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• New Research Published in Blood Identifies Important Malaria Insight
• June 13, 2013
• Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, and Nature have independently and simultaneously published two new manuscripts unveiling an important insight into the pathogenesis of severe malaria

• CMS Call on Avoiding Medicare PQRS and e-Rx Penalties
• June 13, 2013
• On June 18 at 1:30pm EDT, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will help physicians understand how to avoid payment penalties in the Medicare quality and ePrescribing (e-Rx) programs.

• This Week in Blood: June 13, 2013
• June 13, 2013
• Welcome to “This Week in Blood,” a weekly snapshot of the hottest studies from each week’s issue of Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), hand-picked by Blood Editor-in-Chief Bob Löwenberg, MD, and Deputy Editor Nancy Berliner, MD. If you would like a PDF copy of any of the manuscripts highlighted below or would like to request an interview with the author, please email aszabo@hematology.org

• Congress Considers Medicare Physician Payment Reforms; Legislation Expected by End of Year
• June 13, 2013
• Committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate continue to work on legislation to reform physician payment in Medicare.

• American Society of Hematology Releases ASH-SAP, Fifth Edition
• June 10, 2013

• 2013-06-10 (WASHINGTON) – The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to the causes and treatment of blood disorders, today launched the fifth and most comprehensive version of the ASH Self-Assessment Program (ASH-SAP) , an essential educational resou

• ASH Submits Comments to Energy and Commerce Committee Re Medicare Physician Payment Reform
• June 10, 2013
• The American Society of Hematology (ASH) appreciates the opportunity to offer the Society’s comments regarding the proposed legislation to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and reform Medicare’s physician fee for service payment system.

• NIH Releases Additional Information on FY 2013 Funding Policies Under Sequester
• June 10, 2013
• Because the Congress was unable to reach an agreement on how to reduce the deficit, President Obama issued an order implementing the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as "sequestration" on March 1, 2013. Under sequestration, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget is cut by $1.6 billion over the next seven months.

• NCI Seeks Information on Cancer-Relevant Innovative Technologies with Transformative Potential
• June 7, 2013
• The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is requesting information from members of the cancer research community in order to assess the areas which are being most challenged by a lack of development in research technology.

• This Week in Blood: June 7, 2013
• June 7, 2013
• Welcome to “This Week in Blood,” a weekly snapshot of the hottest studies from each week’s issue of Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), hand-picked by Blood Editor-in-Chief Bob Löwenberg, MD, and Deputy Editor Nancy Berliner, MD. If you would like a PDF copy of any of the manuscripts highlighted below or would like to request an interview with the author, please email aszabo@hematology.org.

• NIH “Illuminating the Druggable Genome” Project Seeks Information to Shed Light on “Dark Matter” Proteins
• June 6, 2013

• NIH “Illuminating the Druggable Genome” Project Seeks Information to Shed Light on “Dark Matter” Proteins     The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are requesting comments and ideas in an effort to develop a public web portal that will serve as

• Fact sheet: Impact of Sequestration on the National Institutes of Health
• June 4, 2013

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• This Week in Blood: May 30, 2013
• May 30, 2013
• Welcome to “This Week in Blood,” a weekly snapshot of the hottest studies from each week’s issue of Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), hand-picked by Blood Editor-in-Chief Bob Löwenberg, MD, and Deputy Editor Nancy Berliner, MD. If you would like a PDF copy of any of the manuscripts highlighted below or would like to request an interview with the author, please email aszabo@hematology.org.

• Intensified, Liposomal Anthracycline-Based Chemo Regimen for Children with Leukemia May Offer High Survival Rates Without Added Heart Toxicity
• May 28, 2013
• Treating pediatric leukemia patients with a liposomal formulation of anthracycline-based chemotherapy at a more intense-than-standard dose during initial treatment may result in high survival rates without causing any added heart toxicity, according to the results of a study published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

• This Week in Blood: May 24, 2013
• May 24, 2013
• Welcome to “This Week in Blood,” a weekly snapshot of the hottest studies from each week’s issue of Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), hand-picked by Blood Editor-in-Chief Bob Löwenberg, MD, and Deputy Editor Nancy Berliner, MD. If you would like a PDF copy of any of the manuscripts highlighted below or would like to request an interview with the author, please email aszabo@hematology.org.

• FY 2014 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule: Summary of Major Provisions
• May 23, 2013
• On May 10, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published in the Federal Register the proposed rule for FY 2014 updating the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for services provided between October 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014.

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