Trump announces plan to lower drug prices
President Trump Oct. 25 rolled out a three-pronged plan that would test ways to lower costs for some Medicare drugs directly administered by doctors....
HHS awards $293 million to expand primary health care workforce
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Oct. 18 announced $293 million in awards to primary...
President signs opioid bill
President Trump on Oct. 24 signed into law a sweeping 660-page bipartisan opioid package, H.R. 6 (115), that bundles dozens of bills aimed at...
FDA considers ban on flavored cigars
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is scaling up efforts to fight youth tobacco addiction with potential regulation that would ban all flavored cigars....
HealthCare.gov hacked, customer privacy breached
Customer privacy on a key Obamacare enrollment portal, HealthCare.gov, was hacked in the past week, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Updated MedPAC Payment Basics series now available
MedPAC announced the release of the updated 2018 Medicare Payment Basics series. View the documents in the series, which provide an overview of 20...
Anthem agrees to pay $16M for data breach
Anthem, the second largest health insurer in the nation, has agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services a record $16 million...
Support needed for CNA lock-out legislation
A bill introduced Sept. 28 by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) to end the mandatory certified nurse assistant (CNA) training lockout for skilled nursing facilities...
VA changes Aid and Attendance benefit
Starting Oct. 18, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will review not just current assets, but records from the previous three years when...
CMS proposes rule to require manufacturers to disclose drug prices
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule (CMS-4187) that will require prescription drug manufacturers to disclose in television ads...
