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ASH Comments on CMS Analysis of Pharmacogenomic Testing for Warfarin Response (September 5, 2008)

ASH Signs on to Letter Encouraging Student Loan Deferment Mechanism (August 28, 2008)

ASH Recommends Changes to ICD-9 Codes for MDS (August 28, 2008)

Comparative Effectiveness Research Act Introduced in the Senate (August 28, 2008)

ASH Comments on Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Changes (August 28, 2008)

ASH Comments on Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Changes (August 28, 2008)

CMS Releases Final CY 2009 Payment Regulations for Inpatient Hospitals and Initiates Quality Care Incentives (August 14, 2008)

FDA Orders Change in ESA Labeling (July 31, 2008)

ASH's 50th Anniversary Celebrated by Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. in U.S. House of Representatives (July 31, 2008)

Senate Seeks to Add Additional FY 2008 Funding for NIH (July 25, 2008)

Summary of the Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Regulations for CY 2009 (CMS- 1404-P) (July 17, 2008)

CMS Publishes Proposed CY 2009 HOPPS Rule (July 16, 2008)

Information Regarding New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rates Effective for Dates of Service July 1, 2008, Through December 30, 2008 (July 16, 2008)

Congress Overrides President’s Veto to Pass Medicare Legislation; Physician Advocacy Efforts Successful! (July 16, 2008)

President Bush Vetoes Physician Payment Fix: Take Action Now to Urge Congressional Override (July 15, 2008)

Senate Passes H.R. 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (July 10, 2008)

Medicare Provides New Information Concerning Inpatient Prospective Payment System Hospital and Long-Term Care Hospital Review and Measurement (July 10, 2008)

CMS Adds Gold Standard, Inc., Clinical Pharmacology Compendium to List of Approved Compendia (July 10, 2008)

News From CMS: How Physicians Are Currently Being Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (July 10, 2008)

NHLBI Announces Appointment of W. Keith Hoots, MD, to Lead Division of Blood Diseases and Resources (July 3, 2008)

CMS Publishes 2009 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (June 30, 2008)

Congress Finalizes FY 2008 Funding Increase for NIH; FY 2009 Funding Process Stalls (June 30, 2008)

Medicare Physician Pay Cut Forestalled as Administration Freezes Payments; Take Action Now to Support a Payment Fix (June 30, 2008)

Medicare Physician Payment Fix Will Not Be Resolved Until After July 4 (June 27, 2008)

Medicare Physician Payment Fix – Senate Plans to Vote Before July 4 Recess (June 26, 2008)

Senate Subcommittee Approves $1.1 Billion Increase for NIH in Draft FY 2009 Funding Bill (June 25, 2008)

Medicare Bill Passes House of Representatives (June 25, 2008)

Congress Boosts NIH Funding: House Passes FY 2008 Supplemental Containing NIH Funding; House Subcommittee Approves $1.2 Billion Increase for NIH for FY 2009 (June 20, 2008)

Medicare Part B Drug and Biological Average Sales Price (ASP) Payment Amounts Now Available (June 19, 2008)

Senate Stalls Medicare Legislation (June 12, 2008)

Congress Finalizes FY 2009 Budget Resolution (June 6, 2008)

CMS Recognizes New Compendium For Covering Cancer Drugs (June 6, 2008)

Updated: Senate Democrats Plan to Move Forward With Bill That Would Prevent 10.6 Percent Physician Payment Cut Despite Veto Threat (June 6, 2008)

House and Senate Negotiating Final FY 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Bill; Contact Congress to Ensure Funding for NIH Is Included (June 4, 2008)

President Bush Signs Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Into Law (May 22, 2008)

The FDA Calls on Health Professionals to Ensure the Proper Recall of Heparin Products (May 9, 2008)

Senate FY 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Bill Includes $400 Million for NIH (May 8, 2008)

Highlights from the FY 2009 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule (May 7, 2008)

House of Representatives Passes Senate Version of Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA); President Bush Expected to Sign Bill (May 1, 2008)

National Institute on Aging Publishes RFA for Consortium to Facilitate Clinical Trials in Anemia in the Elderly (April 28, 2008)

Senate Passes Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) (April 24, 2008)

ASH's 50th Anniversary Celebrated in U.S. House of Representatives (April 24, 2008)

ASH Meets With Senate Finance Committee Chair Baucus About Proposed Medicare Bill (April 11, 2008)

Legislation Introduced to Prevent Medicare Physician Payment Cuts (March 27, 2008)

House and Senate Approve Budget Resolutions; Senate Includes Amendment to Increase NIH Funding (March 13, 2008)

ODAC Recommends ESAs Continue to Be Indicated for Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia but With New Restrictions (March 13, 2008)

FDA Approves Updated Label for ESAs Over Risks in Patients With Cancer (March 10, 2008)

NHLBI Announces Realignment of Its Sickle Cell Disease Research Program (March 10, 2008)

FDA Release on Heparin (February 21, 2008)

In the Candidates’ Own Words: Health Care (February 14, 2008)

President Bush Submits FY 2009 Budget to Congress; Proposes Minimal Increases for NIH (February 4, 2008)

NIH Announces FY 2008 Policy for Grant Awards (January 29, 2008)

Medicare Information for Practitioners: Physician Fee Cut Delayed Until July 1 (January 8, 2008)



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