HHS clarifies that protections against gender discrimination included in the Affordable Care Act apply to gender identity.

Safety review of the drugs associated their use with “disabling and potentially permanent serious side effects” involving tendons, muscles, joints, nerves and the central nervous system.

New proposal would include changes to Medicare and Medicaid, but won't be released as actual legislation ahead of the Republican National Convention.

The investigative news outlet announced its database to track the prescribing habits of doctors has been used by some to find addictive painkillers.

The American Hospital Association recommended several changes from the proposed requirements in written testimony submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee.

A federal judge has ruled HHS and the U.S. Treasury Department don’t have the power to spend funds for reducing deductibles, co-pays and other “cost-sharing” means by insurers without congressional approval.

AMA President Steven Stack, MD, said pain management policies “well-intended but now known to be flawed” have contributed to the increase in abuse of opioid prescription pain relievers

Legislation would prevent the FDA from restricting or prohibiting access to experimental drugs for a terminal patient in a state with a “right-to-try” law.