The Physician Payments Sunshine Act is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all of which hangs in the balance Thursday morning when the U.S. Supreme Court will likely rule on the constitutionality of all or parts of the package.
One legal possibility is that the court could decide to defer a decision until the law is fully implemented in 2014, but the betting line has the nine justices making history, one way or another. And, yes, there is a betting line.
The Sunshine Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments made to doctors and teaching hospitals. It is designed to give patients and others more information and shed light on potential conflicts of interest. The question is whether a doctor paid by a company is more inclined to prescribe that company's drug over a competitor's drug or no drug because of his or her financial relationship with the first company, regardless of the effect on the patient.
The Sunshine Act was the topic of a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon at the Drug Information Association's 48th annual meeting at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The meeting concludes Thursday morning.
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