HHS cancels then reinstates $2B in SAMHSA grants
On Tuesday, thousands of health agencies and organizations across the country got word that federal grants for some mental health...
DEA allows another year of telehealth prescribing flexibilities
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a yearlong extension of telemedicine prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances Tuesday, just one day...
Setting the standard for health AI programs
In the back half of 2025, a slew of organizations announced forthcoming artificial intelligence certification programs that would offer providers and...
HHS’ tech office proposes to gut and reset health IT policy
Editor’s note: This is a breaking news story that may be updated. The health IT arm at the Department of...
FDA introduces TEMPO model to complement CMS ACCESS model
The Food and Drug Administration plans to select about 40 devices not yet cleared by the agency to receive special...
CMS wants to ‘unleash the power of the private sector’
Leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are bullish on artificial intelligence to help patients manage health...
HHS taps Jim O’Neill as acting CDC director
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named an interim director to lead the Centers for Disease Control...
HHS finalizes rule for prescription drug cost transparency
The health IT arm of the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule this week that federal leaders...
RFK Jr. fires 2 top aides at HHS in department shake-up
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted his chief of staff and a deputy...
CMS sued over Trump administration’s ACA final rule
Doctors for America, the Main Street Alliance and three cities have sued the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
