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Letter Requesting that Medicare Deny Reimbursement for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (HRG Publication #1895)
Public Citizen asks the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Servces to deny reimbursement for TMS because the treatment has not been proved to be effective.
[Created on: 11/11/2009]

Comments on FDA Draft Guidance on Postmarketing Studies and Clinical Trials (HRG Publication #1894)
Public Citizen has reviewed the draft guidance in detail and supports its purpose and approach.
[Created on: 10/13/2009]

Letter Published in Biological Psychiatry: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Not Proven Effective (HRG Publication #1893)
Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H., and Eunice Yu disagree with the Reardon's conclusion that TMS is "safe and effective in the treatment of major depression."
[Created on: 10/01/2009]

Request for a Negative National Coverage Decision for the Menaflex Collagen Scaffold Surgical Mesh for Patients with Knee Meniscus Damage (HRG Publication #1892)
We are writing to request that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issue a National Coverage Determination (NCD) that would deny Medicare reimbursement for ReGen Biologics’ Menaflex Collagen Scaffold (MCS).
[Created on: 09/25/2009]

FDA Internal Review Slams Knee Device’s Approval Process (HRG Publication #1891)
Statement of Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H, Deputy Director of Health Research Group.
[Created on: 09/24/2009]

Public Comments on Resident Work Hours (HRG Publication #1890)
Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H. and Hillary Peabody, M.P.H. testify before the Medicare Payments Advisory Commission, encouraging the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to implement the IOM's recent recommendations on resident work hours.
[Created on: 09/18/2009]

Hearing Highlights Dysfunction of U.S. Health Care System, Points to Need for 'Medicare for All' (HRG Publication #1889)
All the problems with the U.S> Health care system could be reduced or even eliminated if there was only a 'Medicare-for-all' system, also known as single-payer, for health care in this country.
[Created on: 09/16/2009]

Letter Urging Secretary Sebelius to Provide Hospitals and Nursing Homes with Disciplinary Data on Nurses and Other Allied Health Professionals (HRG Publication #1888)
This letter urges Secretary Sebelius to immediately implement Section 1921 of the Social Security Act. This would significantly reduce the chances that patients will be injured or killed by any of the more than 100,000 non-physician health professionals (e.g., nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants) and other health workers with disciplinary records who may be employed in hospitals or nursing homes.
[Created on: 08/25/2009]

Have the Courage to Say Health Care Is a Right, Not a Privilege (HRG Publication #1887)
Statement of Sidney Wolfe, M.D., Acting President, Public Citizen and Director, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group
[Created on: 07/30/2009]

Public Citizen's Response to FDA Draft Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials in Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (HRG Publication #1886)
The Food and Drug Administration’s recent draft guidance on community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) is significant step forward from the previous draft guidance, issued in 1998. However, it includes recommendations that contradict established principles of rigorous clinical trial conduct, as defined in the International Conference on Harmonization documents E-9 and E-10, and a number of issues are left unaddressed.
[Created on: 06/29/2009]

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