Massachusetts Transparency Reporting
Key dates
Submission: July 1
Authority
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Who must report?
Applicable Pharmaceuticals and medical device manufacturers
*see details below
- Last Updated: February 19, 2024
- Doctor
- Dentist
- Pharmacist
- Nurse practitioner
- Audiologist
- Podiatrist
- Physical therapist
- Product education and training
- Modest meals in conjunction with product education and training
- Honoraria, consultant, speaker fees and related out-of-pocket expenses
- Reasonable travel and lodging necessary for training
- Demonstration or evaluation units
- Educational gifts (journal articles, anatomical models, textbooks)
- Charitable donations
- Any entity is classified as Pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer that:
- (a) is directly or indirectly involved in producing, preparing, propagating, compounding, converting or processing of prescription drugs, biologics, or medical devices, either by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis; or
- (b) is involved directly in the packaging, repackaging, labeling, relabeling or distributing
- prescription drugs, biologics, or medical devices.
Companies do not have to report transfers of value made to:
- Full time employees and board members of a pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer acting in that capacity.
- Consumers who purchase prescription drugs or medical devices for themselves or for a family member.
- Schools, universities and trade organizations.
- Manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices are required to register with Department of Public Health and renew registration annually by paying a yearly fee of $2000.
- Email the file as a comma-separated value (CSV) attachment to: [email protected]
- Add subject line as “
Disclosure Report.” E.g if the reporting calendar year is 2021, the subject of the email is “2021 Disclosure Report”
Note: If there are no reportable transactions, email to [email protected] stating “Company