On June 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a federal district court's order that preliminarily enjoined enforcement of Minnesota's law controlling price increases...

On April 25, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that 35 states have agreed to participate in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

On November 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model, which aims to increase access to kidney transplants...

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On March 31, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a significant opinion in the case of ACLA et al. v. FDA.

This study uses publicly available data to examine the financial structure and performance of acute hospitals and health systems in Rhode Island (RI) and compare trends with Connecticut (CT) and Massachusetts (MA).

Traditional brick-and-mortar health care organizations and digital health companies are actively partnering to provide novel, digitally enabled care models to patients.

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

On May 20, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director Vinay Prasad published an editorial outlining FDA's new approach...

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...

On June 3, HHS and the CMS announced the rescission of 2022 guidance directing hospitals and their physicians to provide abortions in emergency scenarios, regardless of conflicting state laws.

On December 11, 2023, following positive results from two published Phase 3 studies, MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC) submitted a New Drug Application (NDA)...

Notably, many of these grants had been awarded to Columbia University, which had nearly $400 million in federal grants and contracts canceled by the Administration earlier this month because of alleged inaction over antisemitic events on campus.

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...

As part of IRA implementation and in advance of calendar year 2025, which is when the implementation of Part D redesign changes accelerate, CMS could take steps to protect beneficiaries by preserving access...

On June 9, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), a national association representing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and Navitas Health Solutions, a PBM, filed a lawsuit...

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.

On April 28, the Trump Administration released an executive order (EO), titled "Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens," which explicitly targets "sanctuary" jurisdictions (states and localities)...

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...

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