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The Standards of Practice (SOP) Committee has developed a guideline entitled, “������� Guideline on the role of endoscopy in acute lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding.”

The DEA is warning registrants of new fraud schemes in which scammers impersonate DEA personnel and notify registrants that they are under investigation, presumably in an attempt to obtain personal information.

A new report from the American Medical Association (AMA) describes the changes in the ownership and organization of physician practices since 2012.

On July 3, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the Senate-amended version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, by a vote of 218 to 214.

Newly appointed members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted last week to no longer recommend thimerosal-containing flu vaccines for all ages and approved clesrovimab for newborns and infants entering their first RSV season.

On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, upholding the ACA provision that requires most private insurers to cover preventive services recommended by the USPSTF without cost-sharing by patients.

Last week, the U.S. Senate released its budget reconciliation package. Likethe House-passed version, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that,if passed, millions of Americans would lose their health care coverage.

������� joined about 100 national and state medical societies in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in calling for reinstatement of terminated members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

On May 22, the House passed its version of a sweeping tax and spending bill (H.R. 1) that is now under consideration in the Senate.

The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3514 / S. 1816) has been  reintroduced in Congress with bipartisan support.