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    House passes Republican health bill without ACA subsidy extension

    The legislation makes no mention of the financial assistance, setting the subsidies up to lapse in just a few weeks.

    By • Dec. 18, 2025
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    Lawmakers worry about new VA Oracle EHR rollouts

    Thirteen medical centers are scheduled to go live with the Oracle records system next year. But the embattled project hasn’t fully implemented most recommendations from the Government Accountability Office.

    By • Dec. 17, 2025
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    Wyden pushes EHR vendors to adopt data privacy features

    The influential senator pressed 10 health IT and EHR firms to implement features that give patients more control over the flow of their health data.

    By • Dec. 16, 2025
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    FDA gets mixed feedback on performance monitoring for AI

    Medtech industry groups said the FDA should use existing regulatory and quality tools to monitor performance, while medical groups said device manufacturers should be responsible for monitoring AI.

    By Elise Reuter • Dec. 16, 2025
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    Lawmakers say advanced nursing should count as a ‘professional degree’

    A bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing back against new reforms from the Trump administration that would lower borrowing caps for advanced nursing degrees, arguing they would exacerbate an existing workforce shortage.

    By • Dec. 15, 2025
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    FDA needs more staff, authority to oversee device recalls, watchdog finds

    “FDA's challenges — such as insufficient staffing — can create inefficiencies in the process and potentially put lives at risk,” the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.

    By Elise Reuter • Dec. 15, 2025
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    Texas sues Epic over alleged EHR monopoly

    The suit also accuses Epic of restricting parents’ access to children’s medical records. Epic called the complaint “flawed and misguided.”

    By • Dec. 12, 2025
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    Senate rejects competing health bills, setting up ACA subsidy lapse

    The failure of both bills means enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans will likely expire at the end of the year. Healthcare groups urged lawmakers to extend the subsidies, noting premiums could skyrocket.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Democrats’ ACA subsidy extension adds $83B to deficit, boosts insured: CBO

    The plan to extend the more generous financial assistance for three years is expected to go up for a vote in the Senate Thursday, alongside a Republican alternative that would replace the subsidies. 

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Provider groups urge Trump administration to drop proposed HIPAA update

    The proposed cybersecurity rule, released during the waning days of the Biden administration, would add “substantial new financial burdens” on providers, the groups wrote to the HHS.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    FDA pilots allowing digital health devices access to CMS payment program

    Companies can ask the FDA to waive premarket authorization and investigational device requirements while they collect real-world data in a CMS program.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • Dec. 10, 2025
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    Early ACA enrollment holds steady despite subsidy turmoil

    Some 5.8 million people have signed up for 2026 ACA plans so far, up about 7% year over year. Still, enrollment tends to shift over signup periods, so it’s too early to conclude that the Obamacare exchanges won’t shrink next year.

    By • Dec. 10, 2025
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    Crapo, Cassidy propose enhanced ACA subsidy alternative

    The legislation, which is scheduled for a vote Thursday, would send funds directly to health savings accounts paired with bronze or catastrophic plans offered on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

    By • Dec. 10, 2025
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    Change cyberattack relief funding overpaid many hospitals: study

    But more than 300 hospitals didn’t participate in the CMS’ relief program, even though they faced financial disruption — and were more likely to be small and rural facilities, according to Health Affairs research.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
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    1 in 4 ACA enrollees could go uninsured if subsidies lapse: KFF

    Nearly 60% of survey respondents said they wouldn’t be able to afford a $300 annual increase in healthcare costs without significantly disrupting their finances.

    By • Dec. 8, 2025
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    Aya Healthcare, Cross Country terminate staffing acquisition following FTC scrutiny

    The companies said extensive antitrust review made an acquisition untenable. Regulators said the deal would have “eliminated head-to-head competition” between two of the largest staffing service firms.

    By • Dec. 8, 2025
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    HHS outlines strategy to expand AI adoption

    Although the strategy is internally focused to start, the agency said it will collaborate with the private sector and identify “priority” conditions and health issues that could be addressed with AI tools. 

    By • Dec. 5, 2025
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    ‘Discredited’ CDC panel weakens endorsement for newborns’ hepatitis B shot

    After initially delaying a vote, ACIP backed a softer stance that dissenting members warned would cause harm to children in the future.

    By • Updated Dec. 5, 2025
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    Senators agree they need to act on expiring ACA subsidies. But they can’t nail down how.

    Hidden in Republicans’ ACA bashing during a health committee hearing last week were some signs that a clean extension of more generous subsidies isn’t completely off the table — though one still doesn’t look likely.

    By • Dec. 4, 2025
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    Covert watchdog testing finds ACA vulnerable to subsidy fraud

    The Government Accountability Office successfully enrolled 18 out of 20 fake applicants in subsidized ACA plans. Republicans jumped on the report as ammunition in the debate over expanded subsidies.

    By • Dec. 4, 2025
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    House passes bill extending hospital at home waivers for five years

    The bill would waive certain requirements to enable hospitals to provide acute inpatient care in patients’ homes through 2030. It now heads to the Senate.

    By • Dec. 3, 2025
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    CVS agrees to pay $38M to settle insulin fraud claims

    For a decade, CVS knew it was skirting rules meant to limit overprescribing but did nothing to stop, according to the Department of Justice.

    By • Dec. 3, 2025
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    Trump administration repeals Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate

    HHS repealed the rule on Tuesday, which would have required nursing homes to increase staffing, saying the regulations would have disproportionately harmed rural communities.

    By Susanna Vogel • Dec. 3, 2025
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    Richard Pazdur, FDA drug czar, to retire from agency

    Weeks after being named head of CDER, Pazdur has submitted paperwork to step down at the end of the month, exacerbating what’s already been a turbulent year at the FDA.

    By Ben Fidler • Dec. 2, 2025
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    Hospitals sue to block HHS 340B rebate pilot

    The American Hospital Association, a Maine hospital group and four nonprofit systems are seeking a temporary restraining order against HHS’ controversial test of a new discount structure in the decades-old program.

    By • Dec. 2, 2025