Regulatory/Compliance

The DEA Relaxed Online Prescribing Rules During Covid. Now It Wants to Rein Them In.

Jun 27, 2023 at 11:57 am by Staff

  By Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News  Federal regulators want most patients to see a health care provider in person before receiving prescriptions for potenti.... Read More

FDA Approves New Class of Medicines to Treat Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes

Jun 26, 2023 at 11:49 am by Staff

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) and Synjardy (empagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride) as additions to diet and exercise to.... Read More

FDA Issues First Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials with Psychedelic Drugs

Jun 26, 2023 at 11:44 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a new draft guidance to highlight fundamental considerations to researchers investigating the use of psychedelic drug.... Read More

Black, Rural Southern Women at Gravest Risk From Pregnancy Miss Out on Maternal Health Aid

Jun 26, 2023 at 11:18 am by Staff

  By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News    As maternal mortality skyrockets in the United States, a federal program created to improve rural maternity.... Read More

Medical Exiles: Families Flee States Amid Crackdown on Transgender Care

Jun 26, 2023 at 11:07 am by Staff

  By Bram Sable-Smith and Daniel Chang and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Sandy West, KFF Health News Hal Dempsey wanted to “escap.... Read More

Tennessee Doctor Loses License After Giving Covid Vaccine Waivers Too Freely

Jun 19, 2023 at 01:52 am by Staff

By Brett Kelman, KFF Health News A Tennessee doctor has lost his medical license for issuing covid-19 vaccine waivers to patients he never met in at least three st.... Read More

International Rights Group Calls Out US for Allowing Hospitals to Push Millions Into Debt

Jun 19, 2023 at 01:35 am by Staff

  By Noam N. Levey, KFF Health News   Human Rights Watch, the nonprofit that for decades has called attention to the victims of war, famine, and politi.... Read More

At Least 1.7M Americans Use Health Sharing Arrangements, Despite Lack of Protections

Jun 19, 2023 at 12:48 am by Staff

By Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News  A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely on health care sharing plans — arrangements thr.... Read More

Biden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees Dropped

Jun 13, 2023 at 11:02 am by Staff

By Hannah Recht, KFF Health News  Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep t.... Read More

HHS Announces $15 Million Loan Repayment Program to Strengthen the Pediatric Health Care Workforce

Jun 13, 2023 at 10:53 am by Staff

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), launched the new Pediatric Specialty Loan Repa.... Read More