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. 

Bill seeks to repeal taxes on health insurers

Members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would repeal a tax on health insurance companies, The Hill reports.

February 18, 2015

Deadline extended for health insurance exchanges

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced an extension for people who had trouble purchasing insurance through the federal HealthCare.gov website, reports Politico.

February 17, 2015

GAO: CMS prepared for ICD-10

The General Accounting Office has deemed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ready to make the switch to ICD-10, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

February 9, 2015
Patient in center of network of physicians.

Groups: Softening ACO rules will not draw more participants

Easing rules around accountable care organizations will not draw in more takers, reports Modern Healthcare. 

February 9, 2015
U.S. Congress

House GOP votes to repeal ACA

The GOP-controlled House passed legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, with zero Democrats voting in favor of the bill, reports The New York Times.

February 4, 2015

Rep. Cruz introduces Obamacare Repeal Act

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has unveiled an "Obamacare Repeal Act" that would repeal the act "as if such Act had not been enacted," according to the National Review Online. 

February 2, 2015

White House’s $215M precision medicine initiative ushers in new era in healthcare

The White House announced that it is pumping $215 million into federal health and science agencies so they can develop infrastructure that allows data to flow between medical clinics to labs that sequence the human genome and gather other data, reports Politico.

February 2, 2015
Medical device tax

NYT editorial: Don’t kill the medical device tax

The Congressional movement to eliminate the 2.3 percent medical device tax is misguided and may do more harm than good, according to an editorial in The New York Times.  

February 2, 2015

Around the web

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