CMS' latest guidance on determining a medically frail exemption from Medicaid work requirements may offer administrative relief to some stakeholders, but behavioral health advocates now worry that ...
A drug-price control advocacy group is rallying behind the scenes against a draft letter floating for lawmaker sign-ons that asks CMS to nix a policy in its latest draft drug negotiation rule that ...
The Rare Disease Company Coalition (RDCC) is asking the Trump administration to go further in excluding treatments for rare disease patients from tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act ...
Senate Finance Committee members say documents show CMS plans to expand its controversial, AI-driven Medicare prior authorization model to review time-sensitive medical services like oncology care and ...
An FDA advisory committee panel was divided in its consideration of GRAIL’s Galleri multicancer blood test, with members impressed by the test’s ability to detect cancers in patients who are ...
The Senate health committee postponed votes Thursday (Sept. 24) to advance the nominations of Nicole Saphier as surgeon general, Timothy Westlake as HHS assistant secretary for mental health and ...
Lobbies for employer health plans and pharmacy benefit managers are teaming up to press Congress to pass drug patent reforms, despite their disagreements on key PBM regulations.
Legislation introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) would require any entity seeking to develop artificial intelligence beyond a familiar threshold to obtain a charter from ...
CMS’ proposed 20% cuts to key orthopedic services are the most drastic ever and would likely cause practices to close or consolidate as well as threaten patient access to care, according to the ...
Senate Finance Committee ranking Democrat Ron Wyden (WI) took credit for HHS deputy secretary nominee Chris Klomp restarting access to COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program, ...
Pharmaceutical industry representatives on Tuesday urged the Office of the U.S. Trade representative use its Section 301 investigation into Germany’s pricing practices to press the country make ...
A bipartisan group of senators is asking CMS to back off language in its draft 2027 physician fee schedule that restricts coverage of remote patient monitoring (RPM), echoing concerns from key digital ...