Documents

August 2013

• Report Finds MN Prepared For Health Reform Despite Early Hurdles
• OMB Issues Fiscal 2014 Sequestration Report
• Trade Groups Advise Finance, W&M On Post-Acute Care Reforms
• Wisconsin Submits 1115 Waiver To Reduce Medicaid Eligibility To 100% FPL
• L.A.-Area Lawmakers Pressure CMS To Delay California's Duals Demo
• RAND: Large Long-Term Costs Associated With Repealing ACA Employer Mandate
• OSHA Releases State Plan FAME Reports
• Stakeholders Comment on Ways & Means Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Proposals
• FTC Brief: 'No Authorized Generic' Agreements Raise Anti-Trust Concerns
• Hospitals Protest CMS Policy On Premium Non-Payment Grace Period
• Regional Emphasis Program Tackles Noise Hazards
• AHA Asks CMS To Clarify Sequester Guidance To MA Plans
• McDermott Calls For GAO Study On Hospital Consolidation
• IRS Releases Rules On Excise Tax For Certain Non-Profit Hospitals
• Georgetown Report Examines Insurer, State Implementation Of Essential Health Benefits
• Public Citizen: FDA Knew Specialty Compounding Problems Months Before Patient Infections, Product Recall
• More Than 30 Specialty Societies Peg More Than 150 Potentially Unnecessary Medical Tests
• FDA Addresses Challenges To Wireless Technology In Final Guidance
• ASSE 'Encouraged' By Perez Pick
• Business Roundtable Pushes Raising Medicare Eligibility Age, More Means Testing
• ALJ Ruling Largely Favors BP In Process Safety Case
• FDA Approves New Drug To Treat HIV Infection
• Medicaid Guidance: Duals Must Use Comp. Bidding Suppliers For DME
• OIRA Chief Touts Hazcom Rule As Net Benefit From Reg Review
• OSHA, Wal-Mart Reach Corporate-Wide Settlement