NEWS ARCHIVE
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| 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 *
AANA Mid-Year Assembly: Over 600 CRNAs & Students Take Nurse Anesthesia
Message to |
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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 * 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 * Democrats May Use Reconciliation as Vehicle for Medicare Part B Reimbursement Fix * AANA Commission on Anesthesia Economics & Reimbursement Meets in Washington, DC * Amendments |
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| 12-30-2007 | AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE Extra Number 2007-25d – Thursday, December 20, 2007 Congress Wraps Up 2007 Business |
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| 12-30-2007 | AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2007-24 -- Week of Monday, December 17, 2007 * Omnibus Appropriations Bill Includes Increase for APN Education Funding * Senate Looks to “Bare-Bones” Medicare Fix, Might Not Include Teaching Rules Fix * New GAO Report Shows Shortage of CRNAs in VA System, Encourages Changes in Pay * Senate Committee Passes Pain Legislation for Veterans * Lt. General James Peake Confirmed as New VA Secretary * Amendments |
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| 12-30-2007 | AANA Federal Government Affairs HOTLINE Extra Number 2007-24a – Monday, November 26, 2007 Following AANA Request, Medicare Corrects 2008 Anesthesia Fee Schedule |
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| 8-2-2007 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2007-14 -- Week of Monday, July 23, 2007 * SCHIP Legislation to Contain CRNA SGR Fix * Prepare for CRNAdvocacy at AANA Annual Meeting * House Passes Labor-HHS-Education Appropriation Bill: Restores Advanced Practice Nurse Education Funding * Veterans Secretary Resigns * Ask the Experts: Medicare Payment & Policy Q&A for CRNAs * Amendments |
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| 8-2-2007 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2007-13 -- Week of Monday, July 16, 2007 * Senate Committee Reaches Deal on SCHIP * Full Committee Approves Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Legislation * Nursing Applicants Consistently Turned Away From Schools * Mid-Career Professionals Turn to Nursing * Are You Reporting Quality Measures? * Amendments |
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| 10-5-2006 | Stop Medicare's Unprecedented Anesthesia Payment Cuts | view |
| 8-21-2006 | Nurse Anesthetists Return to Founding City to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Professional Association | view |
| 3-3-2006 | Search for the position of Director of Continuing Education, Certification and Recertification, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) | view |
| 2-28-2006 | Former President Bill Clinton to Speak at 2006 Annual Meeting in Cleveland | view |
| 2-2-2006 | A Message from Brian Thorson, AANA President | view |
| 2-2-2006 | AANA Federal Government Affairs
HOTLINE Extra Number 2006-02(a) Week of Monday, January 30, 2006 * House OKs Reversing 2006 Medicare Part B Payment Cuts; Awaits President's Signature |
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| 1-24-2006 | Happy Nurse Anesthetists Week 2006! | view |
| 1-24-2006 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2006-01 Week of Monday, January 16, 2006 * Relief from 2006 Medicare Payment Cuts Awaits Final House Vote * Healthcare Costs Grow More Slowly, but Faster than Economy * President's State of the Union to Include Healthcare Focus * MedPAC Calls for Increase in Medicare Part B payments for 2007 * Amendments |
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| 12-24-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-29 Week of Monday, December 19, 2005 * House OKs Budget Package Reversing 2006 Medicare Payment Cuts; Senate Action Pending * House OKs Health Spending Bill Including CRNA Education Funding; Awaiting Senate Action * Health Information Technology Bill Passes Senate * DoD Introduces EHR System to be Used in Combat and Hospitals * Amendments |
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| 11-25-2005 | New Nova Southeastern AA Program | view |
| 11-16-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-28 Week of Monday, November 14, 2005 * House Struggles with Reconciliation Bill * CMS Touts Hospital Pay-for-Performance Demonstration as Success * Amendments |
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| 11-13-2005 | 2006 National Nurse Anesthetists Week Materials Now Available from AANA | view |
| 11-13-2005 | Medicare Cuts Payments for 2006, Leaves Teaching Rules Alone | view |
| 10-28-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-26 Week of Monday, October 24, 2005 * Senate Begins Considering Health Funding Bill, Including Nurse Education * Senate Finance Republicans Agree to Reconciliation Deal * Amendments |
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| 10-21-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-25 Week of Monday, October 17, 2005 * Chairman of Senate Finance Committee Outlines Reconciliation Plans * HHS Moves to Advance Nationwide Interoperability Health Information Technology (HIT) * Proposal to Add Health Savings Accounts to Medicaid Introduced * Amendments |
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| 10-7-2005 | AANA Website Being Redesigned | view |
| 9-30-2005 | AANA Turns 75! | view |
| 9-11-2005 | Message from President Thorson Regarding Dues | view |
| 9-11-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-21, Week of Monday, September 5, 2005 * NGA Releases Official Recommendations for Medicaid * HHS Releases Website and Toll Free Number for Deployment by HealthCare Professionals * Amendments |
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| 8-5-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs
HOTLINE Number 2005-20, Week of Monday, August 1, 2005 * House and Senate Approve $1.5 Billion in Supplemental Funds for the VA * Representative Johnson (R-CT) Introduces Physician Fee Fix * Medical Malpractice (HEALTH Act) Passes House Again * House Passes Bill to Create National Medical Error Database * House Passes Association Health Plan (AHP) Legislation * Amendments |
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| 7-20-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-18, Week of Monday, July 18, 2005 * Senate Committee Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill With APN Education Funding * President Bush Asks Congress for Additional VA Money * FDA Probes Pain Patch Deaths * House Subcommittee Passes Patient Safety Bill * Amendments |
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| 7-20-2005 | AANA Federal Government Affairs
HOTLINE Number 2005-17, Week of Monday, July 11, 2005 * Senators Grassley and Baucus Introduce New Pay-For-PerformanceMeasure, Putting CRNAs on Level Footing with Other Healthcare Professionals * Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Now Has to Clear Senate * HHS Secretary Announces Medicaid Commission Members * Amendments |
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| 6-29-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-16, Week of Monday, June 27, 2005 * House Approves Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill * Veteran's Affairs Admits $1 Billion Healthcare Deficit * Amendments |
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| 5-23-2005 | CRNAs: Get Ready for the NPI | view |
| 5-22-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-10, Week of Monday, May 09, 2005 * NPs Invited to Complete Web-Based Survey on Selected CPT Codes * New Budget Resolution Could Cut Medicare Physician Fees * CMS Says Pay-for-Performance Pilot Program A Success * CMS Drops Resolution of Split Billing From Priority List * House Democrats Lay Out New Healthcare Agenda * Updated CERT Program Article Published * Amendments |
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| 5-9-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-09, Week of Monday, May 02, 2005 * Following AANA Request, CMS Issues Changes to Problematic Medicare Part A Guidelines * Mid-Year Assembly: CRNAs and Lawmakers Meet to Discuss Issues * Congress Approves Budget With $10B in Medicaid Cuts * CMS Administrator Pushes Committee for Medical Liability Damage Caps * Amendments |
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| 4-22-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-08, Week of Monday, April 18, 2005 * Louise Hershkowitz, CRNA, MSHA, Testifies About Nurse Anesthesia Education Funding Before House Appropriations Subcommittee * House and Senate Seeking to Negotiate Medicaid Deal * Senate Turns Back $2 Billion Increase for VA Hospitals * Bill to Propose Extension of Moratorium on Specialty Hospitals Forthcoming * Amendments |
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| 4-15-2005 | Fact Sheet Regarding Anesthesiologist Assistants (AAs) | view |
| 3-22-2005 | Message from Mitch Tobin regarding South Dakota's decision to opt out of the Federal Physician Supervision Requirement for CRNAs | view |
| 3-9-2005 | Excellent news from the New Jersey Association of Nurse Anesthetists | view |
| 2-24-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-04, Week of Monday, February 21, 2005 * President Signs Class-Action Bill * HHS Secretary Leavitt Testifies on Medicaid * Ensign and Gregg Introduce Two New Medical Liability Bills * Bush Nominates Crawford to Head FDA * Amendments |
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| 2-24-2005 | Region 4 Update from Wendell Spencer, CRNA, MHS, AANA Region 4 Director | view |
| 1-13-2005 | AANA Federal
Government Affairs HOTLINE Number 2005-01, Week of Monday, January 10, 2005 * USP Releases Proposed Guidelines for Drug Benefit Formulary * Bush Meets with Members to Push Liability Reform * HHS Deputy Secretary Gets Nod for Domestic Policy Advisor * House and Senate Committee Vacancies Filled * Amendments |
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| 10-14-2004 | AANA Federal Government Affairs
HOTLINE Number 2004-25, Week of Monday, October 11, 2004 * House Approves Extension of Health Benefits for Reservists * JCAHO Recommends Steps to Prevent "Anesthesia Awareness" * President Maziarski Submits Comments on the Outpatient Perspective Payment System * CRNAs Call Capitol Hill Urging Passage of Patient Safety Legislation * Amendments |
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| 10-07-2004 | AANA Federal Government Affairs
HOTLINE Number 2004-24, Week of Monday, October 4, 2004 * Congress Settles on "Continuing Resolution" Budget Until After Presidential Election * Medicare Might Cover Implantable Defibrillators * AANA President Sends Letter to Capitol Hill Urging Passage of Patient Safety Legislation * Amendments |
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| 10-7-2004 | Victory in Illinois Office Anesthesia Litigation | view |
| 10-4-2004 | URGENT AANA ADVOCACY ALERT From the desk of Frank T. Maziarski CRNA MS CLNC President, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists |
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| 10-04-2004 | AANA Federal Government Affairs
HOTLINE Number 2004-23, Week of Monday, September 27, 2004 * AANA President Sends Letter to Capitol Hill Urging Passage of Patient Safety Legislation * AANA Sends Physician Fee Schedule Comments to CMS * Private Health Plans Will Cost $4B More for Medicare in 2005 * Amendments |
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| 9-29-2004 | AANA's 72nd Annual Meeting | view |
| 9-27-2004 | AANA Phone Directories | view |
| 9-27-2004 | AANA Federal Government Affairs
HOTLINE Number 2004-22, Week of Monday, September 20, 2004 * In Medicare, Private Plans Pay More than Fee-For-Service * Action Continues on Health Budget Bill Including CRNA Education Funds * Amendments |
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| 9-12-2004 | AANA Federal Government Affairs
HOTLINE Number 2004-21, Week of Monday, September 06, 2004 * CMS Publishes 2005 Part B Update, with 1.5% Increase in CFs * HHS Announces 17% Increase in Part B Premiums for 2005 * Senate Passes Bill To Establish Patient Safety Reporting System * Amendments |
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| 8-24-2004 | Region 4 Report: Wendell Spencer, CRNA, MHS Region 4 Director | view |
| 8-9-2004 | OANA contracts with new Office Management Service | view |