Documents

June 2011

• Avalere Study Finds Home Health Leads To Fewer Hospitalizations
• NCPA Offers Recommendations For Health Care Entitlement Reform
• House Budget Committee Members Outline Budget Deal Criteria
• Kaiser Analysis Examines Potential Uses Of Online Applications For Medicaid, CHIP
• Rockefeller Letter Blasting Hatch's Proposal To Slash Medicaid MOE Requirements
• FDA Guidance On Applying Human Factors, Usability Engineering Into Device Design
• Senate Finance Hearing Focuses On Medicare Solvency
• NIOSH Issues Fact Sheet On CBRN Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• Reactions To Supreme Court Data Mining Decision
• Supreme Court Rejects Vermont's Arguments In Data Mining Case
• Generic Drug Companies Win In Supreme Court Preemption Fight
• Baucus, Grassley Question Medtronic About Unreported Device Side Effects
• AMA Announces Board Of Trustees For 2011-2012
• NCPA Reaction To Carper, Coburn Anti-Fraud Bill
• FDA Offers Updated Safety Data On Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants
• CMS Amends Rule On Insurance Plan Internal Appeals, External Reviews
• GAO Testifies On Medicare Secondary Payer Issues
• Sens. Carper And Coburn Lead Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
• CBO Issues Long-Term Budget Outlook
• Bipartisan Group In House Questions Data Used For Proposed SNF Cuts
• Rep. DeGette Introduces Drug Shortages Bill In House
• Harkin Leverages IG Report To Stump For Food Safety Funds
• Grassley, Kohl Call For Enhanced FDA Review Of Medical Devices
• Pitts Letter Probing FDA's Alleged Bid To Block VA Use Of DESI Drugs
• CMS: More People With Medicare Receiving Free Prevent