FOR THOSE OF YOU waiting for a list of do's and don'ts from the Office of Inspector General in order to help you comply with the OIG's new pharmaceutical marketing guidance and avoid violating federal anti-kickback laws, don't hold your breath...

IN BOSTON'S LONGWOOD Medical Area, the Conference Center at Harvard Medical School opened its doors for business on September 24. A part of Harvard Medical School's New Research Building, the state-of-the-art facility has 8,500 square feet of...

WHEN EXHIBITORS COMPLAIN that tradeshows cost too much and the customer service is lousy, what's a show manager to do? The cost of exhibitor services and how they're delivered are in the hands of general contractors, beyond the association's...

Read the Life Support column on page 20 for information you can use to solve this case study. To see how some of today's CME leaders would solve this, to post your own solution, or to read more of this continuing series, go to Medical Meetings'...

THE ALL-EXPENSES PAID trips to resorts in Puerto Rico and Florida for doctors and their spouses, including cruises, spa treatments, cash payments, and other perks — were organized by Parke-Davis under the guise of advisory board, consultant, and...

Getting the ear of physicians has always been a challenge for pharmaceutical firms, but in the last year or so, it's amounted to running the gantlet...

Last January, the draft version of the proposed new Accreditation Council for CME Standards for Commercial Support was released, generating widespread concern in the CME community. After gathering comments, the ACCME went back to the drawing board...

The final version of the AdvaMed Code of Ethics on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals — a voluntary code for members of Washington, D.C.-based Advanced Medical Technology Association, a medical device company association — went through...

Continuing medical education initiatives can improve patient care, change physician practice behavior, and reduce costs. But to achieve these goals, CME providers need to look outside the traditional models. A case in point is the Buffalo Niagara...