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An internal FDA memo circulated last month shows the agency is mulling timeframes for animal drug sponsors to comply with new voluntary policies intended to reduce the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals, but also…more

Washington state will likely be the first state to sign a memorandum of understanding with CMS on a duals demonstration that uses the managed fee-for-service model, a CMS official said, and a Washington state official outlined…more

Ohio is talking to CMS about leaving enrollment in the duals demonstration voluntary for the first three to six months, a private insurance official following the process tells Inside Health Policy, which would be the same…more

HHS' former insurance exchange chief tells Inside Health Policy that a phase-in of “age rating” compression generally is a better approach than an abrupt change, but Congress' decision to initiate the health law's 3:1 age band…more

JD Kleinke, the 20-year health economics veteran and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) who caused a stir with his Sept. 28 New York Times editorial, “The Conservative Case for Obamacare,” tells Inside…more

If polls continue to show public support eroding for Medicare premium support and Medicaid block grants, Republicans might have a difficult time pushing those reforms next year during the deficit reduction debates, some health…more

Many HHS agencies -- including CMS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Health Resources and Services Administration -- could fare better under the across-the-board cuts mandated by sequestration than if the…more

The American Hospital Association told Obama administration officials Monday that it agrees fraudulent billing practices -- such as inappropriately “upcoding” the intensity of care -- should not be accepted but said some of the…more

CMS is in the early stages of launching a Medicaid program integrity workgroup that states for months have been pushing the agency to set up as part of a holistic approach to overhauling the Medicaid program integrity arena. An…more