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Healthcare Reform an Insider's Game Now

Wed, Feb 01 2012
In a strategic move, President Obama devoted fewer than 100 words to healthcare reform in his State of the Union address. In the most recent Read more...

Doctor coalition challenges the AMA and the White House on Obamacare

Wed, Feb 01 2012
Multiple physician groups have come out in strong opposition to the Obamacare legislation and to the under-handed, self-serving fashion in which the American Medical Association Read more...

Why We Can't Get National Malpractice Reform

Wed, Feb 01 2012
To err is, well, human. And since the Institute of Medicine reached that conclusion a dozen years ago, in a breakthrough report on medical errors, Read more...

Florida docs worry about IT, Medicare cuts

Wed, Feb 01 2012
The uncertainty of how physicians will practice medicine in the next few years weighs heavily on doctors in Florida. And, the Republican primary candidates campaigning Read more...

Device Makers Said to Double FDA Fees to Get Faster Reviews

Wed, Feb 01 2012
Medical device makers will double the fees they pay U.S. regulators to get products reviewed over the next five years, to $595 million, in a Read more...

GAO report rekindles Democrats' call for more cuts to Medicare Advantage plans

Thu, Jan 26 2012
The federal government could save billions of dollars a year by halting overpayments to privately run Medicare Advantage plans, House Democrats said Thursday. Democrats released Read more...

House GOP Renews Demand For Obama's Health Reform-Related Memos

Thu, Jan 26 2012
The New Yorker on Monday published an in-depth look at previously unreleased White House documents, including some related to negotiations surrounding the development and passage of Read more...

Public believes reform law will help uninsured the most: poll

Thu, Jan 26 2012
he public believes the uninsured will benefit the most from the 2010 federal healthcare overhaul, while physicians will suffer its most detrimental impacts, according to Read more...

Bristol-Myers taps gas on ambitious 2012 R&D strategy

Thu, Jan 26 2012
Don't look for Bristol-Myers Squibb ($BMY) to back away from its ambitious, multibillion-dollar R&D strategy anytime this year. After racking up a billion dollars in Read more...

Theraclone, VLST Founders Form New Antibody Startup, V-Gene

Thu, Jan 26 2012
Two of the scientific founders of a couple of Seattle’s best-funded biotech startups have come together in a new company that aims to create a valuable antibody drug Read more...

Biotechnology Can Provide Foundation for a U.S. Economy "Built To Last"

Wed, Jan 25 2012
BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood issued the following statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union speech: "We commend President Obama's call Read more...

Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse

Wed, Jan 25 2012
President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address included many important topics, but as far as physicians were concerned, he missed a key one: healthcare Read more...

Obama Calls Out "Faulty Medical Devices" in State of the Union Address

Wed, Jan 25 2012
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) notes that in his State of the Union address to the nation on Jan. 24, President Read more...

House Republicans renew requests for reform-related correspondence

Wed, Jan 25 2012
An upcoming magazine feature has led House Republicans to renew demands for copies of administration correspondence leading up to passage of the 2010 federal healthcare Read more...

Advocates rush to defend health law's endangered CLASS Act

Wed, Jan 25 2012
Long-term-care advocates lost no time rushing to the defense of the healthcare reform law's endangered CLASS Act after the House set up a vote to Read more...

House panel passes bill to repeal healthcare law’s CLASS Act

Wed, Jan 18 2012
The House Ways and Means Committee voted Wednesday to repeal the healthcare law’s controversial CLASS program, clearing the way for a floor vote next month. Read more...

FDA Misses Deadline in Clash With Device-Makers Over Reviews

Wed, Jan 18 2012
U.S. regulators haggling with medical-device makers over how much it will cost to speed up product reviews starting this year missed a legal deadline to Read more...

FDA’s Shuren Makes West Coast Swing, Talks About Regulatory Reform

Wed, Jan 18 2012
Since he set out last year to revamp the way the FDA reviews medical devices, Jeff Shuren of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Read more...

5 keys to getting your HIE capabilities up and running

Wed, Jan 18 2012
Health information exchange is an integral part of many HIT initiatives, including the meaningful use of health IT and healthcare reform. While still a relatively Read more...

J&J Opens San Diego Biotech Startup Center, Says ‘No Strings Attached’

Wed, Jan 18 2012
Johnson & Johnson’s West Coast research leader, Diego Miralles, has met with a lot of biotech entrepreneurs who are curious about what J&J is doing to Read more...

Federal government to require drug and device companies to report payments to doctors

Tue, Jan 17 2012
New standards issued by the government are set to require both drug and medical device companies to disclose payments they make to doctors for consulting Read more...

More ICD-10 Costs Should Be Allowed To Meet MLR Requirements, Insurers Say

Wed, Jan 11 2012
Health insurers should be allowed to include more costs incurred in implementing a new claims coding system in order to meet requirements of the health Read more...

Nearly 500 state lawmakers to press Supreme Court to uphold healthcare mandate

Wed, Jan 11 2012
More than 480 state lawmakers plan to file a brief Thursday urging the Supreme Court to uphold President Obama's healthcare law. The group includes at Read more...

FDA Creates Comment Docket, Issues Draft Guidance on Off-Label Uses

Wed, Jan 11 2012
The Food and Drug Administration is seeking comments and information on communicating off-label uses of marketed products and the use of products that are not Read more...

Cost of US healthcare slows to lowest rate in 50 years

Wed, Jan 11 2012
High unemployment and shrinking wages appear to be having an effect on the rising costs of healthcare in the US. In 2010, healthcare costs rose Read more...