Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies. 

Medicaid expansion in New York now covers transgender healthcare

Youths in New York are now covered by Medicaid to receive gender-transition care, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal.

Maryland co-op suspended from individual market

Evergreen Health Cooperative won’t be able to issue or renew plans for 2017 until regulators decide whether it can convert into a for-profit insurer.

What’s working against ACA repeal

The death of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has looked all but certain since the election of Donald Trump. Debate has focused on how and when, not if, the law would be rolled back, but one Democratic healthcare lobbyist is offering a different scenario.

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FDA releases new hearing aid guidance, in effect immediately

The FDA has issued a release that details ways to improve access to hearing aids for the 30 million Americans currently suffering from hearing loss. The guidance document will take effect immediately.

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$6.3 billion 21st Century Cures Act passes in big win for drug companies, device makers

The U.S. Senate has approved a bill aimed at speeding up regulatory approval for pharmaceuticals and medical devices, as well as providing extra funding for medical research, the Precision Medicine Initiative, and the cancer “moonshot.”

Current ACA repeal plan carries $1.1 trillion increase in uncompensated care costs

The number of uninsured people would more than double and the individual insurance market would collapse if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed through a fast-track process called budget reconciliation.

Insurers want more time to decide on 2018 ACA exchange participation

With Congress and the next president promising repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nation’s largest health insurance lobby wants a delay for insurers to submit plans to offer coverage on the law’s exchanges for 2018.

CMS reports ‘modest’ 2015 expenditures

A new report from CMS today shows healthcare spending in 2015 was modest compared to years before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed.

Around the web

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.