From QMed:
Kohl and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) developed the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which was signed into law as Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The law requires public disclosure of the financial relationships between physicians and the pharmaceutical, medical device and biologics industries. The law also required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish reporting procedures for applicable manufacturers to submit information, as well as procedures for making that information available to the public, by October 1, 2011. CMS issued that guidance today.