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Medical Education Regulatory and Legislative Information Network (Merlin) Archive

Welcome to the Merlin archive. Click on the dates below to view past issues. To identify information on a particular issue, please use the search function.

May 2008

May 9, 2008

  1. APDIM Members Speak Against Cuts to Medicaid GME on Capitol Hill
  2. Administration Sets Deadline for Congress to Delay Physician Pay Cut

May 2, 2008

  1. AAMC Report Addresses Industry Funding of Medical Education
  2. NIH Issues Notice Regarding Revised Public Access Policy

April 2008

April 25, 2008

  1. Action Alert: Contact Your Senators to Extend the Moratorium on Cuts to Medicaid GME
  2. COGME Recommends GME Expansion, Incentive Programs

April 18, 2008

  1. Congress Tries to Stop Physician Pay Cut
  2. CMS Demands Higher Quality for Hospital Payment

April 11, 2008

  1. Congress Acts to Stop Medicaid GME Funding Cut
  2. VA Requests Proposals for New Residency Positions

March 2008

March 28, 2008

  1. ACGME Releases Proposed IM Residency Program Requirements
  2. Act Now: Extend the Medicaid Moratorium

March 14, 2008

  1. New Report Arms NIH Advocates, Warns Congress
  2. Submit Comments on NIH Recommendations for Enhancing Peer Review

March 7, 2008

  1. MedPAC Discusses Physician-Pharma Relationships, Primary Care
  2. House and Senate VA Committees Propose FY 2009 Increase in VA Research Funding

February 2008

February 29, 2008

  1. Working Group Provides Recommendations to NIH Peer Review Process
  2. CMS Finds 16% of Physicians Report Quality Data

February 22, 2008

  1. Senate HELP Committee Addresses Physician Workforce Shortage
  2. HHS to Combat Health Care Disparities

February 15, 2008

  1. Act Now: Extend the Medicaid Moratorium
  2. Congressional Turnover Affects Health Committee Membership

February 8, 2008

  1. President George W. Bush Releases FY 2009 Budget Proposal
  2. FY 2009 Budget Decreases Funding for Medicare, Discretionary Programs
  3. AAIM Acts Against Proposed Cuts to VA Research

February 1, 2008

  1. NIH Sets FY 2008 Fiscal Policy for Grant Support
  2. Coalition Rewards Physicians Treating Patients in ‘Medical Home’

January 2008

January 25, 2008

  1. Private Insurers Move to Cut Reimbursements for Preventable Errors
  2. OIG Recommends NIH Oversight of COI at Grantee Institutions

January 18, 2008

  1. MedPAC Finalizes Recommendations on 2009 Payment Updates
  2. NIH Announces Public Access Policy

January 11, 2008

  1. CMS Announces New Quality Measures for Physician Data
  2. NIH Offers Flexible Review Submission for Study Section Members

January 4, 2008

  1. Physicians Question OHRP Regulations, Impact on Health Care Quality
  2. NIH Announces RFA for Additional CTSAs

December 2007

December 21, 2007

  1. Congress Increases Medicare Physician Pay 0.5% for Six Months
  2. Congress Provides NIH 1.1% Increase

December 14, 2007

  1. Congress Continues to Deliberate a Solution for Physician Pay Cut
  2. Health Care Organizations Oppose HIT Privacy Proposal
  3. FCC Launches Telehealth Initiative to Enhance Rural Health Care

December 7, 2007

  1. IOM Committee Studies Resident Schedules and Patient Safety
  2. NIH Alters ‘Error Correction Window’ for Grants Submitted Electronically

November 2007

November 30, 2007

  1. Senate Attempts Action on Physician Pay Cut as Effective Date Nears
  2. CMS Proposes Hospital Payment Plan Tied to Quality Measures

November 9, 2007

  1. Act Now: Extend the Medicaid Moratorium and Reverse Medicare Physician Pay Cuts
  2. Congress to Finalize NIH, VA Research Budgets

November 2, 2007

  1. OHRP Requests Comments on Categories of Research Eligible for Expedited IRB Review
  2. Bush Nominates Peake as VA Secretary

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