Documents

February 2011

• Kaiser Finds Impact Of Health Reform Implementation Varies Among States
• HHS Announces $100 Million In Affordable Care Act Grants To Prevent Disease
• FDA Touts New Drug Safety Tools In Letter To Kerry, Brown
• NIOSH Plans Radiation Dose Program Review
• Finance Committee Plans Hearing On Health Care Fraud Prevention
• Ways & Means Schedules Hearing On Efforts To Combat Health Care Fraud
• Senators Calls For DOJ, FTC To Share Jurisdiction Over ACO Anti-Trust Issues
• Kaiser Examines Recession-Driven Record Medicaid Enrollment, Medicaid Spending Growth
• CMS Says Initial Registration Signals Strong Interest In Medicare, Medicaid EHR Incentives
• PwC Finds Patients Not Taking Full Advantage Of EHRs
• Energy And Commerce Committee Restarts Investigation Into Tainted Heparin
• NIOSH To Conduct Coal Miner Screenings For Black Lung
• E&C Requests Wide-Ranging Info From White House Office Of Health Reform
• Lewin: Medicaid Pharmacy Programs Could Save $33B With Management Approaches Used By Part D, MCOs, Commercial Sector
• Sebelius Announces 13 States To Receive More Than $45 Million In MFP Grants
• BIO Lauds High Court Upholding Of Vaccine Preemption
• Christie Says Modernizing New Jersey Medicaid Rx Will Help Save $41 Million
• Leahy Asks DOJ For Update On Peanut Corp. Of America Investigation
• CMS Issues Proposed Rule On Community First Choice Provision In Reform Law
• CMS To Begin Reprocessing Claims Affected By Health Reform, Physician Fee Changes
• FAH Urges CMS To Retain Current EMTALA Law For Inpatients
• CMS Issues Combined Advance Notice And Draft Call Letter For MA And Part D Plans
• GAO Finds Inconsistencies In Health IT Incentives Programs
• CSB Continues Probe Of Tennessee Fire
• HHS Tells AZ It May Reduce Medicaid Eligibility For Residents In Demonstration