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Senate Fails to Block Deep Cuts in Medicare Payments -- The Senate has failed to pass a short-term payment patch for the Medicare physician payment rate, thus allowing a 21.2 percent payment cut to take effect on March 1 based on the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, formula. But the reduction is not expected to have an immediate effect on physician payments.
FDA Offers Docs Guidance on Rosiglitazone as Safety Review Nears Completion -- The FDA is recommending that patients continue taking the diabetes medication rosiglitazone, unless told otherwise by their physicians, as the agency continues to look at the risks and benefits of using rosiglitazone to treat type 2 diabetes. Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Finance and drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, or GSK, are debating the safety of the drug.
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