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Federal Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 5 items )  

CMS Proposes New Policies to Support Underserved Communities, Ease Drug Shortages, and Promote Patient Safety
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: New Mandatory Model Proposed to Improve Health Outcomes Post-Surgery and Advance Climate Resiliency Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule updating Medicare payments and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals. The proposed rule takes a variety of approaches to improving   more

Department of Labor Seeking Workers Owed Wages, Benefits Denied by Libertytown Plumbing Subcontractor After Investigation Recovers $156K
LIBERTYTOWN, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Day C Soul Mechanical shortchanged 48 workers on Woodyard Station project * * * Individuals employed by a Libertytown plumbing subcontractor who worked on a Woodyard Station construction project may be eligible to receive their share of $156,495 in wages and fringe benefits recovered by a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. The department's Wage and Hour Divisi  more

FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Proposed Rule - CMS-1808-P Fact Sheet
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: On April 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) proposed rule. The proposed rule would update Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inp  more

Item of Interest: NIH-Funded Report Recommends Strategies to Advance Inclusion of Pregnant, Lactating Women in Clinical Research
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 11 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A report issued today by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) external link makes recommendations to improve the safe and ethical inclusion of pregnant and lactating women in clinical research while reducing the risk of liability--the legal responsibilit  more

Naval Air Systems Command: Small Business Outreach, Depot-Level Sustainment Discussions Finish Out Sea-Air-Space Expo 2024
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland, April 11 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The final day of the Sea-Air-Space Expo 2024 began with a question-and-answer session with representatives from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) and concluded with an overview of NAVAIR's Fleet Readiness Centers. Irma Alexander, deputy director of small business for NAVAIR Headquarters, and Larry Butts, deputy director o  more