30 year-old patient 3 weeks post tummy tuck and 330 cc saline to 400 cc gel re-augmentation. Note low placement of the incision allowing patient to wear a bikini. The belly button is placed normally at an aesthetically-pleasing distance above the incision. The belly button is small, and vertical, without excess skin visible.
Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1278, physicians will soon be required to provide a notice to their patients regarding the Open Payments database (Database), which is managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS.
Specifically, this new law requires physicians to do the following beginning January 1, 2024, a physician who uses a website in their medical practice must conspicuously post the same notice described below on their website.
Under this law, a violation of these requirements constitutes unprofessional conduct.
“For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.”
Beginning January 1, 2024, a physician who uses a website in their medical practice must conspicuously post the same notice described above on their website.
Under this law, a violation of these requirements constitutes unprofessional conduct.
