Category: Expense Monitoring & Auditing

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Last week, qordata hosted an interactive webinar with Sarah DiFransesca from Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and Leslie Restanio from Amneal Pharmaceuticals for analyzing the recently rolled out OIG’s Special Fraud Alert for Speaker Programs. The Special Fraud Alert highlights the fraud and abuse risks associated with the offer, payment, solicitation, or receipt of remuneration relating […]

A short while ago, we conducted a survey on HCP Meal limits across the life sciences industry. The purpose of this survey was to get an idea about a general trend in HCP meal limits set by pharma and medical device manufacturing companies and share the findings so that compliance teams across the industry can […]

Recently, we hosted our Compliance Conversation series webinar titled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program: What’s new in DOJ’s revised guidance?” with Heidi Kocher, a partner at Liles Parker PLLC. It was a hit, and many of the attendees emailed us to tell us that it was very updated information regarding DOJ’s revised guidelines for the […]

Among the critical components of life sciences compliance, speaker programs and healthcare professional (HCP) meals are two high-risk areas subject to regulatory scrutiny and governed by various applicable laws.  These initiatives are designed by life sciences companies to educate medical professionals about the development of new drugs and devices, ensuring they are well informed about […]

The Sunshine Act, a provision of the Affordable Care Act, requires life sciences organizations to report payments and other transfers of value to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This information is then made publicly accessible on CMS’s website. The reporting process involves preparing aggregate spend reports according to a CMS-preferred format and […]

As the deadline for CMS Open Payments reports submission draws close, we ought to share 4 of the common mistakes that happen during Federal Sunshine Act reporting. And how you should be avoiding them. Before we begin, let’s keep in mind that two types of errors could potentially come with spend transparency: Technical errors Compliance […]