Policy and Legislation

The ticket, known as a rare pediatric disease priority review voucher, is part of a program created by Congress in 2007 to encourage the development of drugs for tropical diseases and later expanded to rare pediatric disorders.

Proposal would also create a path for providers to get to Merit-based Incentive Payments or Alternative Payment Model payments being mandated under MACRA.

More than 3,000 cases have been reported in the continental United States, though most were contracted by people traveling abroad.

Views come as the skyrocketing prices of some drugs are under intense scrutiny, with new evidence showing massive price hikes by some companies.

AHIP leader speaks about value-based care, MACRA and why she favors Clinton at McKesson event Wednesday.

In fact, the sweeping Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, known as MACRA, was known to only 20 percent of physicians surveyed.

Association and hospitals say the user fee is discriminatory, flawed and possibly unconstitutional.

The proposed new recommendation would allow women at average risk for breast cancer to begin screening as early as age 40 and receive a mammogram every one or two years.

Clinton and Trump traded jabs over issues including the economy, the national debt, job creation, fighting ISIS and racial tensions.

BCBS of Nebraska's decision cuts the number of insurers offering products on that state's exchange from four in 2016 to two in 2017.