Regulatory/Compliance

FDA Takes Action to Restrict Unlawful Import of Xylazine

Feb 28, 2023 at 10:51 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has taken action to restrict the unlawful entry of xylazine active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished do.... Read More

Looming Cuts to Emergency SNAP Benefits Threaten Food Security in Rural America

Feb 27, 2023 at 02:09 am by Staff

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News ELKO, Nev. — On a cold morning in early February, Tammy King prepared and loaded boxes and bags of vegetables, fruit.... Read More

In Tennessee, a Medicaid Mix-Up Might Land You on a ‘Most Wanted’ List

Feb 27, 2023 at 01:54 am by Staff

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News Life was upended for LaShonia Ingram over the past year, and a shadow still follows her around. Search her n.... Read More

Senators Say Health Worker Shortages Ripe for Bipartisan Compromise

Feb 20, 2023 at 07:43 pm by Staff

By Michael McAuliff, Kaiser Health News   Senators are eying the growing shortage of health care workers in the United States as one of the few problems where.... Read More

Administration Continues Unprecedented Efforts to Increase Transparency of Nursing Home Ownership

Feb 17, 2023 at 10:30 am by Staff

HHS has announced additional action to increase the transparency of nursing home ownership and management. The Department issued a proposed rule to require nursing homes to di.... Read More

Biden-Harris Administration Continues Unprecedented Efforts to Increase Transparency of Nursing Home Ownership

Feb 13, 2023 at 11:24 pm by Staff

    As President Biden made clear in his second State of the Union address, the Biden-Harris Administration is unwavering in its commitment to improve the safety a.... Read More

Congress Told HHS to Set Up a Health Data Network in 2006. The Agency Still Hasn’t.

Feb 12, 2023 at 09:12 pm by Staff

By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News In early 2020, as they tried to fight covid-19 across two rural counties in North Carolina, the staff of Granville Vance Public Heal.... Read More

‘We Ain’t Gonna Get It’: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait

Feb 12, 2023 at 09:05 pm by Staff

By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the.... Read More

As Pandemic-Era Medicaid Provisions Lapse, Millions Approach a Coverage Cliff

Feb 07, 2023 at 10:45 am by Staff

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  States are preparing to remove millions of people from Medicaid as protections put in place early in the covid-19 pandemic exp.... Read More

FDA Approves First Oral Treatment for Anemia Caused by Chronic Kidney Disease for Adults on Dialysis

Feb 06, 2023 at 05:11 pm by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jesduvroq tablets (daprodustat) as the first oral treatment for anemia (decreased number of red blood cells) caused by chronic k.... Read More