Documents

July 2012

• Hatch, Whitehouse Introduce Bill To Target Steroids Marketed As Supplements
• Final Draft Of Carter's Menu Labeling Bill
• Harkin Report Details National, State-By-State Impact Of Sequestration On Health Programs
• Hospice Wage Index Gets 0.9 Percent Increase
• CBO Says High Court Ruling Reduces ACA Coverage Expansion Costs By $84 Billion; Full ACA Repeal Would Add $109 B To Deficit
• CSB: Lessons Not Effectively Learned At Time Of Gulf Blowout
• Proposed IRS Affordability Standard May Lead To More Uninsured Children
• RGA Sends HHS Another Letter Seeking Medicaid Expansion Guidance
• NAMD Responds To State Innovation Grants
• Wisconsin Defends Duals Demo In Letter To MedPAC
• CMS Releases Notices On CHIP, DSH, Part B Premiums
• WV Governor's To HHS On Medicaid Expansion
• Burgess Introduces Legislation To Provide One-Year Extension For Medicare Physician Payment Rates
• Patient Groups: Part D Protected Class Policy Should Be Preserved
• NIOSH Program Explores Employer Support For Work, Family Balance
• HHS Offers General Rundown Of Sequestration's Likely Impact
• CMS Announces New State Health Care Innovation Initiative
• CMS Updates Hospital Compare, Nursing Home Compare Websites
• CMS Issues Final Rule On Data Collection For EHB, Recognition Of Entities For Accreditation Of Qualified Health Plans
• Hatch, Upton Ask Administration To Explain Medicaid "Blended Rate" Policy
• FDA Approval Of 2nd Obesity Drug Hinges On REMS, MedGuide
• Senators Praise Court's Ruling Against Pay-For-Delay Settlements
• Grassley Floor Statement Blasting FDA's Employee Monitoring Activities
• Ways & Means Plans July 24 Hearing On SGR
• Correspondence Surrounding FDA's Surveillance Of Employees