Bipartisan bill in Congress would require drug makers to justify, limit price hikes
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In response to the intensifying outrage over the cost of medicines, a bipartisan group of
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Legislative Update
Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/16/2016 and available online at http://federalregister.gov/a/2016-21404, and on
Read MoreCalifornia Lawmakers Aim To Tackle Rural Health Challenges
(By Pauline Bartolone for Califorina Healthline) Two proposals meant to ease burdens faced by California’s rural patients and their health
Read MoreMedicare’s Ban on PA and NPs May Soon be Lifted
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published a proposed rule to amend the Program of All Inclusive Care
Read MorePublic Health Officials Struggle To Identify Sepsis Before It Becomes Deadly
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) After Rory Staunton fell at the gym and cut his arm in March
Read MoreSen. Hernandez Pulls Bill On Drug Price Transparency
(By Ana B. Ibarra for California Healthline) After being approved by a key committee last week, a bill that would
Read MoreCalifornia Doctors And Hospitals Tussle Over Role Of Nurse-Midwives
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) A California bill that would allow certified nurse-midwives to practice independently is pitting
Read MoreMany pediatric clinical trials go unpublished or unfinished
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Even though various federal laws were designed to promote clinical trials for testing products in
Read MoreThe Largest Settlement
Advocate Health Care Network, which operate twelve hospitals and more than 200 other treatment locations in Illinois, will pay $5.55
Read MoreLifting the Ban on Part Human and Part Animal Embryos
On Thursday, the federal government announced plans to life the moratorium on funding of certain controversial experiments that use human
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