Indian Health Service Continues to Let Down Tribal Members
By U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) Feb. 15, 2019
Tribal
members have been in the midst of a government-induced health care
crisis for decades due...
CMS prepping to roll back nursing home arbitration ban
Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is getting ready to issue their final rule to repeal the previous administration's rule banning arbitration between nursing homes and their...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Center released a Notice of Funding
Feb 8, 2019, the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) Innovation Center released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model....
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Interoperability & Patient Access Proposed Rules.
On February 11, 2019, CMS issued a proposed rule supporting its MyHealthEData initiative to improve patient access and advance electronic data exchange and care...
Trump’s HIV Pledge
POLITICO's Dan Diamond, Adam Cancryn and Brianna Ehley report.​
THE MINEFIELD AHEAD FOR TRUMP's HIV PLEDGE — The president's State of the Union pledge to...
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FDA issued draft guidance aimed at boosting generic drug competition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​The FDA released draft guidance today aimed at boosting generic drug competition by clarifying manufacturers must disclose whether approved products...
