The California Saga: Why Some DOs Fear Combined Medical Boards Their main concern is that their scope of practice would be "trampled" Apr 16, 2024
White House Announces Partnership With 50 Countries to Stifle Future Pandemics President Biden asking for $1.2 billion for global health safety efforts Apr 16, 2024
The 340B Program Isn't Going Anywhere, Lawmaker Tells Hospital Executives Rep says it's a great program that helps rural areas, and needs to continue Apr 16, 2024
MedPAC Wrestles With Wide Variation in Generic Rx Prices, Availability Commissioners baffled by factors affecting Part D drug prices Apr 15, 2024
Bird Flu Is Spreading to More Farm Animals. Are Milk and Eggs Safe? Health officials say the risk to the public is low and the food supply remains safe Apr 15, 2024
Federal Probes Need to Look Beyond Private Equity-Owned Healthcare for Alleged Abuse Non-profit entities should also be fair game, says Ron Harman King, JD, MS Apr 14, 2024 video
CMS Officials Pressed on Catheter Fraud Issue at Accountable Care Meeting "We just kindly ask that you address the issue with higher urgency," said one ACO member Apr 12, 2024
FDA Chief Blasted for Infant Formula Crisis Response, COVID Vaccines Republican lawmakers questioned why the agency is "failing to do the bare minimum" Apr 12, 2024
Francis Collins Discloses His 'Aggressive' Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Former NIH director said he went public to "share lifesaving information" Apr 12, 2024
A Fourth of People Dropped From Medicaid Still Aren't Insured "States who want to cover their citizens are going to have to do a lot of work to get them back" Apr 12, 2024
More Medicare $$ Needed to Pay Docs for Treating the Chronically Ill, Senators Told Payment codes are underused because "the cost of billing them is itself unprofitable" Apr 12, 2024
MedPod Today: Anti-DEI Rep at Med Meeting; Private Equity Probe; Delayed Rankings reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Apr 12, 2024 podcast
Doc Fired After Deaths; Mass Shooting Blamed on Abortion Law; Record Drug Shortages Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 12, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of Severe Asthma Drug Add-on maintenance therapy benralizumab now indicated for children ages 6 to 11 years as well Apr 11, 2024
House Members Struggle to Craft Road Map for Future of Telehealth Lawmakers examine issues around reimbursement, licensure, and patient choice Apr 11, 2024
Justice Department Issues Final Rule to End the 'Gun Show Loophole' "If you sell guns predominantly to earn a profit ... you must conduct background checks" Apr 11, 2024
Brain Injury More Severe From Falls at U.S.-Mexico Border Wall People with border wall falls were less likely to receive follow-up care Apr 10, 2024
Unraveling the MultiPlan Mystery; Charity Care Mismatch; FDA Panel Conflicts This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 10, 2024
Biden Admin Imposes National Limits on 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water Most important action the EPA has ever taken on PFAS, says agency administrator Apr 10, 2024
After Massive CPAP Recall, Philips Ordered to Overhaul Manufacturing More than 5 million machines have been recalled since 2021 Apr 10, 2024
Arizona Can Enforce 1864 Law Criminalizing Nearly All Abortions, Court Says Only exception is for when the mother's life is at stake Apr 10, 2024
More Health Systems Likely to Drop Out of Medicare Advantage, Analyst Predicts Claims denials, prior authorizations are just some of the reasons, he says Apr 10, 2024
Cancer Warnings on Booze; Rats, Roaches in Hospitals; Barefoot Pharma Workers Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 10, 2024
Anti-DEI Initiatives in Medicine Harm Us All In pursuit of equality and better patient outcomes, these programs must be supported Apr 09, 2024
New WIC Rules Include More Money for Fruits, Veggies, and Expand Food Choices Update did not add peanut products to foods allowed, a request by top allergists Apr 09, 2024
FDA Approves Earlier Use of CAR-T Products for Myeloma Carvykti and Abecma move to second- and third-line, respectively Apr 08, 2024
Senator Scrutinizes Physician Staffing Firms and Their Private Equity Owners Homeland Security Committee Chair asks for information on physician staffing and patient safety Apr 08, 2024
Medicare Can Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs for Heart Disease -- But at What Cost? Intense demand coupled with high costs may place pressures on CMS for years to come Apr 08, 2024
Most Cancer Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval Fail Confirmatory Trials Only 43% showed clinical benefit within 5 years Apr 08, 2024
Trump Declines to Endorse a National Abortion Ban Former president says decisions should be left to the states Apr 08, 2024
Despite Pushback, Anti-DEI Congressman to Speak at Medical Meeting ACEP maintains it values "a diverse and representative emergency physician workforce" Apr 05, 2024
Enhertu Gets Tumor-Agnostic FDA Approval for HER2-Positive Cancers About half of patients responded, duration of response as long as 19 months in three trials Apr 05, 2024
Physicians Are No More Likely to Be Politically Active Than Non-Physicians Why physicians are not more politically involved should be further investigated, researchers say Apr 05, 2024
Pointing Fingers at Big Pharma Won't Solve Our Drug Cost Problem Policymakers must work together to overhaul systemic problems in the healthcare system Apr 05, 2024
More Bird Flu Spread; FDA to Allow Gay Men to Donate Sperm; 'Oatzempic' Trend Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 05, 2024
Genetic Test for Opioid Addiction Risk Should Be Withdrawn, Experts Tell FDA Methodology behind AvertD DNA test questioned Apr 04, 2024
ALS Therapy to Be Pulled From the Market, Drugmaker Says Patients currently using Relyvrio can transition to a free drug program, Amylyx said Apr 04, 2024
Factor D Inhibitor Wins Approval for PNH With Extravascular Hemolysis Danicopan significantly improved hemoglobin at 12 weeks when added to a C5 inhibitor Apr 04, 2024
Victory Over Big Pharma Will Take More Than the IRA We need policies to address high launch prices and anti-competitive patent practices Apr 04, 2024
Oldest Man Dies; Fentanyl Easter Eggs; Lauren Boebert's Blood Clot Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 04, 2024