Regulatory/Compliance

As More Hospitals Create Police Forces, Critics Warn of Pitfalls

May 16, 2023 at 12:41 am by Staff

By Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News   ATLANTA — When Destiny heard screams, she raced to a hospital room where she saw a patient assaulting a care techn.... Read More

PBMs, the Brokers Who Control Drug Prices, Finally Get Washington’s Attention

May 15, 2023 at 01:37 am by Staff

By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News    For two decades, patients and physicians eagerly awaited a lower-cost version of the world’s bestselling drug, Humir.... Read More

Legal Pot Is More Potent Than Ever — And Still Largely Unregulated

May 09, 2023 at 11:46 am by Staff

By David Hilzenrath, KFF Health News Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangero.... Read More

Can a Fetus Be an Employee? States Are Testing the Boundaries of Personhood After ‘Dobbs’

May 09, 2023 at 02:32 am by Staff

  By Bram Sable-Smith, KFF Health News   Kaitlyn Anderson was six months pregnant when a driver killed her and a Missouri Department of Transportation collea.... Read More

Biden Administration Issues New Warning About Medical Credit Cards

May 09, 2023 at 02:24 am by Staff

  By Noam N. Levey KFF Health News   The Biden administration on Thursday cautioned Americans about the growing risks of medical credit cards and other loans.... Read More

At VUMC Workplace Violence Policies Apply to All Employees, Patients

May 08, 2023 at 08:47 pm by Staff

  by Matt Batcheldor Aggressive behavior toward health care providers is on the rise nationally, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center is reminding employees and p.... Read More

New health bundle focuses on substance use disorder

May 08, 2023 at 06:10 pm by Staff

by Karen Stone About 40 million (roughly 1 in 7) Americans over the age of 12 have a problem with substance use. This makes substance use disorder (SUD) twice as prevalent as.... Read More

Governor Expected to Sign Sweeping Regulations for Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids

May 02, 2023 at 10:57 am by Staff

The most substantive cannabis regulatory legislation in Tennessee history will soon become law, creating critical regulations on producing, selling and distributing products c.... Read More

As Federal Emergency Declaration Expires, the Picture of the Pandemic Grows Fuzzier

May 01, 2023 at 01:40 am by Staff

  Sam Whitehead KFF Health News   Joel Wakefield isn’t just an armchair epidemiologist. His interest in tracking the spread of covid is personal. The 58-ye.... Read More

Listen: Mifepristone Remains Available for Now. What Happens Next?

Apr 25, 2023 at 11:48 am by Staff

The Supreme Court has ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone should remain widely available for now, a decision that maintains access to the drug while the lower courts con.... Read More