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. 

Americans in state of ‘economic anxiety,’ with healthcare topping list of worries: KFF

A new survey from the nonprofit research group found that many Americans are increasingly worried about the cost of living, but fears over how to pay for medical insurance premiums, drug costs and copays are afflicting a supermajority (66%).

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Legal eagles forecast 3 healthcare AI trends to eyeball in 2026 and beyond

Heated tension between state and federal AI regulators is coming, predict two attorneys subspecialized in AI startup success, data privacy and cybersecurity.

FDA clears Siemens Healthineers' Biograph One PET/MR system

FDA clears new PET/MRI combo system from Siemens Healthineers

The Biograph One is the company's second-generation PET/MRI combo scanner—its first in 14 years.

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Call gets louder to license medical GenAI like any human healthcare professional

A growing chorus of academic physicians, policy experts and public health specialists is harmonizing behind the idea of licensing medical GenAI models like they’re doctors or nurses.

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Radiologists continue to dominate in No Surprises Act payment disputes

The federal government recently released new data pertaining to the landmark legislation, meant to protect patients from receiving unexpected medical bills. 

Democrat donkey v Republican elephant

Briefly: Democrats winning on healthcare | Hospital pharmacies blinded by bustle | Gambling boys | Obesity rises | more

If all American voters were single-issue deciders and the cost of healthcare were their issue, Democrat candidates would win the mid-term elections handily. But loyalists of the donkey party shouldn’t be smug around their elephant counterparts. 

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ASTRO launches new training program to expand radiopharmaceutical therapy access

The program creates a network of accredited sites where radiation oncologists can complete the final regulatory requirements needed to become authorized users for RPT.

FDA issues recall of imaging systems

FDA issues recalls for interventional systems from 2 big-name vendors

Both recalls are categorized as Class 2, which the FDA designates for issues that have the potential to “cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences."