December 18th 2024
Health care organizations respond to ‘mixed bag’ bill.
December 17th 2024
Commonwealth Fund breaks out data from state of U.S. health insurance survey.
The future of health care cybersecurity: Examining the HCCRA of 2024 and its potential impact
December 13th 2024
Congress has just weeks to prevent a health care disaster.
ACP also calls for action on prior authorizations.
Doctors in the House of Representatives
A slideshow with physicians elected to the House of Representatives for the next Congress.
Donald Trump is president elect: What does he think of health care?
A look at what happened in the former president’s first term, and his plans for his second term.
Senators pitch site-neutral payment policy framework
Doctors, ambulatory surgical centers, hospitals all could be affected; plan includes hospital reinvestment for those that need it.
Reforms needed in Medicare Advantage, cybersecurity, congressman says
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, discusses PBMs and new blockbuster antiobesity drugs, and predicts election success for former president Donald Trump.
‘It is just a real gut punch’ – Physician in Congress discusses proposed reduction in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is sponsoring legislation to improve Medicare pay to doctors.
Medicare Advantage problems are getting worse, not better, lawmakers say
Senator, representatives send letter asking CMS to increase oversight.
What they’re saying about the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act
Physicians and sponsors in Congress explain why the bipartisan bill is needed.
Legislation would block Medicare cut, increase 2025 physician reimbursement
Representatives have bipartisan support in House, numerous backers among health organizations.
Trump troubles and Harris headaches: Voters stressing out as presidential election nears
American Psychological Association announces results from national ‘Stress in America’ survey in presidential election season.
What physicians need to know about the Corporate Transparency Act
The Corporate Transparency Act, part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, requires disclosure of all beneficial owners of entities, with harsh penalties for those businesses who ignore this requirement.
ACP joins call to keep health insurance tax credits for ACA Marketplace plans
Congressional action needed before premium tax credits expire at end of 2025.
FDA names new medical device chief
Michelle Tarver takes over the lead role at CDRH after serving as interim director since July
Biden administration proposes expanded coverage of free birth control, other preventive services
Consequences of cutting Medicare physician reimbursement
AMGA posts survey results forecasting effects on patient services if reduction happens in 2025.
Jobs, health care access on the line if Medicare makes another cut to physician reimbursement: survey
AMGA poll makes clear: ‘This is an inflection point … this is just not sustainable.’
Reps back reforms to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, starting with physician reimbursement
Letter calls for prompt action to avert cut scheduled for 2025, says doctors’ pay should cover cost of actually delivering care to patients.
Trump and Harris on health care: Policy experts make their predictions
Business consultant BRG convenes analysts for look at health care direction under the presidential candidates.
U.S. needs to recognize value of primary care – and pay for it, AAFP leader says
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, health care consolidation and the next president all can affect the nation’s health through primary care.
Feds must regulate ‘ghost guns’ made from untraceable components, physicians say
Doctors file brief for case pending at U.S. Supreme Court.
Covering pre-existing conditions or returning to pre-Obamacare? VP hopefuls Vance, Walz debate health care
They pitch their running mates’ ‘concepts of a plan’ or pledge to protect the Affordable Care Act.
Health care rising as important issue in presidential race
Patient advocacy group launches campaign to bring medical debt to forefront of voters’ minds when they go to the polls.
Will the 2024 presidential election affect the stock market?
POTUS election outcomes don’t typically affect stocks long term, but their uncertainty often has short term impacts.
Health cybersecurity lapses could lead to big fines, CEO jail time under new legislation
Change Healthcare hack prompts senators to say new rules are needed because ‘megacorporations … are flunking Cybersecurity 101.’
Ozempic, Wegovy are miracle drugs priced out of reach of patients, senators say
Senate HELP Committee grills Novo Nordisk CEO over prices of Ozempic, Wegovy. He says patients not getting needed medicines is ‘terrifying.’
FTC report on PBMs ignores evidence while trumpeting false claims, Cigna says
Lawsuit demands retraction of report from July.
FTC sues 3 largest PBMs for allegedly inflating insulin prices, shifting costs to vulnerable patients
Feds say anticompetitive business practices shifted costs to vulnerable patients.
‘We have to vote like our health care depends on it, because it does’
Countering apathy with encouragement, and a message for primary care and all physicians from the founder of the advocacy group Vot-ER.
Communities, patients, health care executives all play a role in getting out the vote
Physician founder of Vot-ER discusses health outcomes and reactions when physicians promote voter registration in health care settings.
Senators to Steward Health Care execs: ‘How do you live with yourself’ when gutting hospitals, communities, the American health system?
Witnesses describe dire hospital conditions created by ‘health care terrorists’ as lawmakers rip private equity investors for massive bankruptcy case.
If health care is broken, doctors and patients must ‘grasp the levers of change’ starting at the ballot box, advocate says
Physician founder of Vot-ER recalls the beginning of a national movement to advance voter registration in health care settings.
