The Affordable Care Act’s restrictions on physician-owned hospitals (POHs) appear to have worked, as a new study published in Health Affairs said the law “effectively eliminated” the formation of new POHs.

Many in the Obama administration bemoan the fact that 19 states have opted out of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. But the program’s patchwork implementation might have helped prove the law’s value, according to the New York Times. 

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 9 — Carestream Health reduced energy consumption and enhanced recycling at its facilities in Oregon and Colorado as part of an ongoing effort to trim its environmental footprint.

Draft guidance from the Food and Drug Administration is seeking to clarify when medical device manufacturers need the agency’s approval to make changes to their products, potentially replacing guidance that had remained unchanged since 1997.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has permanently closed its facility which manufactured investigational drugs a year after “a series of deficiencies” were found in the unit by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has permanently closed its facility which manufactured investigational drugs a year after “a series of deficiencies” were found in the unit by Food and Drug Administration inspectors.

The California Medical Association (CMA) is opposing a bill which would allow certified nurse-midwives to practice without physician supervision, but not because of the main goal of the legislation, according to Kaiser Health News.

The fight against Zika continued to pick up steam this week after reports of 15 local transmissions in Miami. 

A September 24 deadline set by the Food and Drug Administration is looming for Class II medical devices, such as condoms or wheelchairs, to be outfitted with unique device identifier (UDI) barcodes, but in a survey of device makers, only a few said their companies were currently compliant with the standard.