Regulatory/Legislative News

SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Healio.com, has announced the launch of MedBlog, a new blog portal for all medical specialists on Healio.com.

House and Senate negotiators have reached a 5-year deal to provide physicians with a 0.5% annual increase in Medicare reimbursements, according to an announcement by congressional leaders on a deal to repeal the sustainable growth rate formula.

A proposed clinical trial of vismodegib, a novel once-daily oral therapy, to treat orbital and periorbital basal cell carcinoma should begin recruiting in the spring, according to a physician.

Slovenia, a country with a long tradition of high medical quality, is currently facing the challenge of funding and organizing high volumes of intravitreal procedures to maintain the standards that patients expect.

Slovenia, a country with a long tradition of high medical quality, is currently facing the challenge of funding and organizing high volumes of intravitreal procedures to maintain the standards that patients expect.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved reimbursement for the Mitosol kit for ophthalmic use, according to a press release.

Physicians should stop dispensing or prescribing drug products with more than 325 mg of acetaminophen per dosage unit due to the potential for severe liver damage or death, the FDA recommended.

Information on Medicare payments to physicians will soon become more accessible under a policy change announced Tuesday by CMS.

Physicians may soon face more limited choices of antidepressants and immunosuppressants for their Medicare patients. In a recent proposed rule regarding Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage programs, CMS proposed eliminating the “protected class” status of these drugs as of 2015.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the ReSure sealant (Ocular Therapeutix) for sale in the U.S., the company announced Jan. 9.