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. 

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ACLU sues FDA over unanswered Freedom of Information Act request

The agency is accused of failing to respond to a records request related to its upcoming review of the legality of abortion pills and interstate prescribing practices. The ACLU is asking a federal judge to enforce FOIA law.

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Trump’s former FDA commissioner joins board of UnitedHealth

Scott Gottlieb, MD, will take on the new position “effective immediately.” UnitedHealth Group did not say what, if any, steering committee the former FDA lead will sit on. 

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Siemens Healthineers issues correction for MRI systems affected by recent Class 1 recall

On Aug. 28, Siemens alerted customers about safety issues with nine different scanners from its Magnetom series of MRI offerings.

Routine IR procedure could treat endometriosis.

ASTRO releases new radiation therapy guidelines for gastric cancers

Many forms of the disease are identified at later stages, making treatment and management complex and multifaceted. 

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Healthcare AI today: Help for dutiful caregivers, Trump vs. state regulators, healthcare AI supply & demand

$2M says home-based caregivers could use a little more AI in their day-to-day lives.

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Radiology societies join initiative to fight payer restrictions around key interventional service

ACR, SIR and others altogether representing over 100,000 physicians recently wrote to 5 of the 7 Medicare Administrative Contractors to voice their concerns. 

RapidAI's opportunistic aortic management tool earns FDA clearance

FDA clears RapidAI's opportunistic aortic management tool

The solution can assess the aorta on any CT scan that offers visualization of it, including post-treatment and unenhanced noncontrast studies. 

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SCAI: Noncompete contracts unfairly bind cardiologists to hospitals unless they move

"These provisions are contained in what amounts, in many cases, to contracts of adhesion, because a physician’s only choice is to accept the terms of the contract without revision or else forgo employment," the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions wrote to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.