The Federal Trade Commission’s revival of a long-dormant policy might dissuade drug companies from using rebates and discount bundles, according to White & Case Chair of Global Antitrust Practice J. Mark Gidley.
Medicaid directors want confirmation from the Biden administration that Medicaid eligibility and public health emergency unwinding guidance will not change in the future, the National Association of Medicaid Directors said at their annual conference, and Biden administration officials tried to reassure them that HHS is listening to stakeholders’ concerns about certainty.
FDA on Tuesday (Nov. 15) published a final rule that establishes additional recordkeeping requirements for companies that manufacture, process or pack foods, in a bid to improve the traceability of contaminated foods in line with the goals of FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative, which outlines the agency’s goals for improving food safety over the next few years.
The Department of Labor on Tuesday (Nov. 16) announced it had recovered more than $28.6 million for nearly 25,000 workers in residential care, nursing facilities and home health services -- many of which receive Medicare and Medicaid funding -- in the first year of its Care Workers Initiative.
LAS VEGAS -- HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told Inside TeleHealth in a backstage interview at the HLTH Conference that he wants Congress to take legislative action to permanently expand access to telehealth by enabling HHS to reach rural communities with quality broadband access, working with states to expand interstate telehealth and including behavioral health provisions within telehealth legislation.
