President Barack Obama’s nomination of acting administrator Andy Slavitt to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services leaves Senate Republicans weighing how to orchestrate the confirmation process in their favor. The Senate could use a confirmation hearing to rehash the stumbles of the 2010 healthcare overhaul, particularly the launch of the federal...
Author: Mark Newman
Brat Amendment Defeated, House Passes 21st Century Cures Legislation
The Society’s grassroots advocacy helped defeat an amendment that would have made a new funding stream for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary rather than mandatory and clear the way for passage of the 21st Century Cures Act. After a year and a half of consideration, the U.S. House of Representatives was ready to...
Dear Mark – I wanted to take a quick two minutes to thank you for the effort you put in to Endocrine News, and to express my feelings about the excellent content you routinely include. I always read it the day I receive it. I must also point out, however, that when I happily saw...
Clinical Endocrinology Update Meeting Sets Attendance Record
A record number of practicing endocrinologists have registered to attend the Endocrine Society’s 67th annual Clinical Endocrinology Update (CEU) meeting and related events taking place in Miami September 10 – 12. Nearly 550 people have registered for the meeting, which will take place at Miami’s Intercontinental Hotel. The three-day program provides the latest information on...
Insulet Corporation has announced a voluntary recall of 40,846 boxes of the OmniPod (Pod) Insulin Management System due to the possibility that some Pods may have a higher rate of failure than current manufacturing standards. This recall is a result of the cannula failing to fully deploy or completely retract which may result in the...
