Medical Education CMEs

Statement of Lewis Morris Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging On behalf of Inspector General Levinson and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I thank you for the opportunity to discuss commercial sponsorship of continuing medical education (CME). Physicians must keep abreast of advances in medicine, and access to objective,nbiased CME is essential to the quality of medicine practiced in this country. However, the integrity of medical practice and the quality of patient care may be compromised if biased or inaccurate CME influences the physician’s clinical practice, including the prescription of drugs, biologics, and medical devices. Preserving the independence and integrity of continuing medical education requires enhanced safeguards to preserve the boundaries separating education from marketing. Read More