Mississippi lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a deal to expand Medicaid per the Affordable Care Act, but, in a last-minute move blasted by advocates, hinge the expansion on CMS approval of work requirements for obtaining those benefits.
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Mark Cuban, founder of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, tells Inside Health Policy he has more deals in the works to produce pediatric cancer and other drugs in shortages for hospitals, after having inked an initial agreement with Community Health Systems (CHS).
In light of its new rule asserting regulatory authority over laboratory-developed tests, FDA will continue to exercise enforcement discretion for some tests during public health emergencies (PHEs) and for emergent public health threats, the agency says, depending on public health needs, especially if unauthorized tests are the only options available to diagnose an emerging disease.
Mississippi lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a deal to expand Medicaid per the Affordable Care Act, but, in a last-minute move blasted by advocates, hinge the expansion on CMS approval of work requirements for obtaining those benefits.
HHS, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antirust Division are extending the deadline for a request for information seeking public comment on how private equity and corporate ownership is impacting the quality of health care.
The ability to hire more staff for inspections will be affected if FDA is not granted the funding it needs from Congress, Associate Commissioner Michael Rogers of FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs said at an Alliance for a Stronger FDA webinar May 1.
House Budget Committee Republicans are questioning the Biden administration's interpretation of a 2023 debt limit law provision that permits exemptions from proposed budget-balancing measures for certain regulatory actions.
A second Trump administration would do away from the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), former president Donald Trump told Time in a wide-ranging interview during which he also said he would defer to states on abortion-related enforcement and water down protections for civil servants.
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The Senate Committee on Armed Services will hear testimony Tuesday (April 30) on Department of Defense (DOD) initiatives to ensure pharmaceutical safety, in a hearing that is likely to touch on issues of generic drug quality and American dependence on pharmaceuticals manufactured in China. |
A controversial provision under Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program that permits Medicare to negotiate lower prices for small-molecule drugs after nine years on the market could throw off existing efforts to curb an ongoing epidemic of opioid overdoses in the United States by disincentivizing the development of non-opioid pain medications, most of which are small molecule drugs, according to a new policy paper by the Pioneer Institute. |
House Budget Committee Republicans are calling for an investigation into the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation after a September Congressional Budget Office report highlighted high spending from CMMI in its first decade. |
FDA’s proposed rule on banning menthol cigarettes will not be finalized in the near future, the White House confirmed Friday (April 26) after months of delays, in a decision likely tied to electoral concerns ahead of the pending 2024 presidential election, despite robust support from FDA leadership for the proposal. |
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