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Obama administration may repeal 'right of conscience' rule
As expected, the Obama administration has moved to take back a federal "right of conscience" rule put in effect in the last hours of the Bush administration. HHS has filed a proposal to completely... Read more...
FDA allows pharmas to share unapproved drug uses with MDs
The FDA has finalized a rule that will make it easier for pharmaceutical reps to use medical journal articles to promote unapproved uses for medications. Ordinarily, pharmas aren't allowed to... Read more...
Bush administration finalizes stronger provider 'conscience' rule
Amidst considerable controversy, the Bush administration has gone ahead and finalized a rule that gives health workers greater latitude to participate in care they find morally objectionable,... Read more...
New medical refusal rule may go well beyond abortion decisions
For years, federal law has permitted doctors and nurses the right to refuse to perform abortions, and things have more or less stood that way. Earlier this year, however, the Bush Administration... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospital group says quality reporting too costly; Health IT 'name game' creating headaches; and much more...
> The Premier Healthcare Alliance, which represents 2,000 hospitals across the U.S., is raising a stink over new quality reporting standards it says are far too costly to implement. Read more...
FDA may get $275 million more for staff, outsourcing
The Bush administration is asking Congress for an additional $275 million for fiscal 2009 to allow the FDA to add more workers, expand programs and technology, and perhaps most interestingly,... Read more...
OB/GYN referral guidelines stir controversy
New guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have stirred up controversy, with parties including the Bush Administration weighing in to complain that they may be... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Consumer group sues FDA for stronger Cipro warnings; Study: Catheter infections preventable; and much more...
> Consumer group Public Citizen has sued the FDA, demanding that it issue stronger warnings regarding Cipro and related antibiotics. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: The reverberating effects of the S-CHIP veto; Minnesota health costs rise; and much more...
> The Bush Administration's veto of the S-CHIP expansion could cost Tennessee hospitals $150 million. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: States challenge S-CHIP limits; FL hospitals fight for PIP law; and much more...
> Several states have come together to mount a federal challenge to the Bush administration's refusal to let them expand their S-CHIP programs. Read more...
