The Vermont Attorney General has entered into two more Assurances of Discontinuance with manufacturers to settle violations of Vermont’s Prescribed Product Gift Ban and Disclosure Law. The law bans most gifts to Vermont health care providers and requires manufacturers of prescribed products, such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices, to disclose certain expenditures paid by manufacturers to health care providers.
Since January 1st, 2015, the Attorney General has filed six Assurances of Discontinuance settling violations of Vermont’s Prescribed Product Gift Ban and Disclosure Law by prescribed product manufacturers, resulting in payment of $319,000 to the state, $181,250 of which comes from these two recent settlements. Copies of the two settlements can be found here and here.
Vermont AG: July 1, 2015