Judge dismisses 340B lawsuit
The fate of significant reductions to the 340B program scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2018, remains uncertain...
CMS releases Medicaid guidelines for work requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released guidelines outlining criteria that states need to follow when...
New price transparency requirements released by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released additional information on new price transparency requirements that go...
Trump’s proposed 2020 budget reduces funding for rural health programs
The White House recently released its fiscal year 2020 budget, which would be devastating for the rural health safety...
HHS Announces Nearly $1 Billion from American Rescue Plan for Rural COVID-19 Response
As a part of the American Rescue Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on...
FDA Alerts Providers to COVID-19 Rapid Test Recall
The Food and Drug Administration last week announced a Class 1 recall of the Point of Care Celltrion DiaTrust COVID-19 Ag...
Additional Allocations of CARES Act Provider Relief Fund
The remaining $70 billion (out of the $100 billion in stimulus version 3.0) is being distributed by the administration...
U.S. Senate passes telemedicine bill
A bill requiring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building...
Farm bill expires with no new legislation in place
The 2014 farm bill expired at midnight Sept. 30 with Congress nowhere near a compromise needed to pass the...
CDC Reports Increase in Drug-resistant Infections During Pandemic
After declining in recent years, antimicrobial-resistant infections starting during hospitalization grew 15% from 2019 to 2020, the Centers for...
