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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
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
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
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Lawmakers: IT Reform Tougher for Small Businesses

WASHINGTON—Delays in the rollout of health information technology (HIT, or health IT), especially among smaller medical practices, could complicate efforts to reduce healthcare costs and reform the overall health insurance system, physicians groups argued to Congress on ...More
June 26, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
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
Insurance Cos. Offer Concessions to Offset Federal Plan

At a Senate Finance Committee meeting today in Washington, D.C., health insurance companies are offering new concessions as they try to persuade Congress not to set up a government health plan to compete against them. ...More
May 6, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Sebelius Confirmed as HHS secretary

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has been confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. ...More
April 28, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Sebelius Confirmation Put on Hold Again

Republican Senators have blocked a move to confirm Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. ...More
April 23, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Senate Panel Approves Sebelius HHS Nomination

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate Finance Committee voted 15-8 on April 21 to approve Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. ...More
April 21, 2009
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Miss. Senate OKs Free Travel for Dialysis Patients

JACKSON, Miss.—The Mississippi Senate approved a measure Feb. 24 that provides the state’s Medicaid recipients with free transportation to and from their dialysis treatments. ...More
February 26, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Daschle Withdraws from HHS Nomination

Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary, according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former nominee. ...More
February 3, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

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