Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
At least 78 AHRQ grants worth $200 million have been affected by "non-award" notices; it's estimated those grants had $109.2 million in funding remaining.
Read full article →“In truth, I don’t anticipate prescribing patterns changing immediately,” cardiologist Vishal Khetpal writes of the new cholesterol drug Lipfendra.
Read full article →Senior leaders must treat AI governance as their own daily job, not something the technology committee handles quarterly, write Peter Pronovost, Justin Norden, and Kedar Mate.
Read full article →A study of the long-term health impact of the Lahaina wildfires is inspiring a new model for disaster recovery and support.
Read full article →A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet this week to make recommendations on whether specialized pharmacies should be allowed to make some popular wellness peptides.
Read full article →Funding cuts and program changes required by President Trump's big budget law are forcing states to rethink bipartisan efforts to bring Medicaid into jails and prisons.
Read full article →Public health officials acknowledge they need to shed paternalistic messaging if they want to reach more people. The nominee to run the CDC says she will strike a new tone.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Ronald Fischer, MD, a former Rhode Island anesthesiologist, was arrested on a sailboat last week after 20 years on the run. He disappeared in 2005 while on trial for first-degree sexual assault and had been living a secret life...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Alice Thornton, MD, has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to "cringe" anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying...
Read full article →The deal is the latest in a series of pacts with health systems, including with Sutter Health and UC San Diego.
Read full article →A group of 61 biopharma companies, executives and investors has filed an amicus brief in support of the FDA in an ongoing case brought by Louisiana meant to remove access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
Read full article →A new survey reveals 24% of U.S. workers stay in unwanted jobs to keep health insurance. Experts call it 'job lock.'
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