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Earlier this month, the FDA approved a contraception app for smartphones that claims to help users prevent pregnancy by monitoring body temperature and menstrual cycles. But critics are questioning the FDA’s move, pointing out that dozens of users got pregnant while using the app.

CMS is cracking down on how it calculates budget neutrality in Medicaid demonstration projects, according to an update from the agency.

Cell phones and smartphone apps may be the solution when it comes to matching medical records to patients correctly, according to a report by the RAND Corporation.

Ohio

Attorney General Jeff Session is preventing two Ohio doctors from prescribing opioids because they allegedly dispensed the medications without a legitimate medical purpose.

U.S. aircraft maker Lockheed Martin and Australian software developer ResApp Health are collaborating to develop an app that will tell pilots if they’re fit to fly based on the sound of their cough, according to a report by Business Insider Australia.

Former CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt joined more than a dozen healthcare organizations for a new project that aims to improve Medicaid.

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“This is a financial emergency for our practice,” one physician says, according to a new survey from the American Society for Radiation Oncology.