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Brain Tumor Fells Ted KennedyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts died last night, losing his 15-month battle with malignant glioma. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 26, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Week 10: Experts Weigh In on Healthcare Cooperative PlanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A physician working in a large healthcare cooperative and three economists discuss healthcare cooperatives with MedPage Today. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

ADA: No Smiles for Health Reform BillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Although the healthcare reform measures working their way through Congress promise some improvement to the nation's teeth, the American Dental Association (ADA) hasn't signed on because neither increases Medicaid reimbursment rates, a spokesman for the group said. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Palliative Care Docs Push Directives, But Won't Block ReformEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Backers of Medicare payments to palliative care physicians for end-of-life care discussions defend the provision in the House healthcare reform bill, but say they won't let it jeopardize the full package. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA Goes Paperless for Adverse Event ReportingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has proposed a mandatory switch to digital postmarket reporting of adverse effects from drug and medical devices to streamline and hasten its investigations. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Gov't Announces $1.2B in EHR GrantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Some $1.2 billion in federal grants for implementing electronic health records technology will be announced today, according to a statement from Vice President Joe Biden's office. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA Opens New Center to Regulate TobaccoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- In a move that antismoking and public health advocates have long awaited, The FDA has opened a new center in charge of regulating tobacco products — under a new authority granted by a law the President signed in June. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

White House Hints at Willingness to Drop Public PlanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The White House dropped a number of hints over the weekend that it may be willing to drop the divisive public health insurance plan from its healthcare reform initiative. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

President Urges Reform at Mont. Town Hall MeetingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- After two weeks of fiery town hall meetings packed with vocal opponents to healthcare reform, a gathering in Montana hosted by the president himself was remarkably tame. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 14, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA Device Chief Quits as Ethics Probe Targets CDER DirectorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The director of FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health has resigned by "mutual agreement" with Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 13, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

'Death Panels' A Fiction, Reform Backers SayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Obama administration is busy debunking accusations that the healthcare reform bill now pending in the House of Representatives would use "death panels" to deny care to sick seniors and children with birth defects. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 10, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Week 8: As Senate Recesses, Interest Groups Assail Healthcare BillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- In the final week of healthcare reform work before senators head home for a summer recess, there was little progress on a final package. Meanwhile, special interest groups are taking issue with provisions they already don't like. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 7, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Bipartisan Group Wants to Separate Science from PoliticsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A new report from a bipartisan think tank calls for the Obama administration to enact regulations to clearly separate science from policy in government agencies, such as the FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 5, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Insurance Lobby Confronts CriticismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The president of America's biggest health insurance lobby defended itself against critics who have launched a recent campaign to cast insurance companies as the villains in healthcare reform debate. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 5, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Cardiologist Backs Medical Device Liability BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A cardiologist who chairs an FDA advisory committee testified before Congress for the second time in four months to support a bill that would provide patients with legal recourse if they are injured by a malfunctioning implanted device. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 5, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Week 7: House Panel Approves Health Reform BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee finished work on its portion of the healthcare reform bill and approved an amendment that sets up the biotech industry for a major victory in patent protection. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - August 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

ACCME to Broaden Firewall Between Industry and Medical EducationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- CME in the U.S. is not influenced by industry, the head of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) told senators at a Capitol Hill hearing. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 30, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Senate Committee Hears Testimony Blasting Industry Funding for CMEEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A government watchdog and a top cardiologist told a Senate committee today that industry-funded continuing medical education (CME) is tainting the judgment of physicians and driving up the costs of medicine. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 30, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

CDC Director Supports Taxing Sugary DrinksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A plan to tax sugary drinks could help curb the nation's growing obesity epidemic and increase federal revenue, according to the director of the CDC. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 27, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Rising Obesity Rates Increase Nation's Healthcare Tab (CME/CE, with video)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Obesity-related illnesses now cost $147 billion each year, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is hosting its first ever "Weight of the Nation" conference here. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 27, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Week 6: No Senate Bill Before Recess, but House Chugs AlongEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Momentum for healthcare reform slowed on the Hill this week, as J. James Rohack, MD, president of the American Medical Association (AMA) talked about the timing of a bill and the AMA's support of House legislation. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 24, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA Likely to Approve H1N1 Vaccine In Advance of DataEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (MedPage Today) -- The FDA is likely to approve 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines before trial data can prove their safety and effectiveness against the virus. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 23, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Reform Vote Before August Recess Appears UnlikelyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Despite President Obama's prime time hard sell of healthcare reform Wednesday, it appears the movement has run aground in Congress and floor votes are unlikely to happen before the August recess. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 23, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New CDC Study Finds Low Vaccination Rates (CME/CE, with audio)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Only a small percentage of Americans have received recommended vaccines for preventable infectious diseases, according to new data from the CDC. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 22, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Still More Questions than Answers on Impact of Medicare Drug BenefitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Preliminary indications are that Medicare Part D has improved seniors' access to prescription drugs at lower-than-expected cost to taxpayers, but problems and questions still remain, according to a review from the Kaiser Family Foundation. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 22, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

GOP Doc Group Blasts AMA for Backing House BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A group of Republican doctors in the House of Representatives has fired off an angry letter to the American Medical Association (AMA), criticizing the group for supporting the House Democrats' healthcare reform bill. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Reform Week 5: AMA Supports House Bill, Senate Panel Sends Bill to FloorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The AMA has endorsed the healthcare reform package reported out of two House of Representatives committees this week, while the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee finally completed markup of its own bill. Family physician Ted Epperly discussed the week's moves with MedPage Today. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Key Differences in House and Senate Healthcare BillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee completed its nearly month-long markup earlier this week, and in a 13 to 10 party-line vote, sent the finished bill to the Senate floor. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 16, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Biotech Industry Flexes Muscle in Biologics Debate on the HillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The biotech industry scored a victory this week when a Senate committee approved a 12-year exclusivity period for biologic drugs before generic competition could hit the market. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Final Version of House Bill Would Give Primary Care Docs a Pay BoostEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The House of Representatives' final healthcare reform bill includes a number of new rewards for primary care physicians as part of its plan for providing near-universal health coverage. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 14, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Obama Nominates Regina Benjamin as Surgeon GeneralEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- President Obama has named a family physician in rural Alabama to be U.S. Surgeon General. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 13, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Reform Week 4: Progress Derailed by House Blue Dogs?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Fiscally conservative House Democrats protested their own party's healthcare reform bill, while the powerful Senate Finance Committee still failed to produce formal legislation. All things considered, it wasn't a week packed with progress in Congress. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 10, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

H1N1 Summit: October Target Date for H1N1 Vaccine DistributionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin evaluating efficacy of H1N1 vaccines in early August and hopes to begin vaccinating certain high-risk groups by mid-October, public health officials said Thursday. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 9, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Obama Nominates Physician-Geneticist to Head NIHEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Francis Collins, MD, a pioneering geneticist who helped crack the human genome and now runs a group promoting harmony between religion and science, is President Barack Obama's pick to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Hospitals Pledge $155-Billion Savings to Fund ReformEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Hospital administrators volunteered to forgo $155 billion dollars in Medicare and Medicaid payments over the next decade to help finance healthcare reform. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

NIH Releases Final Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cell ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Stem cell researchers expressed relief today when the NIH released the latest iteration of guidelines for embryonic stem cell research. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 6, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New CMS Rules Will Give Slight Pay Boost to Outpatient DepartmentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Hospital outpatient departments will see a 1.9% increase in Medicare payments under new rules proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 6, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Tab for Senate Healthcare Reform Bill Drops to $611 BillionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- With a cost of about $611 billion over 10 years, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee's healthcare reform bill comes in significantly lower than the expected trillion-plus price tag. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 2, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

CMS Announces New Payment Rules that Benefit Primary Care DocsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced proposed changes that will increase Medicare payments for primary care physicians by an estimated 6% to 8%. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 2, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Popular Stop-Smoking Drugs to Carry Mental Health Risk WarningsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA announced that it will require the labels of varenicline (Chantix) and bupropion (Zyban, Wellbutrin, and generics) to carry boxed warnings on the risk of serious neuropsychiatric symptoms starting today. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - July 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA Panel Backs 'Black Box' Warning for Acetaminophen Prescription CombosEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ADELPHI, Md. (MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory panel voted 36 to 1 to recommend a "black box" warning for prescription medications that combine acetaminophen with another drug. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 30, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

White House 'Finds' Another $313 Billion for Healthcare ReformEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Just before he headed to Chicago to face the AMA, President Barack Obama detailed an additional $313 billion in savings to help pay for healthcare reform -- with most of the cuts coming from reductions in Medicare payments to hospitals. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

AMA Goes on the Offensive Targeting Public Plan OptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) "strongly opposes," a public, government-run insurance plan that pays physicians at Medicare rates, an AMA board member told a Senate panel Thursday. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 12, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

State-Run Insurance Cooperative Plan Reshaping Debate on the HillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Both parties in Congress are considering a new alternative to a controversial public health insurance plan -- a proposal to set up state-level, nonprofit insurance cooperatives to expand coverage. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 11, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Senate Approves FDA Regulation of TobaccoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- By an overwhelming vote, the Senate today ceded control of "Big Tobacco" to the Food and Drug Administration. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 11, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

House Healthcare Reform Plan Would Ditch SGREmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A House proposal for healthcare reform would scrap what critics call a flawed Medicare payment formula, according to a broad outline of legislation released by the three committees with jurisdiction over healthcare. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 9, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

President Supports Bill to Expand Medicaid Services for DisabledEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- President Barack Obama supports a bill that would expand Medicaid to cover home-based healthcare, said Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 9, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Kennedy Releases Healthcare Reform Draft BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A new draft of a healthcare reform bill from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee proposes reimbursing physicians at rates similar to those in Medicare as part of a public insurance plan option. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08)
Source: MedPage Today Campaign '08 - June 8, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news