored or organized by life sciences companies. These programs, often involving healthcare professionals (HCPs) as paid speakers, are under intense scrutiny by regulatory authorities for potentially violating the anti-kickback statute. This article […]
Compliance challenges, evolving rules and regulations, building a data-driven compliance program, and false claims that lead to indictment and penalties continue to be trending topics in the world of compliance. The Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered over $3 Billion from the False Claims Act case in the fiscal year 2019. Of the more than $3 […]
The design of a compliance program determines its effectiveness in preventing and detecting compliance risks, i.e., misconduct, breach of internal policies, or the policies imposed by the government. It is responsible for determining if the corporate management is enforcing the program or is tacitly encouraging employees to engage in misconduct. This is one of the […]