A provision included in the Affordable Care Act requiring state Medicaid programs to begin paying for primary care services and vaccine administration at rates no lower than Medicare is now in effect as of January 1.

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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is providing an opportunity to preview the redesigned Physician Compare website prior to its release early this year.

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Don’t miss ASCO’s free national webinar Adapting to Changes in Medicare for 2013 on Tuesday, January 15, 4:00pm – 5:30pm ET.

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Janssen Products, LP, has announced that it is coordinating with the Food and Drug Administration to create additional supply of DOXIL using an alternative manufacturing process.

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Congress passed and President Obama approved last month the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012, which requires the National Cancer Institute to identify cancers with low survival rates and convene working groups to develop scientific strategies to improve research on those cancers.

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Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed legislation, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, to avert the so-called fiscal cliff and temporarily forestall cuts to Medicare, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Senate passed the legislation by an overwhelming margin earlier that day.

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ASCO Immediate Past President Michael P. Link, MD, recently co-authored a perspectives piece in The New England Journal of Medicine on the impact of using drug shortages on children with cancer.

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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) canceled a vote on his "Plan B" fiscal cliff proposal late Thursday, December 20, after failing to find enough support in the House. With this recent development, it is unlikely Congress will reach a deal to prevent cuts to NIH, FDA and Medicare before the Christmas holiday. Congress is expected to return to Washington next Thursday to attempt reach an agreement. Congressional leadership have also directed their staff to continue working on a deal over the holidays.

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