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 ...

The Trump administration's revamp of the 1115 waiver budget neutrality process will likely affect the 15 states with demonstrations set to expire in 2026, according to a Manatt analysis released this ...

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz admitted President Donald Trump was wrong to describe the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine as “lethal” in a recent interview, while cases of measles in the United States ...

All eyes will again be on Senate health committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) as his committee meets Thursday to consider the nomination of Heidi Overton as FDA commissioner, and separately plans to ...

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 ...