CMS wants to sunset one of the pathways that lets states impose higher Medicaid provider taxes, claiming it's rarely used, but Medicaid directors say some states rely on it and hospitals argue ...

Two senators are revisiting a piece of legislation they believe will improve reimbursement data, and in turn lower costs of specialty prescriptions, coming as a report released this week found major ...

The CEO of GRAIL Inc. appeared at the MAHA Summit held by allies of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tuesday (Sept. 29) shortly after an FDA advisory committee tentatively backed the company’s ...

A House Democratic affordability working group has laid out a multi-faceted plan to lower drug prices should their party take back the House in the midterm elections: Expand the scope of Medicare drug ...

Congress has so far rejected many of President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to federal health agencies and programs, but a new report warns steep workforce losses and other disruptions across HHS have ...

A new coalition of employers, physicians and health care companies is pressing Congress to make it easier for employers to contract directly with providers, calling for greater access to health plan ...

The lobby for generic and biosimilar drugs is praising the draft commitment letter for the upcoming reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Amendments (BsUFA IV), saying the draft agreement should ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) is urging CMS to maintain its Jan. 1, 2027, timeline for implementing electronic prior authorization (ePA) for non-drug items and services, as health plans push ...

Telehealth giants Noom and Hims & Hers said at a conference on Tuesday (Sept. 29) that their platforms help fill gaps left by in-person primary care shortages by using artificial intelligence tools to ...

The head of health care at Anthropic said his company plans to continue working with HHS on federal artificial intelligence regulations while urging other companies to work together on internal ...

An artificial intelligence chatbot launched by the Trump administration Tuesday (Sept. 29) to answer questions about government services and access government information reflects the contradictory ...

House Energy & Commerce Republicans introduced through the committee’s oversight panel a 14-bill package Tuesday (Sept. 29) aimed at fighting fraud in government programs, including bills that would ...