CMS finalizes 5.06% Medicare Advantage benchmark increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an increase of the average benchmark payments to Medicare Advantage (MA)...
CMS excludes anti-obesity drug coverage under Medicare, Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicare Advantage (MA) rule proposed by the Biden administration, but...
Brooks-LaSure warns ‘cavalier’ CMS cuts endanger health programs
Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is not buying the Trump administration’s claim health programs...
Trump nominates Susan Monarez as CDC Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez is being tapped to fill the role in a...
Feds look to divest HHS, CMS headquarters as DOGE cancels leases
The federal government is looking to offload “non-core properties” to downsize its real estate footprint, with the Department of Health...
RFK Jr. says US measles outbreak ‘top priority’ at HHS
Last Wednesday, during President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the nation’s largest federal...
CDC cuts 1,300 probationary workers, reports say
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. If you are a dismissed or active federal worker with information to share,...
Trump creates MAHA commission on chronic disease, chaired by RFK
President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order to establish a Make America Healthy Again Commission, just hours after...
Paul Mango, former HHS official and Trump adviser, dies
Paul Mango, a senior health official during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term who was a member of Trump’s current transition...
Biden names Ozempic, Wegovy for price negotiation program
The Biden administration unveiled its list of 15 drugs, which include GLP-1 drugs Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, for the second...
