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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Physician and his practice to pay $6.7M for allegedly performing unnecessary vascular procedures

The physician was accused of pressuring Medicare patients into undergoing treatment they did not need. One patient allegedly received 42 different stents over an eight-year period.

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FDA adds surgical sponges, strips to list of shortages after Medline recall

Regulators said the shortages of neurosurgery devices are likely to extend until the end of the year. Medline recalled its neurosurgical patties due to a potential toxicity issue. The FDA said it's looking for alternatives. 

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State sues AI company after bot impersonates doctor

The digital entity gave at least one end-user a phony medical-license number. Unfortunately for the chatbot, that end-user was a state investigator. 

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Blame towering market power for soaring hospital prices: Healthcare affordability specialist

“When hospitals that were once competitors merge, prices go up—often by double-digit percentages—with no measurable improvement in patient outcomes.”

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5-year checkup shows ‘hospital at home’ healthy but siloed

Hospital-at-home inpatient care is no worse than its traditional counterpart at facilitating good clinical outcomes for reasonable overall costs. In fact “HaH” is sometimes considerably better on both those scores.

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Physicians in Congress propose fix for troubled Merit-based Incentive Payment System

Representatives recently introduced the Medicare Physician Data-Driven Performance Payment System Act, drawing praise from the House of Medicine. 

Former governor of Maryland Larry Hogan joins Radiology Partners' board of directors

Former governor joins Radiology Partners board of directors

Rad Partners said the addition will help support the company's long-term focus on "physician-led excellence, clinical and technology innovation, and high-quality radiology services at scale."

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Has HHS Secretary Kennedy set off a hospital food fight?

Last month the Department of Health and Human Services asked hospital dieticians to take an eight-point pledge on inpatient nutrition. This week detractors are firing back at this latest slice of the RFK Jr.-led MAHA agenda.