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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American Medical Association (AMA) President Bruce Scott, MD, an otolaryngologist in Louisville, Kentucky, explains some of the key issues facing physicians, including burnout, growing medical staffing shortages, declining numbers of doctors in rural areas, increasing numbers of patients, large medical education debt payments, the lack of residency positions to train new doctors, and declining Medicare payments, which have declined 33% since 2000. Scott said these issues are also interrelated.

AMA President highlights growing crisis facing U.S. physicians

American Medical Association President Bruce Scott, MD, explains some of the key issues facing physicians, including burnout, growing medical staffing shortages, doctors leaving rural areas, increasing patients and declining Medicare payments.

 

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FDA approves 3-in-1 polypill for hypertension

Widaplik, the new polypill from George Medicines, includes telmisartan, amlodipine and indapamide. The FDA's decision comes after positive data were published in both JACC and The Lancet.

Patients making under $50K are less likely to have claim denials reversed, study shows

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts and the University of Toronto found that racial minorities were less likely to have a medical insurance claim appeal approved, as were men more broadly.

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RFK fires entire vaccine committee at CDC

The Department of Health and Human —under the direction of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—has released all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing a need to enact President Donald Trump's agenda of restoring science to a "gold standard." 

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Radiology societies urge commercial payers to update coverage for key interventional procedure

A total of 10 professional associations—also representing pain medicine, anesthesia and rehab specialists—recently messaged more than a dozen payers across the U.S. 

Multiple anesthesia breathing kits recalled by FDA due to risk of death

Multiple kits manufactured by Draeger are subject to a recall and an updated set of use instructions due to the risk of cracks developing in hoses that can cause inadequate ventilation.

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FDA issues Class I recall on Baxter infusion pumps after serious patient injury

An issue with Novum IQ Large Volume Pumps entering standby mode or being turned off could result in the subsequent patient infusion flowing at an inadequate rate. Baxter has supplied updated use instructions to fix the issue.

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Up to one-third of radiology researchers may be falsifying medical images prior to publishing

These actions represent "a significant threat to the integrity of radiology research," authors of a new analysis caution.

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