Documents

November 2011

• Hatch, Enzi, Coburn Question Role Of New CMS Innovation Center
• Burr, Harkin, Enzi and Casey Introduce Bill To Prepare For Pandemics, Bioterror Attacks
• AMA To Super Committee: Repeal SGR Now To Avert December Short-Term Patch
• FDA Issues Two Draft Guidance Documents To Facilitate Investigational Medical Device Studies In Humans
• AOA Urges Super Committee To Propose Permanent SGR Fix
• Democrats Float Deficit-Cutting Proposal
• National Practitioner Data Bank Restored, With Exceptions
• FDA Rejection Of Animal Antibiotic Petitions Strikes CSPI's Ire
• Don Berwick's Prepared Remarks To NAMD
• Urban Hospitals Say Medicare Cuts Could Cost 130,000 Jobs
• AARP Fact Sheet: Medicare Part D Premiums Are Rising
• New Executive Order Limits Government Officials' Travel To Conferences
• Groups Urge White House To Reject Effort To Delay Important Forms For Comparing Health Plans
• CDC Publishes Final Notice On Infectious Disease Notifications
• CSB To Release Findings, Draft Recommendations In Dust-Related Accidents
• Medicaid Directors Produce White Paper On Innovations/Transformation
• D.C. Appeals Court Upholds Reform Law's Constitutionality
• Multiple States, Vendors Agree On Standard Health Data Connectivity Specs
• IOM Recommends FDA Prepare To Regulate HIT
• Grassley, Baucus Scrutinize Health Insurers' Relationship With Testing Labs
• NIOSH Developing 'Buy Quiet' Web Tool
• NAIC Asks HHS For More Flexibility In Exchange Partnership Model
• Principles Approved By AHA Board In 2009 Address CER
• Klobuchar Leads Bipartisan Letter Seeking Changes In Device Approval Process
• Analysis Finds Teaching Hospitals Contribute $44.9 Billion To Economy, Support 300,000 Jobs