Policy and Legislation
CMS Administrator Seema Verma: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs help from Congress to make temporary flexibilities permanent.
Providers who e-prescribe birth control through apps and online pharmacies doubt the decision will significantly affect their practices, but they say the mandate is harmful for those who need contraception.
The AHA is asking Congress for financial support with other relief in regulatory measures, the biggest being the use of telehealth.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced it would give $450 million to the biotech company Regeneron to manufacture and supply the company's antibody treatment.
The department is partnering with eTrueNorth and the local communities to perform up to 5,000 tests per day in each city.
This week's top stories include the Trump administration challenging the Affordable Care Act, a push for permanent telehealth reform and lululemon buying in-home workout platform Mirror.
HHS is expected to renew the Public Health Emergency before it expires in July, tweeted Michael Caputo, HHS's assistant secretary for public affairs
The reduction is linked to a federal court ruling that established annual deadline-based targets.
The administration claims the law is unconstitutional without the individual mandate.
A federal judge today sided with the Department of Health and Human Services and rejected providers' claims.