Washington Letter
December
- E-Cigarette Report Released by U.S. Surgeon General
- FDA Issues Warning Letter to Several Companies for Selling Flavored Cigarettes
- President Elect-Trump Announces Scott Pruitt as EPA Nominee
- Congress Passes Temporary 2017 Spending Measure
- Congress passes 21st Century Cures Research Bill
- ATS and Partners Educate Congressional Staff on Tuberculosis
November
- NIEHS 50th Anniversary Events in Washington, DC
- ATS Opposes Provision to Weaken FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Riders to Block EPA Authority
- EPA Ends Medical Use Exemption for CFCs in Respiratory Drugs
- CMS Issues Final Medicare Fee Schedule Rule for 2017
- CMS Final OPPS Rule Includes Unwelcomed Surprise for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Payments
- New Administration – New Priorities
October
- CMS Releases Final MACRA Rule
- TB Cases and Deaths Continue to Rise Globally
- ATS Supplemental Oxygen Survey: Open for One More Week
- Patient and Physician Groups Sue FDA to Issue Tobacco Graphic Warning Labels
- Rare Pediatric Disease Incentive Program Extended
- USG Releases MDR-TB Action Plan Progress Report
- Congress Passes 2017 Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown
- NHLBI Releases COPD National Action Plan
- DC District Court of Appeals Hears EPA Green House Gas Regulation Case
September
July
- ATS Hill Day 2016
- House Panel Approves FY2017 Health Spending Bill
- House Cuts EPA Funding/Blocks EPA Rules
- ATS Opposes Cuts in CDC Tobacco Control Program
- House Panel Approves Health Spending Bill with NIH Funding
June
- ATS Urges Senate to Support Department of Defense Biomedical Research
- Obama White House Strikes E-Cigarette Flavoring Rules
May
- FDA Issues Final Cigar, E-Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Regulation
- ATS Offers Free Coding and Billing Sessions at Annual Meeting
April
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in EPA Ozone Case
- ATS Offers Free Coding and Billing Sessions at Annual Meeting
- 2nd Anniversary of the Proposed FDA Tobacco Regulation Passes without a Final Rule
- New AHRQ Director Named
- Research Advocacy Committee Advocates for Research Funding on Capitol Hill
- House Agriculture Funding Bill Includes Bad Tobacco Provisions
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Ozone Standards Implementation Act Bill
- ATS Joins Letter Taking President Obama to Task for Delays in FDA Tobacco Deeming Rule
- ATS Supports Legislation to Help Veterans with Respiratory Illnesses
- House and Senate Provide Increase in VA Research Funding
- Bill Incentivizing Antibiotic Development Passes Senate Panel
- Senate Panel Hears From NIH Director Francis Collins, MD
- The ATS Comments on Latent TB Screening Proposal
- ATS Filing Support's EPA's Plan to Regulate Carbon Pollution
- Advisory Council on Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Meets
March
- OSHA Issues New Silica Standards
- ATS Convenes World TB Day Congressional Briefing
- TB Survivors Advocate in Washington, DC
- ATS Supports Pediatric Device Incentivization Effort
- Senators Urge Strong NIH Commitment for 2017
- Senators Support Increased Funding for Global and Domestic TB Efforts
- ATS Participates in Antibiotic Resistance Advocacy Day
February
- President Obama Unveils Proposed 2017 Budget
- MEMBER Billing Alert for Providers Performing Bronchoscopies with EBUS
- U.S. Supreme Court Stays EPA Clean Power Plan
- CMS Issues Clarification on LDCT Lung Cancer Screening Program
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality
January
- ATS Advocates for Chronic Care Coordination for Respiratory, Critical Illness and Sleep Patients
- Federal Court of Appeals Decides Against Big Tobacco
- Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act Signed into Law
- ATS Supports HUD Smoke-Free Proposal
- Launch of the National Action Plan for Combating Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
- House Passes Affordable Care Act Repeal
- CMS Sends Unclear Message on Lung Cancer Screen Shared Decision Making Visit – CMS Correction Expected Shortly.
Last Reviewed: October 2017
