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The AHA June 4 filed an amicus brief (https://www.aha.org/amicus-brief/2025-06-04-aha-files-brief-defending-tennessees-340b-contract-pharmacy-law) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in defense of the state’s 340B contract pharmacy law prohibiting drug companies from…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response June 5 announced it selected two locations to test an automated, point-of-care, sterile saline manufacturing system that could help prevent or mitigate intravenous fluid shortages in the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration issued Class I recalls, the most serious type, for two Smiths Medical infusion pumps due to the potential for serious injury or death.
A Congressional Budget Office report released June 4 found that enactment of the fiscal year 2025 budget reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), would lead to 10.9 million people becoming uninsured in 2034 due to significant changes to the Medicaid program and Affordable Care…
An article in a special edition of Trustee Insights sponsored by Huron examines five health care trends that boards and executives must pay attention to that can help hospitals and health systems adapt to new changes and requirements.
Duke University’s Anna Tharakan, lead project manager on Closing the Gap on Hypertension Disparities, and Bradi Granger, Ph.D., research professor at Duke University School of Nursing and director of the Duke Heart Center Nursing Research Program, discuss how Duke’s team is reducing hypertension…
A 60-day appeal window has passed for the Food and Drug Administration to appeal a federal court ruling that invalidated its final rule to regulate laboratory-developed tests as medical devices, effectively eliminating it. The rule, issued last year, would have phased out its general enforcement…
The AHA June 3 launched the first in a new video series, “Medicaid: Real Lives, Real Care,” highlighting the importance of Medicaid and why proposed cuts to the program would jeopardize access to care for patients and communities across America.
The Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said June 3 they are rescinding 2022 CMS guidance with the subject “Reinforcement of EMTALA Obligations specific to Patients who are Pregnant or are Experiencing Pregnancy Loss” (QSO-22-22-Hospitals) and (…
A JAMA study published June 3 found that of 2,237 counties across the U.S., 78% reported declines in vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rubella from 2019 through 2024. The study said that measles is likely to return to endemic levels in the U.S. if MMR vaccination rates continue to decline.…