CMS is touting how its Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) awards are helping to support the expansion of digital health, robotics and telehealth programs in rural areas in eight states.

The Trump administration's revamp of the 1115 waiver budget neutrality process will likely affect the 15 states with demonstrations set to expire in 2026, according to a Manatt analysis released this ...

Federal employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) challenging the Trump administration’s exclusion of gender-affirming care coverage from ...

HIV/AIDS medications are among the most expensive prescription drugs on the market, and a new study suggests that reducing those costs by 60% through CMS’ drug price negotiation program and getting ...

Two deaths associated with measles were excluded from the measles dashboard of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raising renewed concerns about the leadership and independence of new CDC ...

The House voted 370-48 Tuesday (Sept. 1) to pass a continuing resolution that funds the government through December without major changes from the Senate’s version, including provisions delaying a ...

Employees at HHS and most other federal workers would not get a raise next year for the second year in a row, under the pay adjustment plan President Donald Trump sent to Congress last week, angering ...

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee are interested in establishing a subscription model to boost access to medicines like GLP-1s, one of many affordability policies lawmakers are considering ...

Companies developing agentic AI models for use in health care are pushing for a system of national licensure to avoid participation in the Interstate Medical Licensing Compact (IMLC), and at least one ...

The Trump administration’s most favored nation policy impacts about 89% of the brand drug market now that nine mid-sized manufacturers have signed up to offer their products to Medicaid at prices ...

A district federal judge in Georgia rejected Elevance’s request for a preliminary injunction that would require CMS to recalculate the company’s 2026 Medicare Star Ratings without the 20 measures that ...