Medicare Is Sticking With Mandatory Demonstration Models for Now But "we need to move away from having a model for every episode," says CMMI head Elizabeth Fowler Oct 06, 2021
'Havana Syndrome': A Real and Present Danger A breakdown of the who, what, when, why, and how Oct 05, 2021
New Fauci Documentary: 'You Don't Get Intimidated' Anthony Fauci gets personal in new film, opens up about Trump admin and history repeating Oct 05, 2021
How Many Deaths Will New Cigarette Warnings Prevent? Modeling study comes up with big numbers Sep 24, 2021
COVID Vax Exemptions for Pregnant Healthcare Workers? Hospital policymakers are juggling staffing shortages, conflicting laws, and CDC guidelines Sep 23, 2021
'Privacy Exception' No Cure for Doctors' Open Notes Headaches Provision is "unworkable," harms patients, and adds to clinical stress, doctors say Sep 23, 2021
HHS Announces Actions in Response to Texas Law Banning Abortions After 6 Weeks Agency increases family planning funds, reminds providers of need to treat medical emergencies Sep 17, 2021
Doctors Work to Treat, Understand Post-Vaccine Shoulder Injury SIRVA is mainly in the medicolegal realm, but physicians acknowledge its rare possibility Sep 09, 2021
Cough, Cancer, PTSD: Two Decades of World Trade Center Studies Research has revealed the fallout of response to a crisis Sep 09, 2021
PhRMA Warns of Dire Consequences if Medicare Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices "We know how the story ends" when the government sets prices, group says Sep 08, 2021
'Forced to Lie': Med Titration Standards Put Critical Care Nurses on Shaky Ground Survey finds nurses feeling "moral distress" at "profoundly unrealistic" standards Sep 02, 2021
Doc Groups Hail Decision to Delay 'Advanced EOB' Rule Regulation set to start on January 1, but administration says it will "defer enforcement" Aug 31, 2021
Ivermectin Scripts, Poison Center Calls Boom During Delta Surge CDC warns healthcare providers to steer patients away from the controversial drug Aug 26, 2021
Notice Any Rule Changes in Washington? You Can Thank COVID "It's opened a Pandora's box, which is not going back" Aug 11, 2021
Medicare's Radiation Oncology Payment Model Vexes Oncology Community Participation required for certain radiation oncology practices starting next January Aug 10, 2021
CMS Proposes to Rescind 'Most Favored Nation' Drug Pricing Rule Regulation from Trump administration had been barred from taking effect due to court challenges Aug 09, 2021
HHS's Climate Change Office: Not Open Yet, but Getting Positive Reviews Initial steps "highly encouraging," says one expert Aug 05, 2021
Lawyers Advertise to Nurses: Think Twice About State Rehab Programs Attorneys charge that programs can be aggressive, costly, and not in the nurse's favor Aug 03, 2021
AMA, Physician Groups Slam VA's Planned Standards of Practice Changes Lack of transparency criticized Aug 02, 2021
More Medical Device Deaths Than We Previously Thought? Study finds many reports of patient deaths that were not classified as a death in FDA database Jul 27, 2021
FDA Must Act Quickly on Menthol Ban to Save Black Lives, Advocates Argue It's more than a public health problem, it's a "human rights" issue Jul 23, 2021
Poorer Americans Bear the Brunt of Life Expectancy Drop Poverty and stress are a "death sentence" says senator, but experts offer a way out Jul 22, 2021
Noncitizen Kids More Likely to Be Uninsured Than Siblings With Citizenship These children were also twice as likely to experience delays in access to medical care Jul 21, 2021
FDA Warns Doctors, Consumers on Contaminated Chantix Latest drug found with cancer-causing nitrosamines Jul 20, 2021
FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval No prospective trial offered or required Jul 19, 2021
Private Equity Is Ruining American Healthcare Physicians, patients lose when PE takes over; it's time to take medicine back Jul 17, 2021
Senate Committee Shines Spotlight on VA's Troubled EHR Program Concerns raised about patient safety, cost overruns Jul 16, 2021
Clearing the Hurdles to Safe Injection Facilities Rhode Island the first state to authorize a pilot program, but how likely is it others will follow Jul 14, 2021
Company Shut Down Robot Mid-Surgery; Infected in Quarantine; Investigating Aduhelm This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 14, 2021
Patients Want COVID Shot From Their Primary Care Docs But both patients and physicians must still overcome several barriers to care delivery Jul 08, 2021
House Members Argue for Puerto Rico Coal Plant Shutdown Plant is releasing toxic coal ash, sickening the nearby community, lawmakers and witnesses say Jul 01, 2021
Do 'Robots' Offer Any Clear Surgical Advantage? Review says no, and Vinay Prasad believes it's a sobering reflection on medical technology Jun 28, 2021 video
Biden Administration Eases Rules for Mobile Vans for Substance Use Treatment Aim is to increase treatment access in rural areas, underserved communities Jun 28, 2021
FDA Must Do More to Stop Youth Vaping, House Members Say "The alternative is going to be years and years of delay," says Democratic representative Jun 23, 2021
Healthcare Part of White House Plan for Preventing Gun Violence Intervention programs aim to help likely perpetrators "get their lives on a different track" Jun 23, 2021
AMA Punts on Vaccine Strategy for Immigrants Also asks for more in-depth report on short-term medical trips, so-called 'voluntourism' Jun 18, 2021
AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID Should those who have had a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection receive vaccination credentials? Jun 17, 2021
SCOTUS Dismisses Threat to Obamacare Once More "If anybody's going to change the [ACA], it's going to have to be Congress," says legal expert Jun 17, 2021
AMA Supports Docs Receiving MAT for Substance Use Organization also embraces physicians with disabilities or illness Jun 16, 2021
