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.

Moderna, FDA reach compromise to accelerate approval of mRNA flu vaccine
The dispute centered around the pharmaceutical company's request for the shot to be approved for those aged 65 and over, a demographic the FDA argued was not properly represented in a 40,000-person clinical study. The company has agreed to perform additional research after the shot goes to market, having appeased regulators with safety data.
Federal court strikes down FTC mergers and acquisitions reporting rule
A U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that the agency overstepped its regulatory authority in passing the 2024 Biden-era reporting requirement, which would require stakeholders to spend more than 100 hours filling out a long form to give the agency more oversight of transactions.
Paramedics, flight nurses become experts in trauma care by hands-on experience, not long careers per se
EMS colleagues with many years on the job but not much direct trauma exposure set the stage for suboptimal patient outcomes.
Statin labeling should be revised with updated warnings, meta-analysis confirms
Researchers explored data from more than 123,000 patients, noting that dozens of the adverse complications included on current labels can safely be removed.
Congressmen introduce bill to delay controversial physician pay ‘efficiency’ adjustment
The bill has drawn support from nearly 40 medical societies, including the Radiology Business Management Association, which applauded the proposal Feb. 17.

Contractor for clinician-focused addiction recovery program sued over ‘punishingly expensive’ practices

The plaintiffs, 10 nurses and one doctor, are all enrolled in the state-mandated initiative for clinicians with past substance abuse issues. The rules require monitoring and regular drug testing to prove sobriety; however, the lot argues that the contractor in charge, Maximus, is being dishonestly punitive.

At the recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) Legislative Committee meeting, leaders warned that ongoing federal policy uncertainty threatens patient access and the stability of cardiovascular care. Cathie Biga, MSM, immediate past president of the ACC, outlined growing concerns over telehealth, shrinking Medicare reimbursement, and mounting physician workforce shortages driven by visa restrictions.

ACC raises red flags over telehealth, payment reform and the cardiologist shortage

"We need telehealth the way we had it for COVID," Cathie Biga told Cardiovascular Business at TCT 2025. "We don't want to go back to having it so restricted."

Radiologists remain dominant specialty for key clot-busting procedure, with opportunity for expansion

Cardiologists recorded the biggest overall uptick in claims at roughly 185%, according to research published Thursday in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Healthcare AI today: Rusty clinical skills, AI growing up so fast, AI for the malnourished

Clinicians who come to rely on AI for decision support risk the dulling of their skills. The concern is not new. But now comes a pointed call to researchers: Inquire about the particulars of the peril.

Hospital lobby strongly urges Medicare to delay model targeting ‘wasteful’ radiology services

The American Medical Association also recently held a webinar about WISeR to share key details with physicians.

Married couple in New York arrested for stealing $3M from Medicaid

Rohail Raja, 45, and his wife, Sharma Alam, 45, are charged with first-degree grand larceny which carries a possible penalty of 25 years in prison. The duo are accused of submitting fraudulent bills to Medicaid for transportation services they never delivered.

FDA clears new cloud-native advanced imaging suite

The product will become available to certain users as early as next week, according to a news release on its recent approval.

Nearly 600K bottles of blood pressure drug recalled due to carcinogen risk

The FDA has detailed three voluntary recalls for prazosin hydrochloride, a medication used to treat hypertension, due to safety concerns.

Policy & Regulations

Moderna, FDA reach compromise to accelerate approval of mRNA flu vaccine

Federal court strikes down FTC mergers and acquisitions reporting rule

Paramedics, flight nurses become experts in trauma care by hands-on experience, not long careers per se

Statin labeling should be revised with updated warnings, meta-analysis confirms

Congressmen introduce bill to delay controversial physician pay ‘efficiency’ adjustment