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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 31, 2002

CONTACT:

Jeff Ezell

202-434-7243

Randy Burkholder

202-434-7269

FINAL OUTPATIENT RULE ADDRESSES SOME PAYMENT PROBLEMS, BUT REMAINING FLAWS POINT TO NEED FOR A SYSTEMIC FIX, ADVAMED SAYS

WASHINGTON, DC - AdvaMed said it was pleased that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had taken steps to correct some of the more serious under-payments in the final outpatient rule released today, but called on the agency to adopt more fundamental, comprehensive solutions for the future.



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

42 CFR Part 410 and 414

[CMS-1204-FN]

RIN 0938-AL21

Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2003, Notice of Delay of Final Rule

AGENCY : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Delay of Final Rule.

SUMMARY: This document gives notice of a delay in publication of the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2003

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:



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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

P02-45

November 1, 2002

Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242

Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA

FDA APPROVES GENERIC OMEPRAZOLE

FIRST MARKETING OF COST-SAVING DRUG PRODUCT TO BEGIN



Accutane (isotretinoin)

Audience: Dermatologists and other healthcare professionals

FDA and Roche revised the WARNINGS: Psychiatric Disorders, Boxed CONTRAINDICATIONS AND WARNINGS, DOSAGE AND

ADMINISTRATION, and PRECAUTIONS: Drug Interactions sections of the prescribing information. Changes in pediatric labeling were made to the

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY: Special Patient Populations: Pediatric Patients, WARNINGS: Skeletal: Bone Mineral Density, and



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[Federal Register: November 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 212)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 66593-66594]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 314

[Docket No. 85N-0214]

180-Day Generic Drug Exclusivity for Abbreviated New Drug

Applications



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Editors note: For more information see: http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov

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News from the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 31, 2002

CRAIG SAYS RURAL HOSPITALS TO BENEFIT FROM $28.7 MILLION INVESTMENT Idaho to receive over $560,000 for computers, training and defibrillators



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