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Current News

FDA Alert: Risk of Transmission of Blood-borne Pathogens from Shared Use of Reusable Fingerstick (Lancing) Devices and Point of Care Blood Testing Devices. Use of Fingerstick Devices on More Than One Person Poses Risk for Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens...More

AACE Submits Comments on the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
AACE submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the proposed rule for the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. To read the AACE comment letter, click here.

2011 AACE Annual Meeting Abstracts
The Call for Abstracts is open now until December 3, 2010. For additional information or to submit an abstract, please visit the AACE Abstracts Page. All members of AACE are eligible to submit an abstract.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new Vital Signs Report, Adult Obesity: Obesity Rises Among Adults. The report indicates that in 2009 there were more than 72 million obese adults in the U.S. To read the report, click here.

AACE submits a joint statement with sister societies and patient advocate groups on new draft osteoporosis screening recommendations issued by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. To see the USPSTF draft recommendations, click here.

Endocrinologists Are Decreasing Their Exposure to Medicare Patients As a Result of the New Consultation Code Policy
See the results from a recent member survey conducted by AACE and The Endocrine Society on the impact of the new Medicare policy to eliminate payments for consultation service codes. The complete survey is available here. To read about the cumulative results from all 18 medical specialty societies that participated in the survey, click here.

AACE President Dr. Daniel Einhorn was interviewed on NPR All Things Considered about the recent decision of the FDA Advisory Committee to recommend that Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market with restrictions on its use. To hear the interview, please click here.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Diabetes Association, The Endocrine Society Joint Statement for Health Care Providers Re: FDA Advisory Panel Avandia Recommendation...More

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Diabetes Association and The Endocrine Society joint statement on potential cardiovascular risks associated with rosiglitazone...More

Six Month SGR Physician Payment Fix Signed Into Law ...read more

AACE joins state and specialty medical societies in sending a message to Congress on the Medicare SGR crisis. Read the statement

FDA Drug Safety Communication: New Boxed Warning on severe liver injury with propylthiouracil ... More

STOP THE MEDICARE MELTDOWN!
AACE is partnering with the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and several other state and specialty societies on a petition drive to permanently repeal the flawed Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) physician payment formula. The goal of the petition drive is to gather 1 million signatures from physicians, other health care providers and patients and share them with Congress and the President. Your help is needed! To learn more about the petition drive, sign the petition and access resources to get your patients involved, click here.

Joint Statement on Radioactive Precautions Following Radioactive Iodine Therapy...Read More

Eliminating Consultation Codes May Force Four out of Five Specialists to Drastically Cut the Number of Medicare Patients Seen in Their Practices
A survey just conducted by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) suggests that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decision to eliminate consultation codes will force four out of five endocrinologists to reduce the number of Medicare patients seen in their practices. For additional information click here.

ASAP is Now Available for ABIM MOC/Credit!!!
The American College of Endocrinology Self Assessment Program (ASAP) was recently accepted as part of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. For more details on how to participate, please visit: http://asap.aace.com.