Policy and Legislation

About three-quarters of the new positions will be for primary care and mental health specialties, CMS says.

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Retail pharmacies can now sell abortion pills under new FDA modifications.

The drug was estimated to cost Medicare $12B in one year, representing 36% of the 2018 Part B budget.

The proposed rule would restore the longstanding process for the handling of conscience complaints, HHS says.

<p>The chief innovation officer for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health, James Hury, discusses the programs of greatest interest to the HIMSS audience, including collaboration opportunities.</p>

The XBB variant, which is resistant to immunity, now makes up over half of cases in New England.

The legislation extends waivers for both programs that were put in place under the public health emergency.

States may begin processing Medicaid redeterminations on April 1, 2023, and have one year to complete them.

Transparent ownership data, the agency says, benefits the public by assisting patients in making better informed decisions about care.