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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reviewing regulations that mandate how doctors and other practitioners document the services they provide. The focus is on the following: Reducing unnecessary burden Increasing process efficiencies Improving the patient’s experience with their provider CMS is beginning this process with evaluation and management services (office or outpatient…

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Transportation Division President John Previsich looked to the recent past to point the way to the future on Monday, Aug. 6, at a critical point in United States labor history. In opening remarks to the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ first combined educational meeting at the Hilton…

In a move that has infuriated pilots and their unions, Congress has included allocations for research and implementation of single-piloted all-cargo flights into H.R. 4, the FAA reauthorization funding bill now under consideration. Section 744 of the bill establishes a “research and development program in support of single-piloted cargo aircraft assisted with remote piloting and…

A monthly report from the Switching Operations Fatality Analysis (SOFA) Working Group reported six severe injuries to railroad workers during May 2018, including one amputation. SOFA Working Group defines a severe injury as FRA-reportable injuries to train and engine service employees that have a clear and verifiable diagnosis and meet one or more of the following…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jerry Moran’s (R – Kan.) and Tom Udall’s (D – N.M.) amendment to maintain Amtrak train services along the established, long-distance passenger rail route of the Southwest Chief, #3665, was included in the 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bill that passed the Senate on a 92-6 vote….