HDMA President and CEO John M. Gray announced that the organization has changed its name to the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), effective immediately, at the opening general session of its 2016 Business and Leadership Conference in Colorado Springs. Additionally, HDA’s non-profit charitable research foundation, the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research, will now be known as the HDA Research Foundation.
AmeriCares presented its annual Power of Partnership Award to Fresenius Kabi USA today in recognition of the company’s outstanding commitment to helping disaster survivors and improving health care access around the world. Fresenius Kabi, which specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition, is a committed supporter of AmeriCares emergency response and global health programs. The company provides valuable product donations that allow health workers to provide quality care.
HDMA announced today that Ruth Miller has joined the Association’s Government Affairs team as Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs. In this new position Miller will be responsible for recommending policies and positions on federal regulatory proposals — with a primary emphasis on those related to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). She also will facilitate and coordinate HDMA members' efforts to implement federal regulations.
The HDMA-supported legislation, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act (S. 483), was signed into law by President Obama today.
HDMA President and CEO John M. Gray released a statement on the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act (S. 483), which the U.S. House of Representatives passed today by unanimous consent. The bill is sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
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