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  Contesting Insurer's Claim that Provider Consolidation Drives Premium Increases, AHA Letter Cites "Skyrocketing Costs for New Technologies and Pharmaceuticals" . . .
Mar 9, 2010
  HRSA Releases Final Notice on Contract Pharmacy Services for 340B Drug Pricing Program . . .
Mar 4, 2010
  CMS Posts Updated C-Codes for Quarter That Starts in April . . .
Mar 4, 2010
  GAO Letter to Grassley Summarizes Research on Extent to Which GPOs Produce Hospital Savings on Purchases of Health Care Products . . .
Mar 1, 2010
  CMS Posts Udpated IOL Classifications Used for ASC Payments . . .
Feb 23, 2010
  McKinsey Quarterly Piece Looks at "Microeconomics" of Personalized Medicine . . .
Feb 23, 2010
  Drug Payments: OIG Report Addresses Comparison of ASP, AMP Prices . . .
Feb 19, 2010
  Research Finds Bifurcated Benefit Structure Creates Access Barriers for Oral Cancer Drugs . . .
Feb 18, 2010
  CMS Posts Agenda for Friday Town Hall on FY 2011 IPPS New Technology Add-On Payments . . .
Feb 17, 2010
  Citing Flaws in CMS Oversight, OIG Finds That Over 40 Percent of Manufacturers Report ASP Data Late . . .
Feb 12, 2010
  CMS Reschedules Town Hall on IPPS New Technology Payments for February 19 . . .
Feb 12, 2010
  Tauzin Resigns as PhRMA President . . .
Feb 12, 2010
  CMS Instructions Identify New HCPCS Codes That Are/Are Not Subject to CLIA Edits . . .
Feb 5, 2010
  URAC Opens for Comment Revised Standards, Performance Measures for Pharmacy Accreditation Programs . . .
Feb 5, 2010
  Data Show Rise in Prescription Drug Purchases for Treatment of Digestive Conditions . . .
Feb 5, 2010
  NICE Forms New Diagnostics Advisory Committee . . .
Feb 5, 2010
  AHA Reports That CMS Confirms Advanced Imaging Accreditation Applies Only to Physician Fee Schedule Services . . .
Feb 4, 2010
  CMS Releases Updated Listing of EHR Vendors and Registries Qualified for 2010 PQRI, eRx Programs . . .
Feb 4, 2010
  Private Insurers -- Change in Policy on Billing for Certain Lab Services (Subscription Content) . . .
Feb 2, 2010
  CMS Instructions Revise Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to Reflect Changes for Compendia Used to Help Determine Coverage of Off-Label Uses of Part B Drugs and Biologicals . . .
Jan 29, 2010
  CMS Instructions Address Billing for Routine Costs Associated with Health Volunteers in Medicare-Qualified Clinical Trials . . .
Jan 29, 2010
  Medicare Part B Drug Payments: OIG Posts 3 Reports That Compare ASPs and AMPs . . .
Jan 27, 2010
  CMS Posts Updated ASP Payment Limits for Quarter 1 . . .
Jan 22, 2010
  CMS Announces 3 Organizations to Accredit Suppliers of Technical Component of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Services . . .
Jan 22, 2010
  OIG Posts Reports on Medicaid Federal Upper Limit Amounts . . .
Jan 20, 2010
 
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