Congress Fails to Avert Physician Payment Cuts
Legislation to prevent impending Medicare physician payment cuts from taking effect has failed to make it through the Senate this week. In the absence of a bill passed by both houses of Congress...
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Supplemental Spending Bill Provides Additional FY2008 Funds for Biomedical Research
Federal agencies that fund biomedical research may receive additional funds for this fiscal year as a result of the passage of the war supplemental spending bill (HR 2642) in the House of Representatives...
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Society Takes Official Position on L-T4 Bioequivalence
At its June 13, 2008 meeting, the Society’s Council approved a Society position statement on levothyroxine bioequivalence. Position statements are thoroughly vetted documents outlining the Society’s views on current and salient issues in the public-policy arena...
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ENDO 08 Highlights from the Government and Public Affairs Department
ENDO 08 generated excellent international coverage of The Endocrine Society and its members’ research. More than 75 reporters (both on-site and on-line) participated in seven news conferences...
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NDEP Update
The Steering Committee of the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)—a cross-cutting program to improve the care of patients with diabetes—met in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2008. Julio Rosenstock, M.D. is The Endocrine Society’s representative to the group...
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