Possible introduction of Physician Payments Sunshine Act in the russian healthcare sector
Physician Payments Sunshine Act is a healthcare law to increase transparency of financial relationships between health care providers, which was adopted in the United States in 2013. The Act requires pharmaceutical companies to disclose information on any payments to health care providers. Today, there is a database available and open to public access where every patient can learn about the financial relationships between the pharmaceutical company and his or her physician. Read more...
Mandatory testing of health care workers for hiv: is it a relic of the past?
Currently the petition is under consideration by the Russian Supreme Court seeking invalidation of pre-employment and post-employment (once a year) mandatory HIV testing for health professionals working with patients in surgical wards. Read more...
Does a patient need an insurance agent?
The Ministry of Health has come up with a new idea: to establish a network of insurance agents. We asked Yuri Zabolotnikov, the legal adviser of the Non-Profit Partnership "The Healthy Future" and Igor Petrushin, Head of Marketing Research and Consulting, Aston Group to comment on the news. Read more...
We tried to find out what the experts from the professional community think about this regulatory initiative. Read more...
