On March 18, President Trump informed the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya—that he was terminating their membership.

Identifying and understanding market competitive pay practices, i.e., the executive compensation offered by your industry competitors, is critical to creating and retaining a successful leadership team.

On January 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the first press release of the second Trump Administration indicating that CMS...

On June 12, CMS' Office of the Actuary released its National Health Expenditure (NHE) projections for 2023–2032. CMS publishes these estimates of U.S. health spending and health insurance enrollment annually.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) fundamentally changed the economics of the Part D marketplace.

On November 10, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the initiation of a process to remove broad black box warnings from hormone replacement therapy...

On May 29, E&C Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) announced the release of a report that he previously requested from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

President Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on January 29 and the Senate Health...

Manatt Health Managing Director Vin Gupta and National Advisor Mandy Cohen wrote an article for TIME...

On June 9, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal announcing that he had removed all 17 sitting members...

The vision of primary care as the foundation for all health care is one shared by many who work in and around the U.S. health care system.

On April 4, CMS released the final rule setting policies for contract year (CY) 2026 for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D.

On November 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion reversing a district court's order that the State of Colorado...

A bill that would amend the California commercial financing disclosure law (CFDL) has passed both houses of the state legislature. If signed by the Governor, the bill would...

On November 6, the Trump Administration issued two prescription drug pricing announcements aimed at reducing U.S. drug prices to a "most-favored-nation" (MFN) level.

Federal fiscal year (FY) 2026 kicked off on October 1 amid a congressional stalemate resulting in a government shutdown.

On June 23, HHS Secretary Kennedy and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz held a roundtable with health insurance companies to discuss a new pledge to "streamline and improve the prior authorization processes...

Earlier this month, several hospitals affiliated with the University of North Carolina health system filed multiple lawsuits against a group of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans regarding...

On August 21, the U.S. and the European Union (EU) issued a joint statement announcing a framework on a new trade agreement, including the key terms on pharmaceutical tariffs.

Starting on January 1, 2026, California will enforce a new law that limits retention in private construction contracts to 5%, aligning private projects (where retention is typically 10%) with public works...