Last Thursday, Senate leaders announced that they had reached an agreement to bring a package of bills to address the nation’s opioid crisis to the Senate floor in the coming days.
Among the 70+ provisions is the “Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Provision from Senators Grassley and Blumenthal which Enhances the CMS-run Open Payments, or “sunshine”, program by expanding the types of professionals for whom a drug and device manufacturer is required to report when the manufacturer provides something of value to include: physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse midwives.
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