Trump’s health policies will provide $45B in annual benefit, White House economists claim
PoliticoPro: Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond
The Trump administration's health care policies — including the elimination
of Obamacare's individual mandate penalty and new rules...
VA Proposed Rule for Veteran Community Care Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has issued a proposed rule detailing access standards under the new Veterans Community Care Program, as required by...
Trump’s Ambitious Plan to Overhaul the Drug Purchasing System
PoliticoPro: By Sarah Karlin-Smith and Sarah Owermohle
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed an ambitious overhaul of the drug purchasing system in its latest bid...
Congressional Update on the Drug Industry and Pricing Practices
PolticoPro: By Sarah Owermohle and Dan Diamond
The drug industry must start explaining its pricing practices, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley told POLITICO's "Pulse Check"...
FDA issued draft guidance aimed at boosting generic drug competition
PoliticoPRO: By Sarah Owermohle
​The FDA released draft guidance today aimed at boosting generic drug competition by clarifying manufacturers must disclose whether approved products...
Trump Administration’s Proposal for Medicare Advantage Plans
PoliticoPro: By Rachel Roubein
The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Medicare
Advantage rate notice for 2020, a proposal letting insurers know how
much the federal...
Update on the timing of President Trump’s Budget
PoliticoPro: By Jennifer Scholtes and Caitlin Emma​The White House confirmed to POLITICO today that it will not be releasing President Donald Trump's budget...
Stark Law, anti-kickback proposed rules could come this year
Politico ProBy Rachel Roubein
​The No. 2 HHS official said today that much-anticipated proposed rules reforming the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute are...
Update to Posting of Hospital Charges
In a Jan. 17 tweet by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Administrator Seema Verma, asking for the Twitterverse to "help us make...
CMS launches new Medicare app
CMS PRESS RELEASE 1/28/2019
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new app that gives consumers a modernized Medicare experience with...
