Writing to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about Department of Government Efficiency-assisted cuts releasing nearly 25% of the department’s employees – and his claim that the department’s overhaul consolidating…
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On March 15, President Trump signed the continuing resolution passed by Congress, which extended COVID-19-era Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations applicable to telehealth and hospital-at-home through September 30, 2025. It’s only the most…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a significant restructuring initiative, undertaken in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’…
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The Atomic Spectroscopy Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which provides definitive measurements integral to developing biomedical instrumentation that helps diagnose health conditions and advancing microchips, will close in a few…
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Legal Challenges to Federal Terminations
A Baltimore federal judge has directed the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate probationary federal employees who were terminated during President Trump’s efforts to reduce the federal workforce. The judge ruled…
President Donald Trump’s administration recently cancelled billions of dollars in funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), causing widespread concern among researchers and tech developers in the healthcare world.
These cuts are currently paused…
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The Trump Administration on Monday named a new nominee to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, following the withdrawal of its previous candidate, Dr. David Weldon.Susan Coller Monarez currently serves as…
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On Monday, President Donald Trump selected Susan Monarez — the current acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — to lead the agency going forward.
Below are six things to know about…
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The Looming Financial Crisis
Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility face a potential $80 billion loss in 2026 due to proposed funding cuts under the Trump administration. According to analysis from the Urban Institute…
LAS VEGAS – This past week at HIMSS25, a panel of healthcare interoperability leaders convened for an ad hoc discussion about the ongoing evolution of FHIR API-based data exchange: How it can be advanced,…
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