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Medicare Bidding Process Slams Home Medical Equipment Providers With Arbitrary Reimbursement Rates

2013-02-05 12:28:11

Severe Industry Fall-Out Expected, as Stakeholders Rally Congress to Replace the Program, Protect Medicare Beneficiaries WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The plummeting reimbursement rates set by Medicare last week for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) demonstrate why its procurement system for home medical equipment is a defective process likely to produce troubling results. The bid program allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to...

20 Years of Success: New Federal Study Finds Family and Medical Leave Act Has Worked Well for Workers, Businesses -- But 40 Percent of Workers Not Covered, and Millions More Cannot Afford the Unpaid Leave the Law Provides

2013-02-04 16:27:07

Organization That Wrote, Championed FMLA Urges Lawmakers to Expand It WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first federal study in 13 years to examine the impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) finds that the law has had an overwhelmingly positive impact on workers, families and businesses. The FMLA is the only federal law ever to help workers meet the dual demands of job and family. The National Partnership for Women & Families wrote and...

Faithful Americans Push Congress on Gun Violence Prevention

2013-02-04 12:24:24

Millions Engage in Moral Campaign on February 4 to Prevent Gun Violence WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans from a remarkably diverse array of religious backgrounds will join together on Monday, February 4 at faithscalling.org to call on Congress to act to prevent gun violence. Religious leaders and interfaith groups are mobilizing their flocks and empowering faithful Americans across the country to continue the moral drumbeat for passing sensible gun...

SOCMA Announces 2013 Legislative Priorities for Specialty Chemical Manufacturers

2013-02-01 16:22:48

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates, a trade association representing specialty chemical manufacturers, today announced its top legislative priorities for 2013 and the 113(th) Congress. TSCA Reform - Given that past comprehensive attempts have failed and the congressional dynamics have not changed, SOCMA will share its vision of carefully tailored reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act, possibly achieved in...

Unprecedented Free Education Programming at World ATM Congress

2013-02-01 12:20:20

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- World ATM Congress has an unprecedented amount of free education for an international air traffic conference. The leading edge of aviation professionals will present interactive forums where involved dialogue and multiple perspectives are encouraged. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120717/NE40700LOGO ) Three Presentation Theatres. Three Days.The Spotlight Stage offers product presentations from industry partners such as GE...

SOCMA Kicks Off First 100 Days Initiative

2013-01-31 16:21:32

Specialty Manufacturers to Push Competitiveness, Market Expansion During 113(th) Congress, Second Obama Term WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With more than 90 new members of Congress joining their elected colleagues to tackle key legislative issues in the coming year, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) has kicked off its "First 100 Days" initiative to educate Congress and regulatory agencies about issues important to the specialty...

Manganaro Midatlantic Awarded with Sixteenth Washington Building Congress Craftsmanship Award and Receives First Star Award for Arent Fox's New Offices

2013-01-30 20:22:47

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Manganaro Midatlantic (www.manganaro.com/midatlantic), a leading construction subcontractor in the mid-Atlantic region, is being honored with their sixteenth Washington Building Congress (WBC) Craftsmanship Award and their first Star Award, upon completion of interior work on the new offices of Arent Fox in downtown D.C. The WBC works to unite members of the building community within the D.C.-metro area by supporting the development of close...

AIA Sounds the Alarm on Economic Downturn Report

2013-01-30 16:20:07

Statement by Marion C. Blakey, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association on reports of the contraction of the U.S. economy in the 4th quarter of 2012. ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The contraction of the U.S. economy in the fourth quarter underscores AIA's warning for the past 18 months that severe across the board budget cuts--both to defense and non-defense discretionary spending--threaten to throw the economy into a tailspin. It is...

TechNet Encouraged by Immigration Reform Conversations, Supports New High Skilled Immigration Bill

2013-01-29 20:21:54

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today hailed the U.S. Senate introduction of the Immigration Innovation Act, offered by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Dean Heller (R-NV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Hoeven (R-ND) and...

Conservative Leaders to Press for Puerto Rican Statehood

2013-01-28 20:21:17

Former Governor Luis Fortuno Among Speakers at D.C. Press Conference Tuesday WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, a leading voice for Latinos, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, January 29 to announce a new initiative to encourage conservatives to support Puerto Rican statehood, which will include educational forums, advocacy in Congress and grassroots events. The group of conservative leaders will call on...