Two pieces of legislation dealing with public health issues were passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee June 8.

George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences is integrating the usual clinical medical school studies with the policy issues affecting care and the healthcare system.

Teams of federal officials have been fighting ambulance fraud where one fraudulent ambulance operator would shut down only to have another, sometimes headed by a friend or family member, replace it, reports JEMS.

A new bill in Congress aimed at changing the Food and Drug Administration’s medical device approval process would require physicians and their practices to report defects or issues with devices, while protecting doctors from being sued over those reports.

A proposed rule from HHS would limit short-term individual health plans to three months without a chance to renew in an effort to keep healthier enrollees from leaving the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces and limit the upward trend of exchange premiums.

Legislation changing several Medicare policies most affecting hospitals, including exempting “mid-build” off-campus outpatient facilities from the site neutral payment provisions in last year’s budget, has advanced out of the House.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) would receive an additional $2 billion in funding under a Senate appropriations bill, according to The Hill.

A finalized rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program released by CMS aims to offer stronger incentives for accountable care organizations (ACOs) by allowing an additional year in Track 1 participation and using regional spending data to adjust cost targets.