Physician Payment Sunshine Act Brown Bag July 23, 2013

The UF College of Medicine, Conflict of Interest Program will be holding an informative Brown Bag session on the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (“OPEN PAYMENTS”) followed by a Q&A. If you consult with Industry, or believe you may in the future, this is an important session.

OPEN PAYMENTS requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies (and others) to report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals to CMS for inclusion in a publicly accessible database.

This session will be presented by Gary Wimsett, Jr., JD on July 23^rd from 12 to 1 pm in the Shepard Broad Building – conference room 104.

Points of interest will include:

• What the new law does

• Who is required to do what under the new law

• How to dispute payments reported by Industry to CMS

• Why keeping payment records is important

Please reserve your seat through Crystal Sutherland as space will be limited.   Please list your name and department in the email and COI Brown Bag in the subject line.

If you cannot attend this Brown Bag session but would like to learn more about the new OPEN PAYMENTS law, please do not hesitate to contact the COI Program to make an appointment. Mr. Wimsett is also available to present this information at department meetings.

Directions to Shepard Broad Building – Please call 273-7508 with any questions.