Journal Article Reprint Payments Reported In Sunshine Database Should Be “Put Into Context,” Sen. Grassley Says

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, April 10 pressed HHS Secretary Sebelius to be certain that financial data reported by device and drug companies to the forthcoming Open Payments database tied to the value of medical journal article reprints be put into context.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at an April 10 Senate hearing that providers want drug and device manufacturers to be able to “put into context” data on the value of medical journal articles reprints they give to physicians, before that information comes out in the publicly accessible Open Payments database that CMS will release this fall.

“I want you to say … that providers will have a chance to put that spending information into context,” Grassley...

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