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CMSCMS' Physician Advisory Panel Quietly Axed Due to Reform LawHHS has quietly dissolved a long-standing CMS physician advisory panel as a result of a clause tucked into the final health reform legislation, Inside Health Policy has learned. HHS informed members of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council (PPAC) in an April 16 letter that the health reform bill permanently dissolves the advisory committee, but has not publicly announced the decision... [see full article] LegislationTax Extenders Bill To Include SGR, 340B, Nursing Home, Medicaid, Other Health ProvisionsCongressional leaders on Thursday revealed that their tax extenders legislation will include a 3.5year pay "patch" to alleviate Medicare physician pay cuts, extend enhanced Medicaid funding for six months, expand the 340B drug discount program to the inpatient setting and repeal a key nursing home provision, among other health care provisions... [see full article] Medical ImagingWhite House may stand behind radiology benefit managersThe Imaging e-Ordering Coalition is concerned the Obama administration has failed to grasp the effectiveness of clinical decision support to control imaging utilization, instead favoring the conventional method of radiology benefit managers. In response, the coalition is preparing a white paper to explain the benefits of clinical decision support... [see full article] MedicareSummary of Medicare Transmittal 694 Diagnostic Imaging Multiple Procedure Payment ReductionReduction on the TC of certain multiple imaging procedures is increased from 25 percent to 50 percent... [see full article] Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)New MedPAC members are health reform, actuarial expertsFour new members tapped for Congress' Medicare Payment Advisory Commission are well-versed in health reform and actuarial matters, helping to position MedPAC for a key advisory role in the new law's implementation. "Policymakers continue to rely on MedPAC's expert advice, and with the passage of health care reform, MedPAC's role will continue to be particularly important," Gene Dodaro, acting Comptroller General, said Friday as he announced the new members, whose terms will run through 2013... [see full article] National Cancer InstituteFormer NIH director returns to U.S. cancer instituteFormer National Institutes of Health director Dr. Harold Varmus was nominated by President Barack Obama on Monday to return to his former agency, this time as head of the National Cancer Institute... [see full article] |
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