Documents

November 2012

• HIV Experts Applaud USPSTF For Recommending Routine HIV Screening
• USP Adopts New Naming Policy For Compounded Drugs
• CPWR Launches Online Resource To Identify, Control Silica Dust
• PFCD Letter To HHS On Essential Health Benefits
• AHA Complains That IRS Rules Hinder ACO, Deliver Reforms
• Coburn Letter To OPM On Extending FEHBP To Sandy Workers
• Lawmakers Urge HHS To Tread Carefully In Implementing Trade Bill's QIO Provisions
• CMS Releases Medicare Payment Notices
• HHS Postpones State Exchange Declaration Deadline To December
• House Democrats Seek GAO Probe Of Link Between Drug Shortages, Increased Compounding Reliance
• Consumer Groups Outline Recommendations For Partnership, Federal Exchanges
• RGA Seeks More Time To Declare State Exchanges
• CSPI Urges FDA To Take Action Against Caffeinated Snacks
• AMA Adopts Policy On Defined Contribution
• Republicans Urge Colleagues To Support Creation Of The Committee On Health Care
• Hospitals Float Deficit Reduction Alternatives
• New CAP Plan Yields $385 Billion In Health Care Savings Without Harming Beneficiaries
• AHA Seeks Electronic Billing Guidance From HHS, DOJ
• OIG: Inappropriate Payments To SNFs Cost Medicare More Than $1B In 2009
• ASCO Says Sequestration Poses Triple Threat To Cancer Patients
• HHS Announces First External Class Of HHS Innovation Fellows
• AMA Adopts New Policies On Prescription Refills, Medicaid, Health Care Teams
• OSHA Seeks ACCSH Nominations
• ASSE President: OSHA Should Balance Enforcement, Cooperative Efforts
• Internal White House Memo Lays Out Medicare Cuts In President's 2011 Offer To Boehner