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Date Posted Headline  
     
05-27-2008 AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE
Number 2008-11 -- Week of Monday, May 19, 2008
 
*  Have You Taken CRNAdvocacy Action on the Teaching Rules?
*  CDC Issues Case Report on Nevada Hepatitis Outbreak
*  Health Information Technology: Privacy Provision Added to Senate Legislation
*  The NPI:  The Number CRNAs Need May 23rd!
*  Follow-Up: AANA Mid-Year Assembly
*  Amendments
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05-20-2008 AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE
Number 2008-10 -- Week of Monday, May 12, 2008

*  Have You Taken CRNAdvocacy Action on the Teaching Rules?
*  Senate Package to Delay Medicare Part B Reimbursement Cut Cost $18 Billion
*  Expect Bonus Payments for PQRI Program in July: CMS Offers New Ways to
      Participate in the PQRI Program
*  The NPI:  The Number CRNAs Need May 23rd!
*  Nursing Research: Economic Downturn Helps Address Shortage
*  Follow-Up: AANA Mid-Year Assembly
*  Amendments
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05-06-2008

AANA Federal Government Affairs  HOTLINE
Number 2008-09 -- Week of Monday, April 28, 2008

*  AANA Mid-Year Assembly: Over 600 CRNAs & Students Take Nurse Anesthesia Message to  
         Capitol Hill
*  Senate Finance Chairman Lays Out Plan for Medicare Part B Reimbursement Fix
*  The NPI:  The Number CRNAs Need May 23rd!
*  Amendments

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04-14-2008 AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE
Number 2008-08 -- Week of Monday, April 7, 2008


*  No Mark-up: Baucus Says Medicare Part B Reimbursement Fix Will Skip Committee, Go
       Straight to Senate Floor
*  Fifty-Two (52) Senators Sign Letter for Nurse Workforce Funding Boost
*  AANA President Wilson Submits Testimony for CRNA Education Funding
*  AANA and the AVANA Submit Joint Testimony Supporting VA CRNA Workforce Development
*  See You at AANA Mid-Year Assembly!
*  Amendments

 
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03-24-2008 AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE
Number 2008-07 -- Week of Monday, March 17, 2008
 

* House and Senate Approve Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolutions
* AANA Requests Federal Meetings on Hepatitis Outbreak Issues
* 130+ Representatives Sign Letter for Nurse Workforce Funding Boost
* FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Approving Sugammadex
* Sunshine Act Sets to Force Disclosure of Gifts to Physicians
* Amendments
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03-14-2008 AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE
Number 2008-06 -- Week of Monday, March 10, 2008

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CMS Director for Medicare Management Estimates Double Digit Medicare Part
       B Reimbursement Cut July 1st
* Nursing School Graduates Rise While Applications to RN Programs Drop
* Senate and House Budget Committees Pass FY 2009 Budget Resolution
* Legislation Would Make it Easier for Career Military Nurses to Transition to Teaching
* Amendments
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03-10-2008 Colorado Degree Grandfathering Deadline - ACTION REQUESTED view
     
03-07-2008 AANA Condemns Unsafe Injection Practices view
     
03-07-2008 Aetna Announces Delay In Implementation of New Clinical Policy view
     
03-07-2008 America’s Nurse Anesthetists Commend Aetna for Restoring Coverage of Anesthesia that Assures Most Effective, Comfortable GI Endoscopies view
     
03-07-2008 AANA Federal Government Affairs  HOTLINE
Number 2008-05 -- Week of Monday, March 3, 2008

* House Members Gain Support for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs
* D
emocrats May Use Reconciliation as Vehicle for Medicare Part B Reimbursement Fix 
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AANA Commission on Anesthesia Economics & Reimbursement Meets in Washington, DC
* Amendments
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