Case Study: Alere achieves streamlined aggregate spend reporting and Sunshine Act compliance with Mendix

Aggregate Spend Reporting and Sunshine Act Compliance

Alere, a large medical device company with many U.S. entities, faced a major compliance burden from the Sunshine Act: each entity had to deliver monthly reports in different templates (research vs. non‑research), and Alere needed to aggregate, standardize and validate all data before CMS submission. The manual process created heavy administrative effort for finance and compliance teams and exceeded internal bandwidth.

Alere chose the Mendix platform to build a cloud‑deployed aggregate spend portal that centralizes uploads, validates data against templates, generates line‑item error reports, and issues acceptance/rejection notifications. The solution automates reporting, lets teams run entity or consolidated reports, reduces follow‑ups and administrative work, and enabled rapid, flexible adjustments — producing timelier, more accurate submissions and helping Alere meet Sunshine Act requirements.

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Christine Meyers

Associate Director, Corporate Compliance, Alere, Inc.