January 2007

• AdvaMed Applauds Bush Health Initiatives in State of the Union Address

Read major elements of Bush Administration's health care initiatives

Alan Hubbard, Director of the National Economic Council, will hold an online discussion on the President's health care initiatives and the State of the Union Address today at 4:30 p.m. ET. Transcript is available on the White House Web site.

• Association Announces First-Ever Trade Show for October 1-3; International Conference Held Concurrently

• Seasoned Health Care Professional Appointed to Lead Association's Government Affairs
  
  Bio: Amy Jensen Cunniffe

• Patient Access to High-Quality Care, Implementing ICD-10 Coding and Transparency Highlighted in AdvaMed Remarks at CMS Value-Based Purchasing Session

• AdvaMed Meets with Schwarzenegger's Staff on Health Care Reform

• AdvaMed "Meets the Press" with Gray Sheet Editors, Reporters

  As part of AdvaMed's ongoing effort to meet with key trade reporters, AdvaMed's senior staff met with the editorial staff of The Gray Sheet to brief them on the Association's 2007 priorities.

• Company Public Affairs Officers Meet and Develop Ideas for Round 2 of "Progress You can See" Campaign

  Rich Neimand, a Washington consultant, discusses some concepts for branding the advertising and communications that will be used in the "Progress You Can See" campaign this year. His presentation occurred during a meeting this week of AdvaMed's Public Affairs Coordinating Committee.

• AdvaMed Joins Other Groups to Urge EPA not to Increase Restrictions on Ethylene Oxide Levels in Manufacturing

  AdvaMed's Bernie Liebler testifies at Jan. 18 meeting of EPA Scientific Advisory Board in Washington, DC

• Goldman Sachs Executive, Former Deputy Secretary of State and Former U.S Trade Rep Robert Zoellick to Speak at AdvaMed's 2007 Annual Meeting
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  Note: Hotel room block expires February 9, 2007.

  Just Added! — General Counsel/Senior Legal Officers' Meeting