Documents

May 2011

• CDC Reports On Grounds Maintenance Worker Deaths
• Harkin Statement At Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing On NIH Budget
• HHS Offers New Tools To Help States Lower Medicaid Costs, Provide Better Care
• CMS Releases Agenda, Materials For June 8 HCPCS Public Meeting
• AMA Unveils Print Add Seeking Passage Of House Medical Liability Reform Bill
• Public Citizen Criticizes Data In JAMA Alzheimer's Study
• HHS Report: Most Uninsured Unable To Pay Hospital Bills
• Physician Groups Circulate Letter Seeking Cosponsors For Balance Billing Legislation
• Report Recommends New Risk Framework For FDA Decisions
• NAMD Seeks Flexibility With Respect To Medicaid MOE
• CRS Unveils Updated Report On ACOs
• Sanders, McDermott To Unveil Single Payer Health Care Bills
• FDA Begins Biosimilars User Fee Development Effort
• NIOSH Plans Meeting On Research Agenda
• Democrats Urge House GOP Chairmen To Hold Hearings On Medicaid, Medicare Plans
• First Focus Opposes Proposal To Eliminate Medicaid MOE Requirement
• NIOSH Seeks Comments On Proposed Data Collection For Pulmonary Function Testing Course Approval Program
• HRSA Announces $12 Million In Grants For Rural Health Care Providers
• 50 Senators Express Opposition To GOP Medicare Privatization Idea
• CBO's Preliminary Estimate Of Bill Repealing Medicaid MOE Requirement
• Rockefeller Gains Support For Letter Opposing House GOP Bill Turning Medicaid Into Block Grants
• House Ways & Means Plans Its Own Hearings On Physician Payment Reform
• U.S. Chamber Provides Input To FDA On New Food Law
• National Assn. Of Medicaid Directors Hires New Staff Members
• Camp Hails House Passage Of Bill Blocking Taxpayer Funds For Abortion