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. 

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DOJ accuses addiction recovery providers of offering kickbacks to patients, running 'unsafe' facilities

Brookline-based Bournewood Health Systems and First Psychiatric Planners are also accused of pushing patients to attend facilities known to be overcrowded and dangerous. 

September 20, 2023
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Federal regulation of AI: What the likely framers and innovators are saying now

Last week brought the latest in an occasional series of conversations on AI between governmental leaders and Big Tech honchos.

September 20, 2023
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Is your hospital helping ‘decarbonize’ the planet? Here’s a chance to prove it

Hospitals will soon have an opportunity to get their climate-conservation efforts formally recognized by U.S. healthcare’s largest body for setting standards and awarding accreditations.

September 18, 2023
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Hospital CEO files lawsuit after losing job over naked art exhibition

According to the former executive, he was barely involved in planning the offsite fundraiser. The hospital declined to comment. 

September 18, 2023
Video of Denise Garris, ASE regulatory consultant and principal of the Korris Group, explaining how reimbursements from insurance andMedicare work to pay or cardiac ultrasound exams. #ASE #ASE360 #ASE23 #ASE2023 #healthcarereimbursment

Understanding reimbursements and coding for echocardiography

"I think everyone would agree that the current fee-for-service model is not working appropriately and there needs to be a fix," regulatory consultant Denise Garris explained in a new interview. 

September 13, 2023
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FDA shares update on heart devices linked to multiple recalls and patient deaths

The devices, designed to provide temporary support to a patient's left ventricle, have been associated with a long list of issues in recent months. 

September 1, 2023
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is asking its interventional cardiologist members to take action to prevent further cuts in Medicare payments in 2024 by contacting their Congressmen. There were substantial cuts in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) payments to physicians in 2023 further cuts each year can only be prevented if Congress changes the laws for how CMS pays physicians.

Governors urge Congress to act now on medication shortages, supply chain insecurities

Eleven GOP governors joined together to call for a more transparent drug manufacturing supply chain.

August 31, 2023
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AHA shares support of new prior authorization reform in letter to Congress

The American Hospital Association believes the Gold Card Act could help healthcare providers throughout the country avoid "dangerous delays." 

August 31, 2023

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In addition, cardiologists average an additional $75,000 per year in incentive-based bonuses. That number is only higher for two other specialties. 

CMS has issued its proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system, suggesting a payment increase of 2.6%. According to the American Hospital Association, this update would not be enough at a time when hospitals are already struggling to stay open. 

The rumors, it seems, were true. Once the deal is finalized, Shockwave Medical will operate as a business unit within Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

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