NIH call for applications and program announcement

The House of Representatives approved the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962).

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has delayed the enforcement date of the "red flags" rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors.

House Democrats have introduced legislation (HR 3961) that would end the yearly ritual of canceling automatic cuts in Medicare physician payment rates after the Senate failed to do so last month.

Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, will step down as director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to become president of Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals in Boston.

House Democratic leaders this week unveiled final health system reform bill (HR 3962).

NIH Roadmap Transformative Research Awards provide up to $25 million total costs per year for a single project.

On Oct. 23, 2009, Senate Bill 132 (SB 132) was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger.

Premiums for Medicare Part B, which covers physician services, will increase by 15 percent next year to $110.50 per month.

Efforts to pass a bill (S 1776) that would permanently fix physician payments under Medicare have been stalled in the Senate.

The ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System Fact Sheet

S. 1776, the "Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009"

The Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program is an opportunity to experience a year of mentored research training at a top-ranked, NIH-funded research center in a developing country in Africa, Asia, South America or the Caribbean.

Two new funding opportunity announcements from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute