IDF Public Policy Activity

May 21, 2008
President Bush Signs Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

May 14, 2008
Jenny Doesn't Expect Special Treatment. Just her IVIG Treatment.

May 8, 2008
IDF Applauds Legislation to Improve Patient Access to Life Saving IVIG Treatment

May 7, 2008
Kerry, Alexander, Stabenow, Legislation Will Improve Access to Life-Saving Intravenous Treatment

April 21, 2008
IDF Capitol Hill Day 2008

December 7, 2007
Congress Must Act to Expand Immune Disorder Treatment

November 24, 2007
Utah Medicare patients denied life-saving treatment

September 14, 2007
IDF Comments on CMS Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates, Including "OPPS: Nonpass-Through Coded Drugs, Biologics, and Radiopharmaceuticals" and "IVIG Preadministration-Related Services"

August 30, 2007
IDF Comments on CMS Coding-Payment for IVIG Add-On Code in the Proposed Revision to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Payment Policies under Part B for CY 2008

July 28, 2007
Immune Deficiency Foundation Applauds Legislation to Improve Patient and Provider Access to Immunoglobulin Products

July 7, 2007
Time is Running Out!

May 16, 2007
FluMist Immunization and Primary Immunodeficiency

May 10, 2007
IDF's Request of ACBSA

May 2, 2007
Analysis of Supply, Distribution, Demand and Access Issues Associated with Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV)

March 26, 2007
Bureaucracy to Die For...

December 4, 2006
Office of Inspector General Report on IVIG (2)

November 16, 2006
Office of Inspector General Report on IVIG

October 6, 2006
Re: CMS-1321; Comments on Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2007 and Other Changes to Payment under Part B

December 8, 2005
Attention Medicare Patients and Healthcare Providers