STAT+: Disruptions loom for telehealth providers and patients as Congress inches closer to deadline
Around November, Kivo Health, a telehealth provider of pulmonary rehabilitation services, will need to start…
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STAT+: The state pharma’s targeting this election cycle
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STAT+: Federal regulation of health data and AI expected to get a boost after HHS revamp
A little-known office within the Department of Health and Human Services is getting a shot…
Key disability civil rights law will get a big refresh under Sen. Bob Casey’s new bill
A key piece of disability civil rights law could get a much-needed refresh. Sen. Bob…
Epic, Abridge, and Mayo Clinic to leverage AI to ease nursing workflow
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STAT+: Medical groups are divided over Biden plan to loosen DEA restrictions on marijuana
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s proposal to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana is dividing some…
STAT+: Medicare and Medicaid struggles foreshadow a rocky health insurer earnings season
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
Harris health care agenda swiftly hailed by progressives and reproductive rights groups
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s announcement Sunday that he would be dropping out of the presidential…
Kamala Harris, endorsed by Biden to replace him, is left of the president on health care
WASHINGTON — President Biden is ending his bid for a second term in office and…
Where 3 Democrats who could replace Biden atop the ticket stand on health care
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race has left the…
Trump rallies his base on bolstering health care, avoiding thorny questions about health rights
WASHINGTON — In a far-ranging, free-wheeling 90-minute acceptance speech for the Republican nomination to the…
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JD Vance’s rhetoric, and record, on the opioid epidemic
JD Vance says he’s grown all too accustomed to hearing a certain phrase when his…
Roche looks to have a competitive GLP-1 drug
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STAT+: The effort to reform physician pay is set to pit primary care docs against highly paid specialists
WASHINGTON — There’s been a long lull in fighting between primary care and specialty doctors…
STAT+: Top FDA officials weighing regulation of ultra-processed foods, internal documents show
WASHINGTON – Top Food and Drug Administration officials met multiple times earlier this year to…
STAT+: Medicare proposes to cover some digital therapies in a breakthrough for health tech firms
In what could prove to be a lifeline for a new crop of health tech…
Medicaid is paying millions for salty, fat-laden ‘medically tailored’ cheeseburgers and sandwiches
WASHINGTON – They’re marketed as healthy, “dietitian-approved” meals and delivered directly to the homes of…
STAT+: Biden administration ignores calls to bolster hospital price transparency
The federal government will not modify regulations that dictate how hospitals publish their prices for…
STAT+: Top Biden administration officials withdraw from Coalition for Health AI
Top Biden administration officials have withdrawn from an industry body formed to set safety standards…
STAT+: Regulating artificial intelligence doesn’t have to be complicated, some experts say
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize how drugs are discovered and change how hospitals…
STAT+: Medicare’s big experiment to fix kidney failure care hasn’t worked so far, studies say
A few years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a big experiment….
STAT+: Supreme Court’s gutting of Chevron doctrine could mean headaches for drug industry
The Food and Drug Administration’s power to make important regulatory decisions is in question after…
How U.S. responses to public health emergencies could be hamstrung by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. response to the pandemic got politically messy. A Friday Supreme Court…
Supreme Court undercuts regulators’ authority across government
Federal agencies’ longtime authority to regulate industries was significantly weakened by a Supreme Court decision…
Upending Purdue Pharma’s settlement does little to help today’s opioid crisis, advocates say
The drug policy world has been left torn by the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday…
Biden and Trump spar over Medicare and abortion in a presidential debate filled with mistakes and falsehoods
WASHINGTON — For the most part, substantive debates on health policy between President Biden and…
House panel passes bills to expand Medicare obesity drug coverage, cancer screening
WASHINGTON — A House committee overwhelmingly passed four bills on Thursday that would expand Medicare…
Key health care topics to watch out for at the Biden-Trump debate
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By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems are rising fast
In the pit of the pandemic, with no one to see and nowhere to go,…
House panel proposes new strategy for Medicare to cover weight loss drugs Wegovy, Zepbound
WASHINGTON — As weight loss medications have exploded in popularity, a bill to allow Medicare…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden’s use of bully pulpit to fight Covid misinformation
The Supreme Court on June 26 rebuffed states and anti-lockdown advocates who said the government…
Stop blindly allowing MA plans to use AI to deny care, lawmakers urge Biden administration
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to prohibit Medicare Advantage insurers…
Senators push Medicare for a PET scan pay bump
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STAT+: HHS finalizes penalties for providers resorting to ‘information blocking’
The federal government has cemented a key part of its strategy for making patients’ medical…
The findings from Alnylam’s highly anticipated readout
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STAT+: Federal judge rules in favor of hospital lobby in privacy lawsuit
A federal judge has sided with a powerful hospital lobby in a legal battle with…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA approval for Sarepta drug, MSF closing access campaign and more
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
A new era for NIH
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With sweeping NIH reform on the table, GOP previews new era of research scrutiny
WASHINGTON — There seems to be broad agreement that change is coming for the National…
This federal rule didn’t stop coercive sterilization — but it blocked contraceptive access. Can it be fixed?
Sonya Borrero didn’t learn about forced sterilization in medical school. She learned about it from…
FDA offers new guidelines for Covid-19 vaccine
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J.P. Morgan has officially jumped into early stage biotech investing
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STAT+: Does Sanders have the votes to subpoena a Novo exec?
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Supreme Court unanimously rejects challenge to mailed abortion pills
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that anti-abortion doctors did not have standing to challenge the…
Biden and Trump are fighting to claim credit for $35 insulin. It was actually a pharma giant’s idea
WASHINGTON — Both President Biden and former President Trump love to claim credit for getting…
STAT+: Europe is set to shake up the way it assesses new medicines. Gene therapy makers are worried
LONDON — A major shakeup in how the benefits of medicines are assessed in Europe…
What do Parkinson’s and obesity have in common?
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STAT+: Why Google and Microsoft can’t defuse U.S. health care’s ticking cybersecurity problem
Facing a worsening cybersecurity crisis in health care, the Biden administration has followed a familiar…
FDA says it’s getting serious about illegal vapes. It’s still likely to get a tongue lashing.
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STAT+: Medical device trials still don’t enroll enough women, study finds
Women have always been underrepresented in medical research. A new study reveals that not much…