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 lawmaker introduces bipartisan bill to avert $450M in forthcoming Medicare cuts to radiology

Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, R-Texas, is proposing to temporarily waive budget neutrality requirements for one year under the MPFS. 

Playing the percentages on face masks: 5 points to ponder

Around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, words have occasionally led to blows over people in public not wearing face masks. Then too, fisticuffs have erupted over people in public wearing face masks.

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50% of radiology practices plan to reduce staffing if ‘catastrophic’ Medicare cuts move forward in 2021

Another 82% said they expect reimbursement reductions will result in decreased imaging access for patients, according to a new survey. 

Initiative aims to leverage technology in mitigating healthcare disparities

AI is a key part of the plan as two groups with little in common come together over health disparities that have only been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

New international coalition pushes patient advocacy agenda

More than 100 patient groups across 38 countries have banded together to form an international patient advocacy coalition to be known as the World Patients Alliance.

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Former FDA chiefs want White House to cease ‘deeply troubling’ interference in scientific matters

In particular, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioners are concerned about political meddling in the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine. 

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Liability for following AI treatment recommendations not so clear-cut, but emerging patterns suggest safe pathways

‘We find that two factors reduce lay judgment of liability: following standard care and following the recommendation of AI tools.’

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CDC chief dismayed over radiologist’s influence on White House: ‘Everything he says is false’

Scott Atlas, MD, recently made the news after nearly 100 former Stanford colleagues questioned his views around the pandemic.