Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies.

6 things Medicaid stakeholders can remind the world to always do with healthcare AI
U.S. healthcare will know it’s gotten AI right when the technology demonstrably improves care access, attentiveness and outcomes for the least financially healthy among us.
Cardiologists lead push for new cath lab radiation safety standards
Several U.S. medical societies have collaborated on a new report advocating for better safety standards in cardiac catheterization labs. As one cardiologist described it, clinicians have shifted from "accepting risk" to "expecting better."
CMS to phase out fax machines and snail mail, saving over $780M annually
Under the final rule, the agency would establish national standards for the electronic exchange of images and other clinical documentation.
What 1 state can teach the other 49 about regulating healthcare AI
The sandbox setup lets companies test new systems under relaxed rules but with close parental—make that governmental—supervision.
Foreign national accused of operating fake company that billed Medicare for $90M—and now he’s on the run
A federal grand jury indicted Anar Rustamov, 38, of Azerbaijan on 14 counts of healthcare fraud. The complex conspiracy allegedly involved billing Medicare Advantage for medical equipment that providers never ordered. Rustamov is currently a fugitive from justice.

6 things Medicaid stakeholders can remind the world to always do with healthcare AI

U.S. healthcare will know it’s gotten AI right when the technology demonstrably improves care access, attentiveness and outcomes for the least financially healthy among us.

heart doctors and surgeons working together. top cardiology hospitals in the United States.

Cardiologists lead push for new cath lab radiation safety standards

Several U.S. medical societies have collaborated on a new report advocating for better safety standards in cardiac catheterization labs. As one cardiologist described it, clinicians have shifted from "accepting risk" to "expecting better."

CMS to phase out fax machines and snail mail, saving over $780M annually

Under the final rule, the agency would establish national standards for the electronic exchange of images and other clinical documentation.

What 1 state can teach the other 49 about regulating healthcare AI

The sandbox setup lets companies test new systems under relaxed rules but with close parental—make that governmental—supervision.

Foreign national accused of operating fake company that billed Medicare for $90M—and now he’s on the run

A federal grand jury indicted Anar Rustamov, 38, of Azerbaijan on 14 counts of healthcare fraud. The complex conspiracy allegedly involved billing Medicare Advantage for medical equipment that providers never ordered. Rustamov is currently a fugitive from justice.

FDA clears GE HealthCare's next generation photon-counting CT system

The Photonova Spectra system is powered by the company’s novel Deep Silicon detector technology.

OmniaSecure defibrillation lead approved by FDA for placement in LBB area

FDA approves smallest defibrillation lead of its kind for LBBA placement

The OmniaSecure defibrillation lead from Medtronic is already approved for placement in the right ventricle. This latest approval covers the left bundle branch area, opening the door for conduction system pacing and other advanced techniques.

Healthcare educators: Want to stabilize nurse staffing for years to come? Stand up for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program

Federal policy is bandaging localized nursing shortages while ignoring the patient’s serious internal illness.