FDA, the Government of India and U.S Customs and Border Protection stopped nearly 500 shipments of unapproved illicit drugs as part of a bilateral enforcement program known as Operation Broadsword.

HHS released a three-part study Friday (Feb. 14) that found a 40% increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with sepsis over the past seven years -- though CMS says the fact that most entered the hospital with sepsis instead of subsequently acquiring it could be a sign that efforts to reduce hospital-based infections are working.

Indiana is asking CMS to let the state extend its Medicaid program, called the Healthy Indiana Plan, for an additional 10 years, to 2030, after closing the door on the possibility of using the agency’s newly unveiled guidance to block grant its program.

Changes to the Senate Finance drug pricing bill already have been made and the Congressional Budget Office is estimating the revisions’ impact on the budget, but Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley remained mum on those changes Thursday (Feb. 13).