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Endocrine Insider - August 26, 2011

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Society Teams up with Members of Congress for Endocrine Disruptor Hill Briefing
On August 15, The Endocrine Society and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) joined Representatives James Moran (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) for a congressional briefing on the ecological prevalence of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)...

 
CMS Requires Revalidation of Provider Enrollment Information
Due to efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to apply new screening requirements, providers must revalidate their Medicare enrollment information. Medicare Administrative Contractors...

 
Top NIH Directors Announce Resignation from NIH
Antonio Scarpa, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), and Barbara Alving, MD, director of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), recently announced their resignations from National Institutes of Health (NIH)...

 
CMS Announces New Payment Initiative
On August 23, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced a new initiative to allow for Medicare bundled payments. The initiative builds on earlier programs like the Acute Care Episode (ACE)...