June 2009

With comprehensive health care legislation only being “discussed” on the House side, and with the Senate Finance Committee yet to…

This past week the FDA held their first Transparency Taskforce meeting headed up by Deputy FDA Commissioner Joshua…

In a serious over reaction, the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Charles Grassley (R-I) sent out letters…

Democrats in the house this week released a “Discussion Draft” of the health care reform overhaul they hope to pass, but recent…

  On Friday the House released its discussion draft of the health care reform bill and included in the draft is a Physician…

This past week at the AMA meeting two proposals were adopted asking the ACCME to re-consider their fee increases to state medical…

Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY), Chairman of the Powerful House Ways and Means Committee announced that he too is working on a…

    Harvard University is looking at a complete revision their conflict of interest policy over the next four to six…

  The Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) submitted a…

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend President Obama’ speech to the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago, he did…