Government & Policy

Healthcare worker showing tablet to patient
By Jessica Hagen 02:34 pm October 16, 2023
The medtech giant signed a contract with BARDA to devise AI-enabled ultrasound technology that helps clinicians triage and diagnose lung pathology and traumatic injury. 
People using a laptop
By Susan Morse 03:34 pm October 13, 2023
This year, 31 plans earned 5 stars, compared to 57 in 2023 and 74 in 2022.
U.S Food and Drug Administration headquarters
By Mike Miliard 11:07 am October 12, 2023
The agency seeks to draw on outside expertise to "ensure we appropriately apply our regulatory authority in a way that protects patient health while continuing to support innovation," says the director of its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
DEA extends remote prescribing of controlled substances 
By Susan Morse 09:59 am October 10, 2023
Numerous telehealth flexibilities allowed under the pandemic will need to be decided on a more permanent basis, ATA says.
NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston
By Andrea Fox 10:34 am October 09, 2023
The software services provider to nonprofits announced it has agreed to pay 49 states and the District of Columbia this month to resolve investigations into a 2020 cyber hack and into misleading data breach statements made to patients and consumers.
A lightbulb illuminates application icons.
By Andrea Fox 11:05 am October 05, 2023
Also: Chilmark Research publishes a new ebook offering tips for responsible AI deployment.
Hands holding smartphone
By Andrea Fox 10:28 am October 03, 2023
The American Hospital Association says new regs from the HHS Office for Civil Rights clash with HIPAA, contradict interoperability efforts and are "flawed as a matter of law and harmful as a matter of policy."
Person using AI chat touchscreen
By Jeff Lagasse 10:12 am October 02, 2023
Such an approach, the group said, would allow oversight organizations to tailor their regulations to the particular risks linked to AI.
Person in lab coat showing person bags of cannabis
By Jeff Lagasse 03:24 pm September 29, 2023
The goal is to improve health outcomes by enabling pathways for cannabis education with a focus on compassion and social justice. 
Stethoscope on tablet
By Susan Morse 10:19 am September 25, 2023
 More than 7 million have lost Medicaid coverage, with states taking widely different approaches to the redetermination process, says John Barkett.