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Public Policy News
January 18th, 2012
AST Government Relations continues breakneck pace to shape transplant initiatives on Capitol Hill within HHS in fast start to 2012.
PHS GUIDELINE
During the last 6 weeks, AST government...
November 21st, 2011
On November 17, the AST sent a letter to Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regarding strong objections to the draft "PHS Guidelines for Reducing the...
November 16th, 2011
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Monday did her bit to help President Obama’s job-creation effort by announcing $1 billion in grants funded by the health care law that will help add health care workers across the country...
November 4th, 2011
The AST has endorsed and signed on to a joint Patient/Provider letter to the Congressional "Super Committee" Joint Deficit Budget Reduction Committee. The joint sign-on letter is in support of continuing the Medicare Part D classes of clinical concern policy that requires plans to...
October 7th, 2011
On behalf of the transplant community, the American Society of Transplantation (AST) along with the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO), and...
September 28th, 2011
The AST recently sent a letter to Senator Patty Murray and Representative Jeb Hensarling, both co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The letter asks the Joint Committee to address the current gap in Medicare Part B...
September 21st, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Sean Carney
Brownstein Group
(215) 735-3470 Ext. 108
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September 2nd, 2011
The Optimal Testing of Live Donors to Prevent Transmission of Infectious Diseases Consensus Conference was held July 28 in Baltimore, MD. Over 50 transplant professionals gathered to discuss the various aspects of live donor testing from defining risk groups to implementing strategy.
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September 1st, 2011
AST President Dr. Robert Gaston traveled to Capitol Hill to have breakfast with Congressman Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX). Co-Chairman for the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Burgess is the transplant champion introducing the comprehensive...
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