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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

By Mike Ferguson, Chris Jones, Adam Higgins and Tyler Thompson on November 13, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized

SENATE COMMITTEES TO REVIEW TRUMP’S HHS PICK The year-end schedules of the Senate HELP and Finance committees just became more clogged, as the two panels will lead the review of President Trump’s nominee to be Health & Human Services (HHS) secretary. Trump announced this morning that he selected former HHS official Alex Azar as his … Continue Reading

Resistance Is Futile: CMS Gets Serious About Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

By Kyle Gregory, Greg Fosheim and Emily Crosby on December 12, 2016 Posted in Uncategorized

Antibiotics and similar drugs, known more broadly as antimicrobial agents, are an instrumental weapon in the healthcare armory, rendering once-lethal infections treatable, and dramatically reducing instances of sepsis and secondary infections associated with cancer chemotherapy and organ transplants. However, sub-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in livestock, over-prescription, bacterial evolution and myriad other factors have contributed … Continue Reading