DATE — March 23, 2010 US Senators Grassley and Kohl's Physician Payment Sunshine Act is finally enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see Sept 6, 2007). Key Dates:

• August 1, 2013: Manufacturers are required to begin collecting payment information.
• January 1, 2014: CMS target date for launching its physician portal, whereby every physician can sign up to be notified when his/her individualized report is available for review.
• March 31, 2014: Manufacturers and GPOs report the payment/ownership data for August 1 - December 31, 2013 to CMS.
• June 30, 2014: CMS target date for providing physicians access to their individualized August 1 - December 31, 2013 report. Through the CMS portal, physicians will be able to contact manufacturers/GPOs if corrections are necessary.
• September 30, 2014: CMS date for release of the data via a publicly available and searchable website.

December 7, 2010 — Article: "The Rules of Retraction", by Melanie Newman discusses the attempts to get the publication of Study 329 retracted.