Society Opposes Proposals that Could Limit Access to Thyroid Ultrasound and DXA
On August 29, The Endocrine Society submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed 2009 physician fee schedule. The schedule includes a 1.1 percent increase for all services as mandated in the Medicare Improvements...
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Studies Raise Concern about Low-Dose BPA Effects; FDA Draft Assessment Fails to Consider Same Studies
On September 3, the Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) released its Monograph on Bisphenol A, including a National Toxicology Program (NTP) Brief and the final report of an Expert Panel convened...
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New Society Benefit: Clinicians to Receive Drug Safety Alerts Electronically
The Endocrine Society will be partnering with the Health Care Notification Network (HCNN) to offer a new benefit to Society members—electronic delivery of drug safety alerts from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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Democratic Presidential Nominee Weighs in on Value of Research
In an effort to engage the presidential candidates in a debate on the value of scientific and technology research, the Scientists & Engineers for America (SEA) posed 14 scientific and technology-related questions to Senator Obama and Senator McCain...
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Two Society Members to Receive National Medal of Science
Bert O’Malley, M.D., past-president of The Endocrine Society, and Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., will be presented with the National Medal of Science in a ceremony at the White House later this month...
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AMA Survey on PQRI; Endocrine Society Member Participation Requested
The American Medical Association (AMA) has prepared an online survey for physicians who took part in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) in 2007. The PQRI program, managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
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NIH Awards First Projects under EUREKA Program
On September 3, The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will award more than $40 million to research projects under its new grant program called EUREKA (for Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration)...
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