Kennedy dismisses leaders of US Preventive Services Task Force
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed two key leaders of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force...
Trump’s new CDC director nomination: Erica Schwartz, M.D.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday Erica Schwartz, M.D., as his nominee to fill the long-vacant role of director of the...
Proposed CMS rule would set prior auth deadlines for drugs
The Trump administration has issued a proposed rule that aims to significantly overhaul prior authorization for pharmaceuticals. Through the Interoperability...
Kennedy adds 2 new ACIP members ahead of March meeting
Ahead of a rescheduled meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP),...
Healthcare predictions with SCAN CEO Sachin Jain
2026 is set to open in a complex healthcare environment, with rising costs and evolving policy priorities felt across the...
UnitedHealthcare slashes RPM coverage for most conditions
Despite the momentum of remote monitoring uptake, UnitedHealthcare has quietly pushed out a massive change to its coverage policies that...
CMS finalizes increased pay rates for physicians in 2026
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its annual physician pay rule for 2026 on Friday night, which increases...
House Republicans propose 6% budget cut to HHS for FY2026
The House Appropriations Committee is proposing a 6% cut to the budget for the Department of Health and Human Services...
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...
Altman touts benefit of GPT-5 for healthcare
OpenAI released its most advanced reasoning model, GPT-5, which it touts as its most useful model for healthcare. The application...
