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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MITA supports FDA ‘playbook’ for reducing cyberattacks on imaging devices

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) announced their support of the FDA’s recent efforts to strengthen medical device cybersecurity with the “Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook” created in coordination with the MITRE Corporation.

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Democrats fail to overturn expansion of short-term health plans

Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday overcame an attempt from Democrats to overturn the recent expansion of short-term healthcare insurance plans by the Trump administration.

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MITA supports FDA’s latest efforts to protect medical devices from cyberattacks

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has issued a statement in support of the FDA’s recent efforts to strengthen its medical device cybersecurity program.

Breast cancer patients in New Zealand plan march to plea for drug funding

Patients with advanced breast cancer, along with their families and friends are planning a march on New Zealand’s Parliament to ask Pharmac, an area pharmaceutical company, to fund two drugs they say could potentially provide some relief.

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AMA says CVS-Aetna deal conditions aren’t good enough

In the wake of the Department of Justice clearing the path for CVS Health to merge with Aetna in a $69 billion deal, the American Medical Association still doesn’t think the conditions mandated by the Justice Department go far enough to quell anticompetition fears.

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Male nurses make more than female counterparts

Women dominate the nursing space, with a female-to-male ratio of five to one, but female nurses make less on average than their male counterparts, according to a recent survey from Medscape.

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MA enrollment expected to exceed 22 million in 2019

An influx of new Medicare Advantage health plans will expand insurance options by 20 percent for seniors this year—a move that’s expected to drive record numbers of enrollees, Forbes reported this week.

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Trump op-ed slams Democrats for support of Medicare for all

President Donald Trump penned a rare op-ed in USA Today to bash Democrats over their support of a single-payer healthcare system that has come to be known as Medicare for all.