The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) launched a new public dashboard to track when organ transplants occur outside of the standard list of matched patients. The organ transplant system matches donor organs with patients based on urgency, distance, and other rules to ensure fairness. Allocation out of sequence (AOOS) happens when a transplant is offered, accepted, or transplanted outside of the expected order. HRSA… (McClurg, August 27, 2025) #Program Integrity, #Transparency

Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Secretary of the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, announced an initiative to encourage medical education organizations to implement comprehensive nutrition education and training. The initiative is part of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) focus on using nutrition to prevent and manage chronic disease. HHS emphasizes that… (McClurg, August 27, 2025) #Nutrition, #Workforce

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new implementation plan titled “Leading in Gold Standard Science.” This announcement comes out against the backdrop of the recent Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump Administration to continue to withhold NIH grants that were deemed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (Impact Summary). The guide states that the NIH… (Marceno, August 26, 2025) #Clinical Labs, #Comparative Effectiveness Research, #Grants, #National Institutes of Health

On August 21, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), terminated California’s federal grant for sex education after the state refused to strip references to “gender ideology” from its curriculum (press release). This decision is expected to cut off $12.3 million in remaining funds for the California Personal Responsibility Education Program (CA PREP), which provides… (Eisen, August 25, 2025) <span style="font-size:90%;

On August 22, U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson granted a preliminary injunction in City of Columbus et al v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. et al (D. Md.), temporarily blocking the implementation of six of the eight challenged provisions of the 2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule, which were scheduled to take effect as early as August 25, 2025. Detailed summaries of each… (Eisen, August 22, 2025) #Affordable Care Act, #Costs

Yesterday, in National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration can continue withholding more than $780 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants. The administration had terminated funding for over 1,700 projects following Executive Orders directing the termination of programs that “promote” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and what… (Eisen, August 22, 2025) #National Institutes of Health