Documents

May 2011

• CBO Says Repealing IPAB Would Cost $2.4 Billion
• AHA Study Says CMS Underestimated Start-Up Costs Of Establishing An ACO
• HHS Grants $100 Million In Affordable Care Act Grants To Help Create Healthier U.S. Communities
• Reactions To Medicare Trustees Report
• CMS: Trustees Report Shows Medicare Solvent Longer Than Expected Prior To Health Reform Passage
• PGPs Boycott ACOs
• PhRMA Finds Over 850 Drugs In Development For Illnesses That Target Women
• AdvaMed Backs House Medical Liability Reform Bill
• AARP Says Some SGR Reform Proposals Would Shift Costs To Seniors
• CMS Report Finds Reforms Have Led To $120 Million In Medicare Savings
• CMS Announces Technical Correction To Competitive Bidding Program To Allow Grandfathering
• Surgeon General Joins With NCL To Launch Medication Adherence Awareness Campaign
• CBO Score On GOP Medicaid MOE Repeal Bill
• AARP Urges Congress To Reject GOP Bill Scrapping Medicaid MOE Requirements
• HHS Announces Action Plan To Prevent And Treat Viral Hepatitis
• Boehner Files Amicus Brief In Atlanta Case Challenging Individual Mandate
• Pitts, Pallone Introduce Bill To Address National Pediatric Doctors Shortage
• GAO Pegs Health Center Strategies To Reduce Hospital Emergency Dept. Use
• House Appropriations Unveils Markup Schedule
• AMGA Comments On ACO Rule
• ACAP Urges CMS To Give States Guidance On Basic Health Program
• Milliman Medical Index: Healthcare Costs For Family of Four Have Doubled In Less Than Nine Years
• OIG Fact Sheet Outlines Authority To Exclude Corporate Officers From Govt. Programs
• Tort Reform Group Analysis Says House Bill Doesn't Clash With States' Rights
• Hatch, Enzi Questions Patient Safety Initiatives' Projected Cost Savings