Pfizer might have been the first to do this, but the Physician Sunshine Act that was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act will require all companies to report all financial transactions made to health care professionals.

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In March 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, which included the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA).

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Starting next year (January 1, 2012), the Physician Payment Sunshine provisions of the Accountable Care Act goes into effect.

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Prior to and in support of passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act in 1994 this writer, a physician and medical researcher by training, sent all 535 Members of Congress a copy of a review paper he authored on antioxidants based on the review of over 330 papers and abstracts.

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On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-delayed final rule that is intended to implement the Physician Payments Sunshine provisions that were included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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"In the face of new and compelling data that there should be no elective deliveries before 39 weeks, there is very little rational basis to act differently, " says Jonathan Perlin, president of clinical and physician services and chief medical officer at HCA. He says 96% of deliveries now meet the 39-week rule.

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