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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has proposed retiring the use of LDL-C treatment targets in response to the new ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines.  The NCQA has stated that no studies focus on treatment or titration to a specific LDL-C goal in adults with clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The NLA is strongly opposed to this and submitted a statement against retiring such an important measurement.

On Friday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 4015 (237-182) that would repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that serves as the underpinning of Medicare physician payment and provide for other Medicare payment reforms.

From Washington Post:

The ubiquitous nutrition label on food packages is about to get its first overhaul in 20 years, a change that is likely to have a dramatic effect on what people choose to eat and drink and what products sell on supermarket shelves.

Obama administration officials say the update, scheduled to be formally unveiled Thursday at a White House event, is necessary to keep pace with the science of nutrition and to reduce confusion about what qualifies as healthy food.