FDA Issues Warning About Harmful Health Product
Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consumer warning about a product marketed as a…
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Health Care Stakeholders Identify Prior Authorization as Ripe for Reform
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Patients Over Paperwork Initiative in 2017, which seeks feedback from…
Attorneys General Warn that Proposed Changes to Non-Discrimination Rule Could Violate the ACA and Administrative Procedure Act
In a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 22 attorneys general (AGs) have condemned…
Rising Cost of Living Takes Priority Over Health Care for Most Americans
A report published this year by Enterprise Community Partners finds that housing costs and health care costs are frequently interconnected…
Medicare Patients Sue HHS to Recover Costs for Observation Care
On August 19, 2019, a trial over a controversial Medicare policy will begin in federal court in Hartford, CT. The…
Increased Insurer Participation in the Individual Market Benefits Consumers
While federal policymakers have spent years in heated debate over the future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act…
Federal Regulators Fail to Provide Effective Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care Programs
Following news reports that Medicaid managed care contractors are not properly delivering care to patients, Sen. Casey from Pennsylvania has…
AAMC: Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Projected to Worsen
According to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the nationwide primary care physician shortage could reach…
Physician Groups Call for a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence
On August 7, 2019, a group of physicians published an article in The Annals of Internal Medicine calling for the…
New Report from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Calls Attention to Low-Value Short-Term Plans
On July 22, 2019, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released a report titled “2018 Market Share Reports for…