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FDA Moves To Cut Nicotine In Cigarettes, Helping Smokers Kick Habit

Mar 17, 2018 at 04:05 pm by Staff

  Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News   Cigarettes would contain less addictive nicotine -- making them less attractive to smokers -- under an "unprecedented" plan the.... Read More

CMS Finalizes Coverage of New Sequencing Tests, Enhancing Access for Cancer Patients

Mar 16, 2018 at 08:19 pm by Staff

. Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took action to advance innovative personalized medicine for Medicare patients with cancer. CMS finalized a Natio.... Read More

A Health Plan 'Down Payment' Is One Way States Try Retooling Individual Mandate

Mar 10, 2018 at 07:26 pm by Staff

  Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News As President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans tirelessly try to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, a number of states are s.... Read More

Two State Bills About to Become Law Will Benefit Independent Docs

Mar 09, 2018 at 08:54 pm by Staff

This week, Washington and Florida state legislatures each passed bills that bode well for independent doctors. Progress in the fight against MOC: In Washington State, the.... Read More

Mental Health Funding Tied To Florida's Controversial Gun Legislation

Mar 08, 2018 at 01:27 am by Staff

  Julio Ochoa, WUSF, Kaiser Health News A piece of legislation under consideration in Florida this week has received huge attention because of a controversial provision.... Read More

FDA Authorizes Direct-to-consumer Test That Reports Three Mutations in BRCA Genes

Mar 07, 2018 at 11:49 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized the Personal Genome Service Genetic Health Risk (GHR) Report for BRCA1/BRCA2 (Selected Variants). It is the first dire.... Read More

At New Health Office, 'Civil Rights' Means Doctors' Right To Say No To Patients

Mar 06, 2018 at 09:45 pm by Staff

  Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News The Trump administration is embarking on a sweeping effort to redefine civil rights in health care, with critics accusing the De.... Read More

MyHealthEData Initiative to Put Patients at the Center of the US Healthcare System

Mar 06, 2018 at 09:31 pm by Staff

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced a new Trump Administration initiative - MyHealthEData - to empower patients by giving.... Read More

AMA Launches Podcasts to Help Physicians Navigate the Quality Payment Program in 2018

Mar 05, 2018 at 08:50 pm by Staff

AMA Launches Podcasts to Help Physicians Navigate the Quality Payment Program in 2018 CHICAGO - As physicians begin the second year of quality reporting under the Quality Pay.... Read More

Congress Races The Clock In Quest To Bring Stability To Individual Insurance Market

Mar 03, 2018 at 09:15 pm by Staff

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News Congress is running out of time if members want to come up with legislation to stabilize the individual insurance market. While Repu.... Read More

Buried In The Budget Bill Are Belated Gifts For Some Health Care Providers

Mar 03, 2018 at 09:08 pm by Staff

  Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News When President Donald Trump signed the last-minute budget deal into law earlier this month, the news coverage emphasized how the bi.... Read More

Evaluations Of Medicaid Experiments By States, CMS Are Weak, GAO Says

Feb 25, 2018 at 12:05 pm by Staff

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News With federal spending on Medicaid experiments soaring in recent years, a congressional watchdog said state and federal governments f.... Read More

Trump Administration Proposes Rule to Loosen Curbs on Short-Term Health Plans

Feb 20, 2018 at 07:33 pm by Staff

  Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News   Insurers will again be able to sell short-term health insurance good for up to 12 months under a proposed rule released Tues.... Read More

In An Effort To Curb Drug Costs, States Advance Bills To Prod Feds On Importation

Feb 18, 2018 at 11:43 am by Staff

  Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Norm Thurston is a "free-market guy" -- a conservative health economist in Republican-run Utah who rarely sees the government's inv.... Read More

House Members Send Bipartisan Joint Letter Calling for Increased Funding to Safe Schools and Mental Health Services

Feb 16, 2018 at 11:36 am by Staff

Today, a bipartisan group of Members of the Florida House came together to urge Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran for an increase in funding f.... Read More

Trump's Budget Proposal Swings At Drug Prices With A Glancing Blow

Feb 13, 2018 at 01:18 am by Staff

  Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News President Donald Trump's new budget proposal flirts with combating high prescription drug prices, but industry watchers say the.... Read More

Upsurge Of Suburban Poor Discover Health Care's Nowhere Land

Feb 09, 2018 at 11:07 pm by Staff

  Elaine Korry, Kaiser Health News The promise of cheaper housing brought Shari Castaneda to Palmdale, Calif., in northern Los Angeles County, about nine years ago. Th.... Read More

Bipartisan Senate Budget Deal Boosts Health Programs

Feb 08, 2018 at 04:51 pm by Staff

  Julie Rovner, Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News In a rare show of bipartisanship for the mostly polarized 115th Congress, Republican and Democratic Senate leaders an.... Read More

Community Health Centers Caught In 'Washington's Political Dysfunction'

Feb 06, 2018 at 01:33 pm by Staff

  Steven Findlay, Kaiser Health News As lawmakers face another deadline this week for passing legislation to keep the federal government open, one of the outstanding is.... Read More

Leading Health Groups Caution Congress Against Including Medicare Cuts in Budget Bill

Feb 06, 2018 at 11:00 am by Staff

The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians and the American College of Surgeons sent the following lette.... Read More