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New in this IssueMEFOMP formed at World Congress in Munich NRCNew Jersey Becomes the 37th Agreement State ACR116 on medical isotope shortageLetter to Representative Markey AMAAMA believes Baucus will introduce legislation to repeal the CMS Sustainable Growth Rate mechanism Health ReformPanels At Odds On HHS Role In Comparative Effectiveness Institute Baucus Unveils $856 Billion Health Reform Bill With No GOP Support Senators Seek Radiation Therapy Waiver From Imaging Cuts House, Senate Dems Revisit ’Pay Fors,’ Other Issues Prior To Floor Vote |
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MEFOMP formed at World Congress in MunichThe Middle East Federation of Organizations of Medical Physics (MEFOMP) was formed as a new federation of the IOMP during the WC2009 in Munich. Officers: President: Ibrahim Duhaini from Lebanon; Vice President: Seyed Mahdavi from Iran; Secretary General: Ahmad Oteif from KSA; Treasurer: Adel Mohamad from Bahrain NRCNew Jersey Becomes the 37th Agreement StateThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed an agreement with New Jersey, under which the state will assume NRC’s regulatory authority over certain radioactive materials. New Jersey becomes the 37th NRC Agreement State, effective Sept. 30... [see full article] ACRACR Announces Upcoming changes to CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine and PET Accreditation Program Requirements for Medical Physicists/MR Scientists to Change January 1, 2010Effective Jan. 1, 2010, the American College of Radiology (ACR) CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine and PET Accreditation Program requirements for medical physicists and MR will change. New requirements for initial qualifications, continuing education, and continuing experience will be more relevant and more uniform across the accreditation programs and should not be onerous on imaging facilities seeking accreditation... [see full article] AMAAMA believes Baucus will introduce legislation to repeal the CMS Sustainable Growth Rate mechanismA letter from the American Medical Association to the Senate Finance Committee indicates the group is confident that Chair Max Baucus (D‑MT) will support a total repeal of Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) payment update formula when the full Senate takes up a bill... [see full article] Health ReformPanels At Odds On HHS Role In Comparative Effectiveness InstituteAll three major health reform bills include measures on comparative effectiveness research, but there are two basic competing approaches -- giving government control of the research or placing the research institute outside of the government -- and sources say it’s hard to predict which will win in the end... [see full article] Baucus Unveils $856 Billion Health Reform Bill With No GOP SupportSen. Max Baucus (D‑MT) walked into the Finance Committee hearing room alone to unveil his health reform legislation that would cover 94 percent of the population and reform the Medicare delivery system... [see full article] Senators Seek Radiation Therapy Waiver From Imaging CutsA bipartisan group of 32 senators and the oncology industry are pushing CMS to remove radiation therapy services from the agency’s proposal to bump up the assumption of how long imaging equipment is in use, which results in a Medicare payment cut for these services... [see full article] House, Senate Dems Revisit ’Pay Fors,’ Other Issues Prior To Floor VoteWith all health reform markups now complete pending a final vote by the Senate Finance panel, House and Senate Democrats are hard at work behind the scenes preparing their bills for floor action, trying to find acceptable policy compromises and considering new ’pay fors’ to assuage some members’ concerns with the legislation’s price tag... [see full article] |
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