Survey Aims To Quantify Cost Of Physician-Payment Tracking Requirements
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A recent 1survey shows that upwards of 40% of device and drug firms spend over $500,000 capturing, tracking and reporting payments to health care professionals each year to comply with various state reporting requirements
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