Vote on Physician Pay Expected This Week; Amendment Offered to Extend Pay Freeze until May 31
Prior to the spring recess, Congress had passed a number of measures to extend until April 1 the physician pay freeze that was to go into effect at the beginning of the year (for more details see the previous issue of EI)...
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Society Advocates for Steady, Sustainable NIH Funding
In an effort to influence the funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal year (FY) 2011, The Endocrine Society submitted testimony to the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee this week...
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Society, Coalition Urge Congress and HHS to Fund Diabetes Prevention
The Endocrine Society has been working with a coalition of organizations concerned about the rising incidence of diabetes to encourage more federal funding for diabetes prevention activities...
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Society Urges Research, Innovation, and Collaboration to Eradicate Obesity
In response to a Request for Information from the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy requesting ideas about the “Grand Challenges of the 21st Century,” The Endocrine Society proposes a large-scale strategy to address the American obesity epidemic...
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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Changes to Bioequivalence Standards
Society staff attended a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration‘s(FDA”s) Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology (ACPS-CP) on April 13 and 14...
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April NIH Extramural Nexus Now Online
The April issue of the NIH Extramural Nexus is now available. This month's issue includes an overview of the NIH Director's ARRA Pathfinder Award to Promote Diversity in the Scientific Workforce...
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CMS Announces Additional Provider Calls on Recovery Audit Contractors
On April 6, 2010 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a series of nationwide Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) conference calls titled RAC 101. CMS oversees several claims-review programs used to reduce payment error...
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