Alexandria, VA –AMGA today submitted written comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CY 2017 Physician Fee Schedule and the CY 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rules.

Ahead of flu season, the American Academy of Pediatrics has released its recommendations for using vaccines and antiviral medications for flu prevention, and nasal spray vaccines aren’t part of its plan.

The nation’s largest provider of kidney dialysis and renal care products is being sued by the state of Kentucky, alleging deceptive marketing of its GranuFlo blood screening product.

CMS’s proposals to change risk adjustment calculations for exchange plans for 2018 would come too late, according to America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and Consumers for Health Options, Insurance Coverage in Exchanges in States (CHOICES).

Insurance coverage with standardized deductibles, out-of-pocket spending limits and co-pays will be available during the next open enrollment period for health insurance marketplaces, according to Kaiser Health News.

CMS has told members of Congress it will contact customers who are enrolled in both Medicare and a subsidized insurance plan purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, and tell them to leave their exchange plan immediately.

Requesting access to experimental, unapproved treatments from the FDA can sometimes save a patient’s life when no other treatment has worked. But as STAT’s Sheila Kaplan writes, there is a dark side to “compassionate use.”

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, told a crowd of medical researchers in Chicago he has a “sense of optimism” about the ability to offer more grants through the agency, while encouraging them not to shy away from bold projects.