AGENDA

 

One Year Later: Complying with the

Massachusetts Gift Ban Law

 

Friday, February 26, 2010

8:00 – 10:30 a.m.

 

Mass. Medical Society

860 Winter Street

Waltham, Mass.

 

Last year Massachusetts’ “gift ban” law went into effect, requiring medical device companies to restrict their marketing and product development practices and to report on payments to Massachusetts-licensed health care providers. This seminar will examine the Mass. Department of Public Health’s implementation of this law; enforcement policies;

how the law impacts intellectual property licensing; and company compliance strategies.

 

AGENDA

 

7:30 a.m.                               Registration/Continental Breakfast/Networking

 

8:00 a.m.                               Welcome and Introduction

 

                                                Gift Ban Overview

                                                Ray Zemlin, Goodwin Procter, LLP

 

                                                Fundamentals of Payment Reporting

                                                Melissa Lopes, Mass. Department of Public Health

 

                                                Enforcing the Mass. Gift Ban Law – The Federal Perspective

                                                Susan Winkler, US Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts

 

                                                Update: The Federal Payment to Physicians Sunshine Act

                                                Christine Solti, Choate Hall & Stewart

 

                                                The Gift Ban Law & IP Licensing

                                                David Cavanaugh, WilmerHale

 

                                                Strategies for Complying with the Mass. Gift Ban Law

                                                Ray Zemlin

 

10:30  a.m.                            Program Adjourns

 

MassMEDIC gratefully acknowledges the support of this seminar’s sponsor –

 

 

www.wilmerhale.com

 

On-line registration is also available at www.massmedic.com.  Questions? Please call MassMEDIC at 617-414-1340.