Total CME Funding Drops, But Income from Pharma Increases

The AMA& many other physician groups are lobbying in support of a Senate bill to exempt drug and device makers from reporting the value of continuing medical education (CME), journal reprints, and textbooks provided to physicians (seehere).At the same time, while total accredited CME income is decreasing, the pharma industry is upping its financial support of CME, according to the2015 Annual Report of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).Data from ACCME Annual Reports. Click on image for an enlarged, more readable view.However, pharma may be channeling money to CME through organizations that are not required by law to report the value of their support for CME.Read more ยป
Source: Pharma Marketing Blog - Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: ACCME payments to physicians Sunshine law Source Type: blogs