This Week In Washington
Judge Says CMS Likely Violated Medicaid Moratorium
Federal District Court Judge James Robertson May 7 stated he was
inclined to rule that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) had violated the 2007 "Medicaid moratorium" preventing
promulgation of the Medicaid final rule on cost limits and units
of government (the "IGT Rule"). Judge Robertson made his
remarks during a summary judgment hearing on the lawsuit filed March
11 by the AAMC and others challenging CMS's authority to finalize
the IGT Rule on the same day the President enacted the moratorium.
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AAMC Testifies before IOM Committee on Resident Duty Hours
Debra Weinstein, M.D., Vice President for Graduate Medical Education,
Partners Health Care Systems, testified May 8 on behalf the AAMC
at an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee hearing concerning optimizing
resident duty hours. This hearing is one in a series in an effort
to evaluate the current evidence on resident schedules and patient
safety and develop strategies to improve overall safety and quality
health care. Dr. Weinstein noted that "health care is delivered
in a highly complex system where any significant change will have
ripple effects and potentially unforeseen consequences; we are only
now in a position to perform new studies to better understand these
implications." More>>
House, Senate Delay Action on War Funding Bill
Both the House and Senate postponed planned actions on a supplemental
spending bill to fund the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Facing opposition
within their own party from the conservative Blue Dog Coalition,
House Democratic leaders delayed plans to bring the supplemental
bill directly to the House floor, bypassing the House Appropriations
Committee. The Blue Dogs object to a provision in the supplemental
that increases education benefits for veterans without an offset,
as required by the "pay-as-you-go" rules the Democrats
adopted when they regained control of Congress in 2007. More>>
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Read the April 2008 summary of the major legislative
and regulatory actions of importance to medical schools and
teaching hospitals. More >> |
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