Regulatory/Compliance

AMA Urges High Court to Keep Firearms Away from Domestic Abusers

Aug 28, 2023 at 01:23 pm by Staff

CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) and four other health professional organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asserting tha.... Read More

FDA Approves First Vaccine for Pregnant Individuals to Prevent RSV in Infants

Aug 22, 2023 at 02:09 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Abrysvo (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine), the first vaccine approved for use in pregnant individuals to prevent lower respi.... Read More

The CDC Works to Overhaul Lab Operations After Covid Test Flop

Aug 21, 2023 at 05:15 pm by Staff

  By Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News    In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a te.... Read More

Families of Covenant School Students Say Tennessee has a Long Way to Go on Firearm Reform, Endorse Initial Bills on the First Day of Special Session

Aug 21, 2023 at 01:53 pm by Staff

  NASHVILLE—A group of parents of students at The Covenant School in Nashville, which was subject to a mass shooting that killed three students and three staff on.... Read More

A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers

Aug 20, 2023 at 12:27 am by Staff

  By Judith Graham, KFF Health News  Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her m.... Read More

Feds Say Hospitals That Redistribute Medicaid Money Violate Law

Aug 19, 2023 at 11:44 pm by Staff

By Samantha Young, KFF Health News  The Biden administration wants to crack down on private arrangements among some hospitals to reimburse themselves for taxes th.... Read More

Proposed Rule Would Make Hospital Prices Even More Transparent

Aug 14, 2023 at 01:24 pm by Staff

  By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News  “How much is the ice cream?” A simple enough question, featured on a new TV and online advertisement, posed b.... Read More

New Alzheimer’s Drug Raises Hopes — Along With Questions

Aug 13, 2023 at 12:33 am by Staff

  By Judith Graham, KFF Health News   The FDA has approved Leqembi, the first disease-modifying treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s and a precursor c.... Read More

As a Union Pushes to Cap Hospital CEO Pay, It’s Accused of Playing Politics

Aug 12, 2023 at 11:44 pm by Staff

  By Molly Castle Work, KFF Health News   The aim is aspirational: Hospital executives shouldn’t make more than the president of the United State.... Read More

Blackburn, Baldwin, Capito Introduce Bill to Strengthen Palliative and Hospice Care Workforce

Aug 12, 2023 at 04:50 pm by Staff

NASHVILLE – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) introduced the Palliative Care and Ho.... Read More