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Kaiser Permanente Strike Ends, HC3 Warns of NoEscape Ransomware

October 18, 2023 - Kaiser Permanente and a group of unions have reached a tentative deal to end the largest US healthcare labor dispute. The new contract addresses understaffing concerns by offering wage increases, establishing a minimum wage for healthcare workers, restricting subcontracting and temporary staffing, and job training and workforce development investments. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug...

House Passes $1.9B Budget for VA EHRM, Uninsured Rate Drops During COVID

August 08, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, an appropriations act aims to overhaul the VA’s Oracle Cerner EHR implementation. Meanwhile, HHS data showed that 6.3 million people gained healthcare...

CMS to Cut Medicare Payment Rates, FDA Approves OTC Birth Control

July 18, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, the Opill, a progestin-only daily birth control pill, will be available without a prescription in early 2024. Meanwhile, CMS plans to cut payment rates for some...

CMS Doles out $9B After Supreme Court Ruling, FDA Approves Leqembi

July 11, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) rejoiced with news that CMS would pay $9 billion to rectify previous 340B payment cuts. Meanwhile, Alzheimer’s...

NY Schools to Offer Telemental Health, USPSTF Updates Anxiety Screenings

June 27, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, school leaders from the Rochester City School District are instituting a telemental healthcare program for students. Meanwhile, the nation’s preeminent...

Officials Probe Google for Data Practices, CMS Withdraws Vaccine Mandate

June 06, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In policy news this week, elected officials are pushing Google to get stricter with its health data-sharing policy. Meanwhile, CMS rescinded its health worker vaccine mandate. Senators Ask Google to...

FDA Committee Favors OTC Opill, WHO Ends Mpox Emergency

May 16, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, the FDA seems primed to approve over-the-counter sales of birth control pills. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) ended the mpox public health emergency...

SCOTUS Upholds FDA Mifepristone Approval, Congress Inspects COVID-19 Relief

April 25, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

Policy news this week looks at the SCOTUS decision to protect abortion pills in the interim and the decision of the congressional oversight committee to investigate hospitals that may have misused...

WHO Won’t Advise COVID-19 Boosters for Healthy Groups, Ohio Sues PBMs

April 04, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

Leading healthcare policy news this week, the WHO vaccine advisory group announced that it wouldn’t recommend COVID-19 boosters for low and medium-risk patients. Meanwhile, the Ohio Attorney...

VA EHR May Gain Biden Budget Boost as Congress Threatens Cuts

March 14, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, continued turmoil for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR project, and the FDA released several changes to its mammography regulations that hope to improve the breast...

VA Deputy Secretary Gone Amid EHRM Row, DEA Proposes New Telemedicine Rule

March 08, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) took another blow to its EHR modernization (EHRM) project after the man in charge of running the campaign stepped down. Meanwhile, the DEA...

Democrats Planning VA EHR Reorganization, GoodRx Fined $1.5M by FTC

February 07, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, a new report discovered that Democrats are preparing their answer to VA EHR modernization issues in response to a Republican proposal released recently. Meanwhile,...

Biden Signs FDA Modernization Act, DOJ Investigates Abbott Facility

January 24, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

This week’s policy roundup reviews the FDA Modernization Act signed at the end of last year, which allows for innovative pathways for pharmaceutical companies to test their drugs. And a new probe...

HHS Posts Timeline for Drug Negotiations, FDA Approves Alzheimer’s Drug

January 17, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In this week’s policy roundup, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its detailed timeline for drug pricing negotiations that will begin next year. Meanwhile, the FDA granted...

FDA Expands Abortion Pill Access, IDR Process Faces Over 90,000 Disputes

January 10, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

Last week retail pharmacies were granted permission by the FDA to distribute critical abortion medication to patients with a prescription. Meanwhile, the federal government shared that it was...

States Look to Repeal Vaccine Mandate and Ask Apple to Improve Data Privacy

November 29, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

A group of 10 state attorneys general wrote a letter to Apple’s Tim Cook asking the CEO to improve health data privacy in its app store in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s undoing. Meanwhile,...

CMS Settles Physician Fee Schedule, FDA Urged to Recall Dry Shampoos

November 08, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

The FDA is being pressured to force a recall of popular dry shampoos from the market after it was found that many contain benzene, a carcinogenic chemical. Meanwhile, CMS released its physician fee...

DOD Awards Grant for Dementia Treatment, FDA Issues Rare Disease Grants

November 01, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

The Department of Defense and FDA announced new grants that will be used to create treatments and therapies for several debilitating diseases. The grants, worth over $40 million, will address dementia...

EHR Costs Drain VA Budget, FDA Approval for ALS Treatment

October 04, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

*This article has been updated to clarify the FDA's decision on Relyvrio* This week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continues to struggle with its EHR implementation as the Oracle-Cerner...

NIH $2.7M Machine Learning Grant, HHS Forges Family Caregiver Strategy

September 27, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Digital health vendor, Eko, received $2.7 million from the National Institutes for Health (NIH) to build its machine learning smart stethoscope device. The machine learning algorithm that will make the...

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