Medicare Pay Cut Averted for One Month
On November 29, The House passed H.R. 5712, the Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010, by a voice vote. The Senate had already approved the bill by unanimous consent on November 18...
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FY 2011 Still Uncertain; Contact Congress to Support NIH Research
The federal government is currently being funded by a continuing resolution (CR), under which the National Institutes of Health is operating at fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget levels.With the current CR set to expire on December 3, 2010, Congress must take action...
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JCEM Publishes Summary of IOM Report on Vitamin D and Calcium
On November 30, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) set new dietary intake levels for calcium and vitamin D in its report, “Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D.A clinical perspective summary of this report, “What Clinicians Need to Know"...
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Society Releases Clinical Practice Guideline on Post-Bariatric Surgery
In the November 2010 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM), The Endocrine Society published its 13th clinical practice guideline titled Endocrine & Nutritional Management of the Post-Bariatric Surgery Patient...
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AMA Offers Webinars to Prepare Physician Practices for Audits
The American Medical Association is offering a 30-minute webinar on ways physicians can prepare for Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) and other governmental and private payer audits on Tuesday, Dec.7 at 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, and 3:00 pm Eastern Time...
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