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CMS Ditches Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D
Last week we wrote about the unpopular proposed changes to Medicare Part D. Among the most problematic proposals was one to…
SGR Fix The Final Deal?
On Thursday, February 6th, a bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers announced they had reached a deal on legislation to…
Truth in Settlements Act: Seeks to Expose Exaggerated Settlement Penalties
Gigantic settlement figures, such as the $2.6 billion fine leveled on J.P. Morgan last week, may not be all they appear. Senators…
US Senate Special Committee on Aging: Why Research Collaborations Matter
Before the break the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging held a roundtable event: Tackling Diseases of Aging: Why…
Lawmakers Revise SGR Repeal Proposal, Scale Back Penalties; Another Short…
The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees have released an update to last month's Discussion Draft to repeal…
Senate Announces Open Executive Session to Discuss Repeal of SGR
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) today announced an Open Executive Session on December 12th at 10am ET to…
Accuracy in Medicare Physician Payment Act
When you estimate prices for services that involve thousands of services, getting it right can be difficult. The AMA has worked…
Senate Hearing: Health Information Technology Using it to Improve Care –…
Recently, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing entitled "Health Information Technology (HIT): Using it to Improve Care."…
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing:…
Gary Cantrell, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, and Stuart Wright, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluation and…
Senator Grassley Asks 50 States for Coordination Procedures with CMS for…
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), the co-author of the Sunshine Act, recently sent letters to all 50 states this week asking how…