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Endocrine Society Urges Congress to Avert Proposed Medicare Physician Payment Cuts

On July 7, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. This rule outlines the agency’s proposed payment and quality program policies for the upcoming year. This year’s rule proposes several important policy changes including allowing data collection on important telehealth services provided during the...

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Funding for Federal Agencies Uncertain as Fiscal Year Deadline Approaches

Endocrine Society Rallies for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health Congress is required to determine funding levels for all federal programs and agencies by October 1 when the new fiscal year begins. However, this year Congress is not on track to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills to fund the government by the...

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Endocrine Society Hires Meyers as Chief Strategy Officer

The Endocrine Society has hired Steven R. Meyers, PhD — an association executive with more than a decade of experience in strategic thinking and transforming and expanding operations — to serve as its chief strategy officer. “I’m an engineer at heart and am energized by challenges that open doors for me to think creatively and...

Mere Sight of a Meal Triggers Inflammatory Response in the Brain

Researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have identified how the sensory perception of a meal generates a signal to the pancreas to ramp up insulin production: inflammatory factor interleukin 1 beta (IL1β), which is also involved in the immune response to pathogens or in tissue damage. The team reported their findings...

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Endocrine Society’s Rodneikka Scott Recognized by the ASAE

Rodneikka Scott, MSc, CAE, the Endocrine Society’s chief membership and diversity programs officer, has been chosen as one of the American Society of Association Executive’s (ASAE) Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) scholars for the class of 2022 – 2024. DELP is a two-year program that supports individuals from under-represented identity groups to advance into the...

Positive Clinical Data for Oral Treatment of Acromegaly Presented at ENDO

ENDO 2022 saw the presentation of positive clinical data from the open-label extensions (OLEs) of two of the Phase 3 trials of oral octreotide for patients with acromegaly. Amryt is marketing the drug as Mycapssa. Data presented in a late-breaking poster presentation of the 2nd year of the OLE of OPTIMAL (NCT03252353), a randomized, double-blind...

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Seaquist Named Department of Medicine Chair at the University of Minnesota Medical School

Endocrine Society member Elizabeth Seaquist, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. “I am very honored to be asked to serve in this important role. [My predecessor, Peter] Igarashi has done an outstanding job of building Medicine during his tenure, and I look forward to...

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The Scientists Behind the Science

One of my favorite aspects of being the editor of Endocrine News, is that each month I am able to glean new insights from reading about the people who make up the Endocrine Society’s membership. It’s so heartening to read the stories of endocrinologists, especially the tales of their early lives or when the discussion...

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