Documents

March 2011

• Baucus, Hatch Request Reports From CMS, HHS On Fraud Crackdowns
• FDA Develops Online Tool Displaying Food Safety Strategies
• Issa, Ensign Legislation Seeks Transparency For Health Care Waivers
• GAO Urges CMS To Assess Adequacy Of Payment When Certain Oral Drugs Included
• IOM Recommends Clinical Practices Guidelines, Standards For Systemic Reviews
• AMA-Sponsored Lewin Report Analyzes State-Based Economic Impact Of Office-Based Physicians
• AHRQ Announces Key Questions For Comparative Effectiveness Review Of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures
• FDA Issues Draft Guide On Salmonella Testing
• Iowa's MLR Waiver Request
• AdvaMed Files Comments To IRS On Reform's Device Tax
• Issa, Walsh Introduce Bill To End Health Reform Spending Until Constitutional Challenges Resolved
• OSHA Announces MSD Column Teleconferences
• FDA Issues Import Alert On Specified Products From Japan
• HHS: Savings From Drug Discounts Already Total $38 Million In 2011
• Sessions, Hatch Ask Medicare Trustees To Account For 'Double Counting' In Next Estimate
• U.S. Preventive Task Force Seeks Public Comment On Kidney Disease Screening Evidence Report
• HHS Proposes $505 Application Fee For New Medicare Providers
• Supreme Court Rules Statistical Significance Not Necessary For Adverse Events Reporting
• Premier Says CMS VPB Regs Go In Right Direction
• DeLauro Requests Radiation Testing Of All Japan-Sourced Food
• DOJ, BIO File Briefs In Microsoft Patent Case
• USP Teams With FDA, CHPA To Apply Modern Test Methods To Acetaminophen
• Long List Of Groups Call For Nomination Hearings On Berwick
• GPhA Presses Congress For OGD Funds
• HHS Issues National Quality Strategy As Called For By Reform Law