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House Passes Health Reform Bill

The controversial U.S. health system transformation won approval on Capitol Hill late Sunday, as stated in a report in The Wall Street Journal.According to the report, "The House gave final passage to the Senate's health legislation on a climactic 219-to-212 vote, as ...More

March 22, 2010

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Senators Introduce Bill to Extend Transplant Drug Coverage

WASHINGTON—Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., have introduced bipartisan legislation to extend immunosuppressive drug coverage for kidney transplant patients. ...More

March 16, 2010

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Politicians Extend Support for Transonic Dialysis Test

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Michael Arcuri, D-24th District, have written to Center for Medicare and Medicaid services administrator Charlene Frizzera, in request that she provide incentives for clinics to use dialysis tests such as those produced by Transonic ...More

March 8, 2010

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NKF Council of Nephrology Social Workers’ Elections, Awards

NEW YORK—On Feb. 2, the National Kidney Foundation’s Council of Nephrology Social Workers (CNSW) announced the results of the 2010 executive committee elections, as well as the recipients of numerous awards. ...More

February 2, 2010

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Ga. Legislator Introduces Bill to Help Transplant Patients

Sen. Don Thomas, (R-Dalton) introduced legislation that would help pay for dialysis and drugs needed after a kidney transplant. ...More

January 29, 2010

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29th Annual Kidney Ball Raises $1.1 Million

Despite a tough economy, more than 1,200 people gathered at the 29th Annual Kidney Ball Nov. 21 at the Hilton Washington to raise more than $1.1 million to fight kidney disease through corporate sponsorship, ticket sales and live and silent auctions. ...More

December 1, 2009

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States Accuse Amgen of Illegal Kickbacks

Leaders of 14 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Amgen of engaging in illegal kickbacks to promote sales of its anemia drug Aranesp, The New York Times reported. ...More

November 2, 2009

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‘Blue Dogs’ Announce Progress Made in Healthcare Reform Bill

CNN is reporting a group of fiscally conservative House Democrats announced Wednesday they had reached a deal with the chamber's Democratic leaders on a bill that would revamp the nation's health care system. ...More

July 29, 2009

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Obama Wants to Give MedPAC Power Over Payments

In a letter sent Tuesday to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and his counterpart on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind a measure that would give the ...More

June 4, 2009

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation

Three Ideas for Gov’t. Health Plan Being Discussed in Senate

Senators are considering three different designs for a new government health insurance plan that middle-income Americans could buy into for the first time. ...More

May 11, 2009

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management

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