Policy

Medicare Advantage plans often mislead ESRD patients, causing confusion and access issues to dialysis care, highlighting the need for better support and transparency.

Shelter and medical care costs rise again; Fed expected to hold rates amid tariff-fueled inflation.

Low-income patients face more health insurance denials and are less likely to successfully challenge them compared to higher-income patients

RFK Jr., Oz announce 60-day comment period for next year’s plan.

U.S. AG Pam Bondi: “Dr. Moore gave his patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so.”

The abrupt postponement of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force meeting fuels fears of political interference and upheaval in evidence-based medical guidance.

FDA also publishes review letters in new drug approval process.

The number of primary care physicians employed by health insurance payers grew from 2016 to 2023, researchers say.

Details will emerge as $1 trillion health care cut becomes largest in nation’s history, policy analysts say.

Plaintiffs’ lawyer and vaccine advocate explains new federal case involving RFK Jr.’s directive about COVID-19 shots for healthy pregnant women and children.

Hospitals and health systems bet on early job offers and loan repayment as a new workforce strategy gains steam.

ACP, pediatricians, maternal-fetal medicine experts file federal case to overturn removal of COVID-19 vaccine from immunization schedule.

Here’s a summary about health care regulations and changes coming in the nation’s newest spending plan supported by congressional Republicans.

New advisory endorsed by major medical groups outlines state of health care around GLP-1 drugs and obesity treatment.

Actions this week affect federal health care leader HHS staff and data.

A new policy paper from the American College of Physicians lays out eight recommendations to modernize risk adjustment, reduce administrative waste and better serve high-risk patients.

America’s Physician Groups publish 7 key reasons why the national spending plan is bad for health care.

Bill goes back to House and vote is expected soon as health care organizations predict dire consequences for health care.

From ghost patients and fake genetic tests to DME laundering rings and opioid pill mills, the DOJ’s 2025 health care fraud crackdown paints a sobering picture of a system under attack — and a federal response gaining traction.

New payment model looks to improve patient care by reducing unnecessary treatments.

Justice Department charges 324 defendants, including 96 licensed medical professionals, in sweeping nationwide takedown that reveals a surge in transnational, telehealth and opioid schemes.

Pediatricians offer anecdotal evidence in ACIP deliberations as vaccine skepticism grows under RFK Jr.

A review of more than 400,000 patients shows deprescribing works to reduce medication overload in overload adults, but effects on hospital visits and death are less clear.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for free screenings, procedures, could have been affected by legal challenge.

Confidence in federal public health agencies fell sharply from 2020 to 2024 — but Americans’ trust in personal physicians and local health departments has since rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.

Vaccines become center of the medical world as ACIP meets to advise CDC.

A new perspective piece calls on health systems to stop hoarding data and start using it to improve care.

RFK-appointed panel approves vaccines for babies, youths and adults in its first official meeting.

Vaccine supporters say science is on their side, but others want more research and better guidance on getting inoculated against illness.

If we want to remain the global leader in innovation, we need to keep a strong pricing system at home and use trade deals to push our allies to pay their fair share for the medical advances they rely on.