Alert: President’s Budget Provides 3% Increase to NIH
The President unveiled his fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget on February 1, and as outlined in his State of the Union address, domestic discretionary spending was held to FY 2010 levels.  While many programs were cut under the President’s...

Alert: Society Recommends Against Altering Blood Glucose Control Goals
Several studies in the last two decades have shown that improved glycemic control reduces complications in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes both during the period of intensive treatment and for years thereafter (the “legacy” effect)...

Alert: Endocrine Society Statement on the Use of A1C for Diabetes Diagnosis and Risk Estimation
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) released new clinical practice recommendations supporting the use of A1C for the diagnosis of diabetes and pre-diabetes. The Endocrine Society supports the ADA recommendation as an option for diagnosis but identifies caveats for A1C use in this statement.

Alert: Society-Championed DXA Provision Passes in Health Reform
The Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590) on December 24, 2009, and included as part of that legislation a two year fix of the payment cuts to DXA services performed in the physician's office...

Alert:Society Analysis of New CMS Coding Instructions for Consultation Codes
Last week, The Endocrine Society asked you to contact Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting a one year delay in the implementation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...