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PatientRightsAdvocate.org says it wants to bring transparency to the American Medical Association's billing codes used by Medicare and states to set reimbursement rates for healthcare professionals. They hope to publish the codes online and make them free to the public. The AMA currently charges licensing fees to use the codes.
Georgia, Connecticut, and Nevada are among the states offering Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, but operators are worried about Medicaid money. Other state health news is reported from Arkansas, Massachusetts, Texas, and elsewhere.
In a letter from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., more than 200 hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, and other providers were referred to federal investigators over youth transgender-care billing.
President Trump's push to split the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into separate shots would require drugmakers to revive a slate of individual vaccines that have not been widely used in the U.S. for decades. Drugmakers also would have to build manufacturing plants capable of producing millions more vaccine doses, the AP reported.
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The Trump administration had announced plans to award the contract to the Burke Law Group, a Houston-based firm with scant immigration experience, but Burke declined the offer, the AP reported. Meanwhile, the AP also reported that concerns are being raised over ICE's plan to give officers gloves that deliver electric shocks.
The Common Health Coalition will use the funds toward the Breakthroughs to Follow-Through Initiative with the goal to “at least double” hepatitis C cure rates. Also in the news: invasive mold disease, valley fever, SSRIs in pregnancy, and more.
Jury selection for the trial moved forward Wednesday, after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco cleared the way for lawsuits to proceed against Meta and other social media companies on Monday. Meta has denied that it violated state laws and sees the cases as a way of policing free speech, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. California and other states are seeking more than $1 trillion in penalties.
The latest CDC data shows only about 2,000 more cases recorded over the last week, whereas the prior week saw more than 22,000 cases recorded, ABC News reported. Meanwhile, the FDA is seeking to reassure Americans that they can feel safe eating fresh produce again, The Hill reported.
Eli Lilly is ramping up its fight by filing lawsuits against American businesses that sell its drug retatrutide illegally and asking regulators to step in, Bloomberg reported. Meanwhile, doctors born abroad play a significant role in caring for underserved patients, and immigration policies threaten that workforce, MedPage Today reported.
President Donald Trump’s call for children to receive fewer disease-preventing immunizations offers Erica Schwartz the chance to back up a statement she made during her confirmation hearing, where she said she “will never betray the science."
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A known ransomware group claimed to have taken confidential corporate and patient data from the Anderson, S.C.-based health system, Becker's Hospital Review reported. Also in industry news: DentaQuest's data breach, Delaware's ban on private equity acquisitions of hospitals, and more.
According to a Public Health Alerts report, disposable flavored e-cigarettes comprised roughly 69% of unauthorized sales in December 2025, with 24.8% of users being 18 to 24. Also in the news: undisclosed chemicals in personal care products; health risks of cleaning products; and more.
An estimated 1 in 3 counties across the nation do not have an obstetrician, midwife, or medical center that specializes in labor and delivery, an annual March of Dimes report found. Nearly 100 labor and delivery units have been shuttered since the beginning of 2025, and travel to the nearest maternity center can take more than an hour for people in rural areas, NBC News reported.
Although congressionally mandated inspections lagged during the administrations of both political parties, FDA staffing cuts made by the Trump administration have squeezed the agency even further, with foreign food safety inspections falling by 29% from 2024, CBS News reported. The 2019 inspection at Taylor Farms de Mexico found no violations, records show.
The herbicide has been linked to thyroid disease and birth defects. California follows Vermont, as well as 60 countries, in banning the weedkiller. The Los Angeles Times says millions of pounds of paraquat pesticide are sprayed annually on almonds, grapes, cotton, and other crops.
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