Billy Wynne
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that bars hospitals from providing gender-affirming care for children under the age of…
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) is seeking nominations to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). NVAC comprises seventeen voting members with…
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Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID), along with Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), introduced…
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report describing the benefits and challenges of wearable technology for clinical decision-making. GAO assessed how clinicians use data from wearables…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servies released a notice with comment period on its process to provide accelerated Medicare coverage through the Regulatory Alignment…
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The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee failed to advance Farm Bill reauthorization during a markup of the Agricultural Act of 2026. In addition to agricultural programs, the Farm…
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In this roundup, we highlight major federal artificial intelligence (AI) developments spanning health care, frontier model oversight, technical standards, scientific infrastructure, education and workforce funding,…
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the second ever decertification of an organ procurement organization (OPO), the Network for Hope operating in Kentucky, Indiana,…
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CMS Publishes State Implementation Tool for Section 71109 Medicaid Eligibility Changes The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an implementation tool to help…
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The Senate Budget Committee convened a hearing examining spending growth and fraud in the Medicaid program. The hearing follows similar activity in the House that…
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