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The Health Resources and Services Administration Feb. 25 said it will extend the deadline to April 20 to receive comments on its request for information on whether to implement a 340B rebate model program. Comments on the RFI were originally due March 19.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii Feb. 23 denied a preliminary injunction requested by AstraZeneca in a case challenging the state’s law protecting 340B pricing for contract pharmacy arrangements. The court held that Hawaii’s law is not preempted by the federal law, does not…
Leaders from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Mercer University School of Medicine reveal how targeted pediatric scholarships and deep community partnerships are building a sustainable pipeline of pediatricians committed to serving rural communities. LISTEN NOW
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 23 announced the development of its Medicare App Library. As part of the agency’s Health Technology Ecosystem framework, the library will provide a directory for Medicare beneficiaries to access an array of patent-facing digital health tools…
The measles outbreak in South Carolina has increased to 979 cases, the state’s Department of Public Health reported Feb. 24.
The AHA Feb. 24 commended recent remarks made by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Feb. 20, in which he said the commission should bring merger challenges directly to federal court rather than handling them through its in-house adjudicatory process.
The Congressional Budget Office has projected that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will have sufficient funds to pay full benefits until 2040 — 12 years earlier than last year’s projection.
AHA urges Congress to support physicians, access to care in statement for House subcommittee hearing
The AHA provided a statement Feb. 24 for a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Advancing the Next Generation of America’s Health Care Workforce.”
The AHA responded to a request for information today from the Department of Health and Human Services on the adoption and use of artificial intelligence in clinical care.
The AHA commented today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule on the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing Model, or GLOBE, a new mandatory Medicare payment model issued in December. The model seeks to make most-favored-nation prices available…