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Medicaid Middleman Ships Jobs, Tech to India Despite State Rules The largest Medicaid claims processor has built a network of at least 1,800 engineers and analysts in India, rapidly increasing hiring in recent months, even though many of its state contracts require work to be done in the US unless waivers are issued.

The largest Medicaid claims processor has built a network of at least 1,800 engineers and analysts in India, rapidly increasing hiring in recent months, even though many of its state contracts require work to be done in the US unless waivers are issued.

Trump’s FTC Chair Looking for Deception in Gender-Affirming Care The Federal Trade Commission is weighing whether certain gender-affirming care practices are deceptive and need greater scrutiny, the agency’s leader said Wednesday.

The Federal Trade Commission is weighing whether certain gender-affirming care practices are deceptive and need greater scrutiny, the agency’s leader said Wednesday.

NIH Faces Skeptical Judge in Fight Over Slashed Research Grants A federal judge wrestled Thursday with the NIH’s reasons for terminating hundreds of research grants that are no longer in line with the Trump administration’s priorities.

A federal judge wrestled Thursday with the NIH’s reasons for terminating hundreds of research grants that are no longer in line with the Trump administration’s priorities. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Medicaid Work Requirements Pose Capacity Challenge for States A nationwide mandate for Medicaid work requirements proposed by House GOP lawmakers would require states implement systems for identifying recipients with exemptions and verify beneficiaries who must ...

Medicaid work requirements will impose significant costs on states responsible for determining whether recipients are adhering to them. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Abortion Clinics Boost Security as DOJ Limits Federal Shield Law Reproductive health centers are preparing for more aggressive threats from anti-abortion protesters as the Trump administration restricts enforcement of a decades-old federal law protecting access to clinics.

Reproductive health centers are preparing for more aggressive threats from anti-abortion protesters as the Trump administration restricts enforcement of a decades-old federal law protecting access to clinics.

AstraZeneca failed to convince a federal appeals court that the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program is unconstitutional, dealing another blow the drug industry’s fight against the Biden-era plan. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

RFK Jr. Eyes Medicare Data to Study Root Causes of Autism The Trump administration is planning to advance research into the root causes of autism spectrum disorder through a partnership to build a data platform that utilizes medical claims data, electronic m...

The Trump administration plans to advance research into the root causes of autism spectrum disorder through a partnership to build a data platform that utilizes medical claims data, electronic medical records, and data from consumer wearable devices. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Medicaid Lifetime Limit Proposal Sets Stage for Legal Battle A request from Arizona to introduce lifetime limits on Medicaid coverage could test the boundaries of the Trump administration’s authority to reshape the program, leaving the door open for similar res...

A request from Arizona to introduce lifetime limits on Medicaid coverage could test the boundaries of the Trump administration’s authority to reshape the program, leaving the door open for similar restrictions across the country. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Hospitals Scrutinize Oz’s Telehealth Pitch as Medicaid Cuts Loom Health industry executives are welcoming Mehmet Oz’s embrace of telehealth to aid struggling rural hospitals, but say it may not be enough to stave off the devastating impact that deep cuts to Medicai...

Health industry executives are welcoming Mehmet Oz’s embrace of telehealth to aid struggling rural hospitals, but say it may not be enough to stave off the devastating impact that deep cuts to Medicaid funding would bring. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Hospitals Scrutinize Oz’s Telehealth Pitch as Medicaid Cuts Loom Health industry executives are welcoming Mehmet Oz’s embrace of telehealth to aid struggling rural hospitals, but say it may not be enough to stave off the devastating impact that deep cuts to Medicaid funding would bring.

Health industry executives are welcoming Mehmet Oz’s embrace of telehealth to aid struggling rural hospitals, but say it may not be enough to stave off the devastating impact that deep cuts to Medicaid funding would bring.

Trump Defying Court Orders Is ‘Stress Test’ for the Judiciary The Trump administration is defying court orders and there isn’t much the Supreme Court can do to stop it.

The Trump administration is defying court orders and there isn’t much the Supreme Court can do to stop it.

Trump's willingness to skirt court orders is illustrating just how little power the federal judiciary has to enforce its decisions.

Trump Drug Pricing Order Spurs Doubts With Staff Cuts, Tariffs President Donald Trump’s executive order to lower prescription drug costs is filled with actions that policy analysts and patient groups say will reward the pharmaceutical industry while doing little ...

President Trump’s executive order to lower drug costs is filled with actions that policy analysts and patient groups say will reward the pharmaceutical industry while doing little to reduce health-care spending nationwide. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Judge Blocks Cities From Defending HHS Abortion Privacy Rule A federal judge in Texas shot down a request from two liberal cities and a physician group to defend a Biden administration abortion rule in a lawsuit should the Trump administration drop out of the c...

ICYMI. A federal judge in Texas shot down a request from two liberal cities and a physician group to defend a Biden administration abortion rule in a lawsuit should the Trump administration drop out of the case. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

FDA Cuts Threaten New Drugs as Reviewers Saddled With Extra Jobs HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping layoffs across federal health agencies is disrupting the work of drug, medical device, and food reviewers, forcing employees to pick up additional duties...

RFK Jr.'s sweeping layoffs across federal health agencies are disrupting the work of drug, medical device, and food reviewers, forcing employees to pick up additional duties after administrative and support staff lost their jobs. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Specter of Job Cuts Looms Over CDC’s Infection-Tracking Efforts The epidemiology community is hoping a federal program to thwart infections among patients and health-care staff will emerge intact amid job cuts and reorganization at the Centers for Disease Control ...

The epidemiology community is hoping a federal program to thwart infections among patients and health-care staff will emerge intact amid job cuts and reorganization at the CDC. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Medicaid’s Gatekeepers Fail to Catch Fraud, and Often Don’t Try Taxpayers are losing billions of dollars each year because state health departments and their Medicaid contractors, led by Gainwell Technologies Inc., routinely fail to catch, and sometimes ignore, ev...

EXCLUSIVE: The federal government loses billions each year because state Medicaid programs and their contractors routinely fail to catch even the most obvious fraud and misspending. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

AI, Algorithm-Based Health Insurer Denials Pose New Legal Threat A string of lawsuits targeting the use of artificial intelligence and algorithms in claims denials is raising risks for private health insurers and employers, even as the litigation encounters early o...

A string of lawsuits targeting the use of AI and algorithms in claims denials is raising risks for private health insurers and employers, even as the litigation encounters early obstacles.

Oz's Call for AI to Speed Coverage Decisions Draws Objections Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, used his Senate confirmation hearing Friday to tout the benefits of artificial intelligence to help st...

Consumer policy watchers are leery of Dr. Oz's support for using AI to streamline the prior approval process for Medicare managed care plans. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Tracking Trump in Court: The Scope of Executive Power Tested Judges appointed by every president since Ronald Reagan are handling the wave of litigation filed over President Donald Trump’s early actions — including some appointed during his first term.

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Trump Health Transparency Order Sparks Hope of Enforcement Boost Employers and consumer advocates are hoping President Donald Trump will tighten requirements of price transparency measures and boost enforcement against the health care industry following his executi...

Employers and consumer advocates hope President Trump will tighten requirements of price transparency measures and boost enforcement against the health-care industry following his executive order this week. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Medicaid Set for Scrutiny as Trump Targets Immigration The Trump administration’s laser focus on curtailing illegal immigration could test Medicaid programs that offer various forms of the low-income insurance benefit to patients regardless of immigration...

The Trump administration’s laser focus on curtailing illegal immigration could test Medicaid programs that offer various forms of the low-income insurance benefit to patients regardless of immigration status, lawyers say. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

HHS Tells Staff to Respond to Email Asking Them to Describe Work The Department of Health and Human Services is directing employees to answer a federal government-wide message asking workers to share their recent accomplishments, telling them that it’s a legitimate...

NEW: The HHS is directing employees to answer a government-wide message asking workers to share their recent accomplishments, telling them that it’s a legitimate email. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

FDA Begins to Rescind Firings, Calls Some Employees Back to Work The FDA late Friday started reversing termination notices for some employees that were laid off, informing workers to return to work after mass firings a week ago.

ICYMI. The FDA started reversing termination notices for some employees that were laid off, informing workers to return to work after mass firings a week ago. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Lawsuit Over Biden's Transgender Health Rule Paused by Judge (1) A federal judge paused a legal battle between the US Department of Health and Human Services and a children’s clinic over a transgender health-care rule following a change in priorities announced by t...

A federal judge paused a legal battle between the HHS and a children’s clinic over a transgender health-care rule following a change in priorities announced by the Trump administration. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

HHS Civil Rights Office Rescinds Gender Affirming Care Guidance (1) Gender affirming care guidance is being withdrawn by the US Department of Health and Human Services in effort to support executive actions from President Donald Trump.

The HHS is withdrawing guidance on gender-affirming care in an effort to support executive actions from President Trump. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

US Health Agency Takes Steps to Implement Trump's Gender Order The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday the agency won’t recognize more than two sexes, as it works to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order on gender identity.

NEW: The HHS announced today the agency won’t recognize more than two sexes as it works to implement President Trump’s executive order on gender identity. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

FDA Begins Layoffs as Trump Moves to Shrink Federal Workforce The Trump administration began to fire employees at the Food and Drug Administration Saturday, according to an email notice targeting workers under a probationary period.

ICYMI. The Trump administration began to fire employees at the FDA on Saturday, according to an email notice targeting workers under a probationary period. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

FDA Begins Layoffs as Trump Moves to Shrink Federal Workforce The Trump administration began to fire employees at the Food and Drug Administration Saturday, according to an email notice targeting workers under a probationary period.

NEW: The Trump administration began to fire employees at the FDA on Saturday, according to an email notice targeting workers under a probationary period. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Trump HHS Halts Biden Medicare Program to Improve Hospices The Trump administration Friday “ceased” implementation for 2025 of a disputed Biden administration program designed to remediate poor-performing hospices until it can be evaluated further.

NEW: The Trump administration Friday “ceased” implementation for 2025 of a disputed Biden administration program designed to remediate poor-performing hospices until it can be evaluated further. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Last-Minute Biden Prescribing Policies Paused by Trump Agencies The implementation of regulations allowing more flexibility for doctors looking to prescribe controlled substances online is on hold until the Biden-era rules can be reviewed by the Trump administrati...

The implementation of regulations allowing more flexibility for doctors looking to prescribe controlled substances online is on hold until the Biden-era rules can be reviewed by the Trump administration. #healthpolicy news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...