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Boston University now offering Master Degree in Bioimaging - View their website AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research & quality)CMSBerwick nomination hearing delayed FDADevice Industry Launches Effort To Improve Radiation Therapy Safety Joint CommissionLegislationHouse Passes Doc Pay ’Patch,’ Senate Vote Needed To Block 21 Percent Cut Stabenow Won’t Push Long-Term SGR Amendment To Tax Extenders Bill Baucus Scales Back Doc Fix In Revised Tax Bill Medical ImagingGAO numbers overstate growth in medical imaging NIHCSR Releases New Videos: “NIH Peer Review Revealed” and “NIH Tips for Applicants”
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CMSBerwick nomination hearing delayedPosted: June 10, 2010 Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) indicated Thursday that a confirmation hearing for President Barack Obama’s nominee to head CMS – Massachusetts pediatrician and health reform guru Donald Berwick – will not happen before July 4, an industry consultant said. Berwick has weathered a storm of criticism from Republicans over his views on use of comparative effectiveness research to ration care and his support for the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness. FDADevice Industry Launches Effort To Improve Radiation Therapy SafetyFollowing increased scrutiny from FDA, the medical device industry has launched an initiative to develop and implement additional patient protection features for radiation therapy equipment in a bid to ensure patient treatment plans are appropriately delivered and patients are properly positioned on the machines for treatment... [see full article] LegislationHouse Passes Doc Pay ’Patch,’ Senate Vote Needed To Block 21 Percent CutThe House on Friday approved a physician payment "patch" that would put off for 19 months Medicare payment cuts slated to kick in June 1, and the Senate is expected to take up the measure when it returns from the Memorial Day recess... [see full article] Stabenow Won’t Push Long-Term SGR Amendment To Tax Extenders BillMedical specialty society lobbyists met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) Thursday morning and were told that Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D‑MI) will scrap her planned amendment to the tax extenders package that would block planned Medicare cuts for three and a half years as the votes aren’t there for the measure, a political consultant and Medicare policy expert tell Inside CMS... [see full article] Baucus Scales Back Doc Fix In Revised Tax BillSenate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) late Wednesday unveiled a revamped tax extenders proposal that scales back the Medicare physician payment fix to six months but retains his earlier bill’s enhanced Medicaid funding, a provision for which states and key health care stakeholders vociferously lobbied this week... [see full article] Medical ImagingGAO numbers overstate growth in medical imagingSAN DIEGO - Imaging growth in the U.S. hasn’t risen nearly as dramatically as the government says it has; in fact, it’s been pretty flat, according to researchers who presented a study on the topic on Monday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting... [see full article] NIHCSR Releases New Videos: “NIH Peer Review Revealed” and “NIH Tips for Applicants” |
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