PA Preferred Drug List Letter (November 28, 2005)

Ad Targeted to House and Senate Seeking $29.4 Billion for NIH in FY 2006 (Sponsored by 550 Organizations) (November 14, 2005)

Sign-on Letter to House-Senate Conferees on FY 2006 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Funding Bill (November 8, 2005)

Sign-on Letter to US Senators Regarding NIH Funding (October 18, 2005)

Not-for-profit Scientific Publishers’ Proposal for Improving Compliance and Achieving NIH Goals Regarding Enhanced Access to Research (October 17, 2005)

Sign-on Letter Regarding the Sustainable Growth Rate (October 3, 2005)

ASH Comments on the 2006 Physician Fee Schedule (September 30, 2005)

• On October 6, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 261 by voice vote. This resolution was drafted by Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) and calls on CMS to extend of the Demonstration of Improved Quality of Care for Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy. Click the above link to view ASH’s comments to CMS regarding the demonstration.

ASH Letter to CMS Regarding the 2006 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) (September 15, 2005)

ASH Comment Letter on the Proposed Rule for Competitive Acquisition of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals Under Medicare Part B (September 6, 2005)

Sign-on Letter to Senators Grassley and Baucus Regarding Pay-for-Performance Framework (August 23, 2005)

• A similar letter was also sent to Representatives Thomas, Barton, Brown, Deal, Dingell, Johnson, Rangel and Stark.

ASH Thank You Letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist Regarding Support for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (August 4, 2005)

Sign-on Letters to House and Senate Regarding the Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 (August 1, 2005)

ASH Comment Letter on the Proposed Rule for the Competitive Acquisition Program (April 25, 2005)

ASH Comment Letter on NIH Interim Final Ethics Rule (April 1, 2005)

FY 2006 ASH Testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education (April 1, 2005)

ASH Letter to the United Nations Regarding Cloning (March 7, 2005)

ASH Comments on National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Strategic Plan (February 28, 2005)

ASH Letter to the United Nations Regarding Cloning (February 17, 2005)

ASH/ASCO Letter Regarding Hematology/Oncology Permanent Seat on the AMA-Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) (January 13, 2005)

Sign-On Letter to Dr. Mark McClellan Regarding the RUC Five-Year Review (January 3, 2005)