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Fairfax, Va., July 29, 2010 - The American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is pleased to announce promotions in the Government Relations, Communications and Education departments. Dave Adler will become the new director of government relations....
By Tim Tidwell, ASTRO government relations intern A proposal by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has Congress considering some major changes to graduate medical education funding that could impact the way radiation oncology programs train...
On July 15, ASTRO filed comments with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advocating for enhanced collaboration among users, independent evaluators and vendors to improve device safety and effectiveness. The letter emphasized the need for a national...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are offering an audio training session on the final rules for the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. The call...
Health and Human Services Department (HHS) agencies have just released final rules for defining meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR) and standards for certifying records for the new Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs. Under the...
On July 7, 2010, President Obama made a recess appointment of Donald M. Berwick, M.D., to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Obama nominated Dr. Berwick in April to be CMS administrator, but Republicans have criticized the nomination...
At a June 23 House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing , on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) June 2010 report , several members of Congress expressed concern about abuse of the physician self-referral law's ancillary services...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has said it will push back the Red Flags Rule implementation deadline to December 31, 2010. The rule requires creditors and financial institutions to have written identity theft programs to help identify, detect and...
Fairfax, Va., June 16, 2010 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commends the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) for highlighting concerns about physician self-referral in cancer care in its report released yesterday. We urge...
On May 27, 2010, legislation to create a two-year moratorium on self-referral radiation oncology centers owned by non-radiation oncologists in New Jersey was approved unanimously by the New Jersey’s Senate Health Committee. Bruce Haffty, M.D., FASTRO...
On April 16, Reps. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) sent a letter requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, study the impact on patient care and Medicare spending...
On her way back from the White House to watch President Barack Obama sign into law the historic health reform bill, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) stopped by ASTRO’s Advocacy Day to speak to attendees about the bill. To open her talk, she called...
On March 22, 2010, a mere nine hours after Congress passed what many are calling unprecedented health reform legislation, 100 ASTRO members gathered in Washington to meet with their senators and representatives and advocate for the practice of radiation...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy For the third month in a row, Congress missed the deadline to act before the temporary reprieve from the 21 percent Medicare physician cut expired. While the House of Representatives approved legislation...
Congressional leaders announced plans to vote on an "extenders bill" early this week and include a new proposal to avert the 21 percent sustainable growth rate cut scheduled to take effect on June 1, 2010. The revised SGR proposal is expected...
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