Sen. Chuck Grassley is the co-author of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act disclosure requirements for drug company payments to doctors.  He is also the co-sponsor of pending bipartisan legislation to apply the disclosure requirements to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Davenport, IA – The CASI Memory Café is a gathering place for individuals with cognitive memory loss and their care partners, family or friends to meet on a monthly basis to socialize away from their normal activities. Beginning August 10, CASI is proud to announce the first ever Memory Café meeting.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – August 2017 – The Cancer Support Community (CSC), an international nonprofit organization, released a research report that found the scarcity of communication between patients and their care team about cost-of-care resulted in financial toxicity for patients living with cancer. In addition, nearly half (47 percent) of patients are identified as at risk for clinically significant levels of depression. Key findings from the report:

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is welcoming news from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that it has fixed an extension of a Medicare payment designation program that is critical to small, often rural hospitals.