Super Committee Pick Could Open Door to Grand Bargain, Sources Say - InsideHealthPolicy.com

Super Committee Pick Could Open Door to Grand Bargain, Sources Say - InsideHealthPolicy.com: The super committee's decision to tap Mark Prater, the deputy staff director and chief tax counsel for Senate Finance Republicans, as its staff director received rave reviews, although health sources differ on what the appointment says about the panel's priorities or chances of success. Some sources suggest the decision clearly means that the committee will make a serious attempt at tax and entitlement reform, and this could indicate a stronger likelihood of a “grand bargain.” Others warn not to read too much into the appointment, but stress that Prater is a well-respected longtime staffer with strong institutional knowledge of health care and tax policies.

Medtronic's CoreValve "a 2014 product" for U.S., looks good in clinical trials | European Society of Cardiology Congress 2011 | MassDevice - Medical Device Industry News

Medtronic's CoreValve "a 2014 product" for U.S., looks good in clinical trials European Society of Cardiology Congress 2011 MassDevice - Medical Device Industry News: Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) touted the latest results from studies of its CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve implantation system, which is two years behind competitor Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (NYSE:EW) in the U.S. market, at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2011 conference in Paris today.

AMA To Warn PCORI Against Factoring Cost Analysis In Its Research - InsideHealthPolicy.com

AMA To Warn PCORI Against Factoring Cost Analysis In Its Research - InsideHealthPolicy.com: In a comment letter to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the American Medical Association plans to probe the board of government-sponsored medical research on whether it intends to consider cost analysis -- something it's forbidden by law from doing, as health care providers fear it may end up restricting their decision-making.

CMS Takes First Step Toward Predicting Long-Term Health Effects Of Provider Cuts - InsideHealthPolicy.com

CMS Takes First Step Toward Predicting Long-Term Health Effects Of Provider Cuts - InsideHealthPolicy.com: CMS’ actuary is taking initial steps toward understanding the long-term health-care effects of cutting provider pay, and insuring young adults, by requesting two research proposals. One of those requests for proposals would measure the long-term effect of Medicare cuts on the quality of health care and the other seeks to estimate the savings, or cost, of making young adults buy health insurance, which is one of the most controversial pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

FDA Eyes Regulatory Science Centers In D.C. Area, Possible Expansion - InsideHealthPolicy.com

FDA Eyes Regulatory Science Centers In D.C. Area, Possible Expansion - InsideHealthPolicy.com: FDA is reviewing applications to establish regulatory science centers in the Washington, D.C. area, executing a strategy outlined in a 2007 report and building on a joint initiative with Arkansas to create a virtual regulatory science hub, with the regional pilot project possibly expanding nationwide, a top FDA official said late last week.

NIH finalizes financial conflict of interest rules-washingtonpost.com

NIH finalizes financial conflict of interest rules-washingtonpost.com: The National Institutes of Health has finalized rules to reduce financial conflicts of interests among federally funded researchers who also receive payments or stock from drug and medical device companies.

Corporations pushing for job-creation tax breaks shield U.S.-vs.-abroad hiring data - The Washington Post

Corporations pushing for job-creation tax breaks shield U.S.-vs.-abroad hiring data - The Washington Post: Some of the country’s best-known multi­national corporations closely guard a number they don’t want anyone to know: the breakdown between their jobs here and abroad. So secretive are these companies that they hand the figure over to government statisticians on the condition that officials will release only an aggregate number. The latest data show that multinationals cut 2.9 million jobs in the United States and added 2.4 million overseas between 2000 and 2009.