Advocacy & Policy

The president Sept. 29 signed a spending package (H.R. 5325) that will avert a government shutdown, provide supplemental funding to prevent and treat Zika infec

Representatives Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Sept. 27 introduced the Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act (H.R. 6174), legislation that wou

The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology held a Sept. 29 hearing titled, “Academic Research Regulatory Relief: A Review

The House of Representatives Sept. 29 approved, 246 to 177, the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act (H.R. 6094), which would del

AAMC joined a community letter to Senators supporting the Zika provisions included in the Continuing Resolution, which Congress approved on Sept. 29, 2016.

Reps. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) and Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) introduced the Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (H.R. 6088), bipartisan legislation that w

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) September 16 published a final rule on Emergency Preparedness Requirements for providers participating in M

The Senate Sept. 22 appeared to inch closer to consideration of a stopgap spending bill as Republican leaders released text of a spending package (H.R. 5325) to

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) September 22 announced the appointment of Russell M. Howerton, MD, FACS, chief medical officer and vice president of

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and National Center for Advancing T