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New in this IssueNPSF Patient Safety Research Grants: Call for Letters of Intent NRU may resume medical isotope production by the end of July
AHRQCMSSECRETARY SEBELIUS ANNOUNCES FINAL RULES TO SUPPORT MEANINGFUL USE OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS AT A GLANCE Comparative Effectiveness ResearchFDA Official: CER Revolutionizes Healthcare Akin To 1962 Drug Law Joint CommissionNew schedule of health care staffing meetings for late summer legislationHouse Passes 6-Month Doc Pay Fix MedicareCMS' Hospital Outpatient Rule Factors In Reform Law's Pay Policies, Adds Quality Measures CMS Physician Fee Rule Includes Reform Law's Primary Care Bump, Copay Waivers CMS TO EXPAND MEDICARE PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE IN 2011 White House Says Berwick Recess Appointment Key To Health Reform, GOP Fumes NRC
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Report for Women in the AAPMDue to the positive response to a session at last year’s annual meeting focused on professional development for women, medical physicists will have an opportunity to learn about negotiation for women at this year’s meeting. This information should be valuable to all AAPM members since many of us serve as mentors to support the professional development of women and men in their undergraduate, graduate and residency programs... [see full article] Comparative Effectiveness ResearchFDA Official: CER Revolutionizes Healthcare Akin To 1962 Drug LawWhile FDA's role in comparative effectiveness research and the details of a healthcare reform-created CER center are still in flux, a top agency official said the new emphasis on CER could shepherd in changes to the medical products industry of the magnitude that occurred in 1962 when Congress added efficacy requirements to the drug approval process... [see full article] legislationHouse Passes 6-Month Doc Pay FixWhen Senate Democrats were unable to gain floor passage of a broad tax extenders bill that included a physician payment fix and several other health-related measures, falling three votes shy of the 60 needed, the House late Thursday approved 417-1 a stand-alone six-month physician pay patch that previously passed the Senate... [see full article] MedicareCMS' Hospital Outpatient Rule Factors In Reform Law's Pay Policies, Adds Quality MeasuresAmbulatory surgical centers would see flat payments and hospitals paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System would see a slightly smaller reimbursement increase than earlier anticipated as a result of new health reform payment mandates, under a proposed rule released by CMS July 2... [see full article] CMS Physician Fee Rule Includes Reform Law's Primary Care Bump, Copay WaiversCMS late Friday released its annual proposed physician fee schedule that contains a mandatory 27.4 percent cut in payments under current law for doctors in 2011, a cut likely to again be averted by Congress, but also implements health reform provisions favorable to seniors and primary care physicians... [see full article] CMS TO EXPAND MEDICARE PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE IN 2011The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a proposed rule that would implement key provisions in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 that expand preventive services for Medicare beneficiaries, improve payments for primary care services, and promote access to health care services in rural areas... [see full article] White House Says Berwick Recess Appointment Key To Health Reform, GOP FumesThree months after health reform legislation was signed into law and five months before mid-term elections, President Obama's decision to avert a Senate floor battle by using a recess appointment to tap Donald Berwick as the next CMS administrator brought strong support among various Medicare stakeholders and cries of outrage from Republican lawmakers... [see full article] |
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