Increased Potential for Dengue Infection in Travelers Returning from International and Selected Domestic Areas  07/22/2010

CDC Health Advisory

 
New Physician Survey Finds Medicare Payment Change Hurts Care Coordination Efforts  07/16/2010

Medical Organizations Call on CMS to Review Consultation Code Policy

 
IDSA Letter to CDC Director Tom Frieden on Draft Guidance “Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings”  07/15/2010

IDSA supports CDC’s draft guidance concerning infection prevention and control measures that should be implemented in response to seasonal and H1N1 influenza, but notes the guidance should also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

 
IDSA Testimony on Antibiotic Resistance and Use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture, delivered before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health  07/14/2010

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.

 
HIV Care Providers and Researchers Applaud Release of National HIV-AIDS Strategy  07/13/2010

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 and NIH Selected as AIDS 2012 Local Scientific Partners  07/13/2010

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 Warns of Risks with Unapproved Use of Malaria Drug Qualaquin  07/08/2010

FDA Alert

 
Cepheid Xpert MRSA Blood Culture Assay for Use with the GeneXpert Dx System Class I Recall  07/06/2010

FDA Alert

 
IDSA Urges Sustained Funding for CDC’s Vector-Borne Disease Programs  07/02/2010

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.

 
Impact of the Elimination of Payments for Consultations: Findings from an IDSA Member Survey  07/02/2010

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)

 

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