Practice Management News

Allergan has announced it has made a significant donation to support the AASLD Foundation’s hepatology research and education initiatives.

The U. S. Senate approved the nomination of Rep. Tom Price, MD, (R-Ga.) as secretary of HHS in a 52 to 47 vote.

The AMA’s president has lauded a federal judge’s decision earlier this week that stopped Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna.

The ACP, along with 11 other health care organizations, recently sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly urging that President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on immigration be overturned, offering recommendations to replace the travel ban with non-discriminatory policies that support families, public health and medical education, according to a press release.

In an Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter, CMS recently proposed updates for the Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Programs in 2018. If the changes are finalized they will offer stable and fair payments to plans, according to a press release.

President Donald J. Trump this week hinted that he may favor a national law giving terminally ill patients the right to try drugs that are still in development.

From international law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.

The Senate Finance Committee voted to advance the nominations of Rep. Tom Price, MD, (R-Ga.) as secretary of HHS and of Steven Mnuchin as secretary of the treasury to the full Senate without the presence of Senate Democrats.

The ACP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and other medical associations recently released comprehensive statements announcing serious concerns about the effects that President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on immigration will have on medical education, access to health care services, public health and families.

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee boycotted the executive session that would decide the nominations of Rep. Tom Price, MD, (R-Ga.) as secretary of HHS and Steven Mnuchin as secretary of the treasury.