CDC Health Advisory

Medical Organizations Call on CMS to Review Consultation Code Policy

IDSA supports CDC’s draft guidance concerning infection prevention and control measures that should be implemented in response to seasonal and H1N1 influenza, but notes the guidance should also support mandatory influenza immunization of health care workers.

James Johnson, MD, FIDSA, presented IDSA’s statement at a hearing on “Antibiotic Resistance and the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture.”  FDA’s, CDC’s and other testimonies and a video of the hearing can be found here.

HIVMA and the Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition (RWMPC) welcome the release of an important HIV policy roadmap for the nation. The initiative’s success will depend on effective implementation and necessary resources.

HIVMA will be one of two local scientific partners that will help plan the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. Four local community partners also were selected. See this press release (PDF) for more information.

FDA Alert

FDA Alert

IDSA and several other public health and research groups sent letters to the leaders of the House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees urging that the Administration’s proposed $26.7 million cut for vector-borne disease programs at CDC be reversed and the funding for them sustained for Fiscal Year 2011.

Summarizes results from a recent IDSA member survey on the impact of Medicare's decision to eliminate payments for consultation codes--the full survey report also is available through the IDSA website. Click here to view a recent letter to Medicare's Acting Administrator regarding the survey's findings. (Log-in Required)