Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
(MedPage Today) -- Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite Cyclospora, despite inaccurate test results that the government briefly...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with investigational duvakitug appeared to improve remission rates among patients with ulcerative colitis and endoscopic response rates in those with Crohn's disease, results from two cohorts of the phase IIb RELIEVE...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Spouses of people with dementia had a higher risk of developing dementia themselves, a matched cohort study of nearly 1 million married people in Taiwan showed. Compared with unexposed spouses, both husbands and wives of dementia...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Having dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and decimated the CDC's global health capacities, the Trump administration has resorted to a blunt instrument to protect the American public from the Bundibugyo...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The market for compounded GLP-1 drugs remained robust despite the end of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) shortages, with many facilities adding ingredients like B vitamins and some operating...
Read full article →Looming financial pressures in the healthcare sector, including cuts to Medicaid, are contributing to the rising rate of bankruptcies, according to the report by Gibbins Advisors.
Read full article →About one in 10 physicians in a residency or fellowship program are sponsored under a J visa. Many training programs run longer than the new rule's four-year cap, thereby requiring students to apply for an Extension of Stay with the government.
Read full article →Quarterly bankruptcy filings appear to be leveling out after years of volatility, which "is surprising considering the on-the-ground pressures we see operators facing every day," a Gibbins Advisors principal said.
Read full article →AI was named the top global healthcare IT investment priority among 57% of respondents, followed by EHRs and digitalization.
Read full article →Healthcare affordability is still the leading overall issue for voters heading into midterms, though another Trump administration talking point is gaining steam, according to a KFF survey report.
Read full article →Medicare proposes to reduce payments to hospitals for certain drugs and imaging services.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- For respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention, the long-acting monoclonal antibody clesrovimab (Enflonsia) was well tolerated among infants at increased risk for severe disease through two RSV seasons, a randomized clinical...
Read full article →