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        <![CDATA[President Obama Nominates Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 13, 2009 - President Barack Obama has nominated Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA, to become Surgeon General of the United States.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Medicare Releases 2010 Proposed Rules for Hospital Outpatient Services]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 9, 2009 - On July 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted its proposed rule governing payment policies and rates for the hospital outpatient payment system for CY 2010 on its website.]]>
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        <![CDATA[OIG Releases Report on Chemotherapy Administration]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 9, 2009 - On June 30, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services released a report on Medicare Part B drug administration.]]>
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        <![CDATA[ASH Comments on Draft Local Coverage Determination Regarding EPO in J14 Region]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 9, 2009 - ASH submitted comments to the National Heritage Insurance Corporation, in response to the draft Local Coverage Determination on Erythropoietin Analogs Unrelated to ESRD or Cancer.]]>
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        <![CDATA[ASH Weighs In on "Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 9, 2009 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides for incentive payments to providers that "meaningfully use" electronic health records.]]>
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        <![CDATA[President Obama to Nominate Francis Collins as NIH Director]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 8, 2009 - President Barack Obama will nominate Francis Collins, MD, PhD, to become Director of the National Institutes of Health.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Obama Administration Releases Final Guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research; New Rules Will Allow Research on More Stem Cell Lines]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 7, 2009 - The Obama Administration released final guidelines governing human embryonic stem cell research to implement the President's March 9, 2009, Executive Order that will allow many of the approximately 700 existing cell lines to be eligible for federal funding.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Federal Council, IOM Release Comparative Effectiveness Reports]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 30, 2009 - Two advisory bodies released reports on comparative effectiveness research authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.]]>
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        <![CDATA[CMS Releases Proposed Payment and Policy Changes for Physicians for CY 2010]]>
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          <![CDATA[July 2, 2009 - On July 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a display copy of the proposed Medicare physician fee schedule for 2010.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Alert: Medicare & Medicaid Scam Targeting Physicians]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 19, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has become aware of a scam where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor.]]>
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        <![CDATA[ASH Seeks Input on NIH Proposed Conflict-of-Interest Rules]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 18, 2009 - ASH would like to receive member input as it develops a response to an NIH request on whether the Department of Health and Human Services should amend current regulations governing "Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for Which Public Health Service Funding Is Sought" and on financial conflicts-of-interest.]]>
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        <![CDATA[NIH Receives 20,000 Challenge Grants Applications; Additional Stimulus Funding Opportunities Available]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 18, 2009 - Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Acting National Institutes of Health Director Raynard Kington, MD, PhD recently announced that NIH had received approximately 20,000 applications for Challenge Grants that are to be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Senators Introduce Comparative Effectiveness Legislation]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 18, 2009 - Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad (D-ND) introduced legislation on June 9 to establish a private entity responsible for advancing comparative effectiveness research.]]>
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        <![CDATA[HHS Secretary Sebelius Testifies About Proposed Budget as Congress Continues FY 2010 Appropriations Process]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 18, 2009 - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently testified before both the House and Senate House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees about the department's FY 2010 budget request and the administration's efforts on health-care reform.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Senate Committees Develop Health Reform Legislation; Controversies Continue]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 18, 2009 - The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on June 9 unveiled the Affordable Health Choices Act, a comprehensive bill that addresses health reform issues under the Committee's jurisdiction.]]>
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        <![CDATA[ASH's Author Choice Enables Authors to Comply With the Wellcome Trust Open Access Policy]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 18, 2009 - ASH has implemented a public access policy in which Wellcome Trust-funded papers are deposited into PubMed Central and have immediate and free access on the Blood Web site on payment of the $2,000 public access fee, in addition to the regular publication fees charged to authors.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Health-Care Reform Legislation Moving Forward in House, Senate]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 11, 2009 - The outlines of eventual health care reform legislation have become clearer over the past week as key players in Congress have begun to release details about proposed health care overhaul legislation.]]>
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        <![CDATA[AHRQ Releases Report on Evidence-Based Research Priorities for Off-Label Drug Use]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 11, 2009 - On May 28, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a report outlining priorities for evidence-based research on the off-label use of certain drugs.]]>
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        <![CDATA[NHIC Releases Draft Policy on EPO in J14 Region]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 8, 2009 - The National Heritage Insurance Corporation released a draft Local Coverage Determination on Erythropoietin Analogs Unrelated to ESRD or Cancer.]]>
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        <![CDATA[ASH Comments on CDC Data Collection Project to Asses Problem Areas in Referrals for Chronic Hematologic Malignancies]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 9, 2009 - ASH submitted comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to the proposed data collection project entitled: Assessing Problem Areas in Referrals for Chronic Hematologic Malignancies and Developing Interventions to Address Them.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Abstract Submission Open for National Conference on Blood Disorders in Public Health]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 11, 2009 - ASH, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Blood Disorders, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is taking abstract submissions for the upcoming National Conference on Blood Disorders in Public Health.]]>
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        <![CDATA[ASH submits comments to Federal Council on CER]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 10, 2009 - ASH has submitted a letter of comments to the Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research with specific recommendations for CER priorities in hematology.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Proposed FY 2010 Changes in Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 10, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule changing the payment rates and policies for inpatient services in acute care hospitals for the fiscal year beginning October 1.]]>
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        <![CDATA[NIH-NHLBI/NIDDK Thalassemia Workshop (May 20-21)]]>
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          <![CDATA[June 8, 2009 - NHLBI and NIDDK held a workshop last month on Thalassemia: Clinical Priorities and Clinical Trials. ]]>
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