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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.

Senate Considering Medicare Physician Payment Reforms
May 23, 2013
On May 10, the Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter to ASH, and other health care providers and groups requesting feedback on how to reform Medicare physician payment.

Intensified, Liposomal Anthracycline-Based Chemo Regimen for Children with Leukemia May Offer High Survival Rates Without Added Heart Toxicity
May 23, 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 17, 2013
May 17, 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.

President’s FY 2014 Budget Seeks to Consolidate and Reorganize Federal STEM Education Programs
May 16, 2013
The President's fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request seeks to significantly restructure federal spending in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

NCI Seeks Information on Cancer-Relevant Innovative Technologies with Transformative Potential
May 13, 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.

NIH Releases Additional Information on FY 2013 Funding Policies Under Sequester
May 11, 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.

This Week in Blood: May 9, 2013
May 9, 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.

This Week in Blood: May 2, 2013
May 2, 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 ASH, hand-picked by Blood Editor-in-Chief Bob Löwenberg, MD, and Deputy Editor Nancy Berliner, MD.

Statement from ASH President Janis L. Abkowitz, MD, on the Introduction of the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
May 2, 2013
The American Society of Hematology applauds the introduction of the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Brian Higgins (D-NY) and Peter King (R-NY). This important legislation would require private health plans offering intravenous chemotherapy benefits to plan subscribers to provide parity for orally administered and self-injectable anticancer chemotherapy medications, greatly reducing the financial burden that patients with blood and other cancers currently face in order to take these life-saving therapies.

Applications Now Being Accepted for NIH Translational Health Disparities Course - Due May 15, 2013
May 1, 2013
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is now accepting applications for its 2013 Translational Health Disparities Course scheduled for August 5-16 on the NIH campus in Bethesda.

This Week in Blood: April 26, 2013
April 26, 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.

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