Documents

December 2011

• MedSolutions Pushes Radiology Benefit Management As $24 Billion Cost-Cutter
• House E&C Oversight GOP: Republicans Warned Of EERP's Funding Shortfall Last Year
• Cancer Coalition Urges Lawmakers To Protect Health Reform Prevention Fund
• Coburn, Hatch Raise Concerns With CMS' Contractor Oversight Policies
• AHCA Rebuts Bad Debt Cuts In House SGR Bill
• AAMC Offers Detailed Objections To House SGR Bill's Outpatient Hospital Cuts
• Senate Health Committee Approves Bipartisan PAHPA Bill
• House Dems' Bill Would Permanently Repeal SGR; Freeze Rates For 10 Years
• Grassley Questions CMS On Private Meetings With Hedge Fund Consultants
• AHA Opposes MedPAC's Outpatient Payment Proposal
• Hospitals Send Letter Blasting SGR Offsets As House Slated To Vote On GOP Tax Bill
• Administration Issues Veto Warning On House Tax Bill
• FDA Issues Humanitarian Use Device Guidance
• Senators Call On Sec. Sebelius To Explain The Science Behind Plan B Decision
• RSC Analysis Of The House SGR/Payroll Tax/UI Bill
• FDA Denies Plan B Petition
• CBO: House GOP 'Doc Fix' Bill Not Fully Offset
• New Democrats Peg SGR Fix, Health IT, FDA Reforms As Priorities
• Rural Hospitals Lobby Senate To Include Medicare Pay Extenders In SGR Patch Bill
• House GOP Unveil 2-Year Physican Payment Bill
• 50 Wisconsin Groups Urge HHS To Reject Waiver From MOE
• House GOP Proposed Offsets For Payroll Tax Cut
• AHA Action Alert Urges Members To Oppose GOP-Proposed Hospital Cuts As SGR Offsets
• Lawmakers Circulate Letter Opposing IRF Cuts
• Law Firm Issues Advice To Employers On Chemical Plant NEP