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AAPM ReportsCongressHouse Appropriators To Mark Up Bill Defunding Health Law, Flat Funding NIH Rep. Burgess Introduces One-Year Physician Payment Fix Bill Multi-Specialty Physicians Reject Imaging Proposal FDAObama signs bipartisan FDA bill ImagingStakeholders Debate Proposed Pediatric X-Ray Labeling MedicarePROPOSED POLICY AND PAYMENT CHANGES TO THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE FOR 2013 |
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CongressHouse Appropriators To Mark Up Bill Defunding Health Law, Flat Funding NIHHouse appropriators plan to mark up on a bill that would cut more than $1 billion from Health and Human Services (HHS) in fiscal 2013, defund the healthcare law and put a prohibition on providing any new discretionary funding for the law's implementation...[see full article] Rep. Burgess Introduces One-Year Physician Payment Fix BillRep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) introduced on July 20th a one-year Medicare physician payment patch. The Assuring Medicare Stability and Access for Seniors Act of 2012 would prevent all of the looming “physician payment fix” payments from going into effect in 2013, but does not include any offsets to pay for the fix...[see full article] Multi-Specialty Physicians Reject Imaging ProposalThe American Medical Group Association (AMGA) is urging congressional leaders to resist pressure from an alliance of radiologists and other stakeholders to pass legislation that would block certain multi-specialty physicians from providing advanced diagnostic services...[see full article] FDAObama signs bipartisan FDA billPresident Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, which reauthorizes user fees that the FDA collects from the drug and medical-device industries. The fees must be reauthorized every five years...[see full article] ImagingStakeholders Debate Proposed Pediatric X-Ray LabelingStakeholders said proposed FDA x-ray labeling, which cautions against the device's use in children if there is not data to back up the pediatric use, could force hospitals to use the devices off-label and proposed alternatives, including labeling with the intended use of the device...[see full article] |
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