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CMS accepting MIPS hardship exemption applications over IV fluid shortages
Published On: March 26th, 2025The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering physician practices additional leeway on their 2024 quality reporting in light of a national shortage of IV fluids.
CMS ramping up enforcement of hospital price transparency rule
Published On: March 26th, 2025The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has taken more enforcement actions in the first two months against health systems for not complying with price transparency rules than in all of 2024, but the size of the penalties is dropping.
Conservatives push to cut extra Medicaid payments to hospitals
Published On: March 26th, 2025A think tank with close ties to the Trump administration is making the case for wonky changes to state Medicaid payments that could solve a big problem for Republican lawmakers: They could cut federal spending in the name of simply cracking down on waste and abuse within the program.
Oz moves closer to role running Medicare, Medicaid on party-line vote
Published On: March 26th, 2025Mehmet Oz has been a heart surgeon, a TV show host, an author, and a Senate candidate. On Tuesday, he inched closer to adding CMS administrator to the list.
Match Day Numbers Show “Promising” Change in Radiation Oncology
Published On: March 25th, 2025This year’s Match Day results show encouraging news for radiation oncology, which saw a nearly 60% drop in unfilled positions from last year, according to data published Friday by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
How easing state oversight spurred a construction ‘arms race’
Published On: March 25th, 2025Healthcare construction has ramped up in states that repealed or narrowed certificate of need laws.
Trump tariffs drive pharma manufacturing to US but risk inflation and disruption
Published On: March 25th, 2025The pharma industry has been left reeling by the recent news of US government trade tariffs, with companies Eli Lilly (Indianapolis, IN, US), Pfizer (New York, NY, US) and Merck & Co (Kenilworth, NJ, US) boosting their US manufacturing presence to avoid a potential 25% tariff on imported pharma products.
Health insurers’ rapid adoption of AI tools is outpacing regulators’ ability to keep watch
Published On: March 25th, 2025Inside the nation’s largest health insurance companies, artificial intelligence is taking off like a rocket.
New Guidelines Upped Lung Cancer Screenings, But Gaps Remain
Published On: March 25th, 2025MONDAY, March 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- More smokers are getting CT screenings for lung cancer, thanks to guideline changes that included younger people and those who’ve smoked less, a new study says.
Youngkin vetoes Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Published On: March 25th, 2025Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed legislation for the second year in a row that would have established a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB).
