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HHS pushed a new “Real Food” promotional event on October 16, another reminder that the department is still mixing public health with branding exercises. The substance is thin, the messaging is loud, and the contrast between policy work and spectacle is doing most of the talking.
The Justice Department and HHS announced a new self-disclosure protocol for criminal health-care fraud on October 15. Companies that want to come clean now only need to disclose once to get the benefits of both agencies’ programs. It’s framed as efficiency; it also reads like an acknowledgment that the old process w...
The Justice Department announced a resolution tied to pediatric gender-affirming care on October 14, signaling that the administration is still using federal power to pressure providers and reshape the medical field. Supporters call it child protection; critics will call it state-backed intimidation.
CMS says it removed subsidy support for 189,000 people it identified as duplicated across programs or dead, framing the move as a major fraud save. The policy may plug real leaks, but it also puts a harsh spotlight on how messy eligibility systems still are.
HHS said the storm damage in Florida and Alabama triggered federal public-health emergency authority, unlocking temporary waivers and other Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP flexibilities.
The Justice Department said it reached an agreement with Mount Sinai to end pediatric gender-affirming care, part of the administration’s broader campaign against transgender health care.
The administration said it plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud concerns, a move that promises a huge fight over whether the government is cleaning up abuse or blowing up coverage.
A multistate coalition led by Delaware sued to block new federal conditions on family-planning money, saying the administration is trying to force ideology into reproductive health care.
The administration’s August food-policy revamp continued to generate criticism and industry uncertainty as officials pushed ahead with new oversight rules and ingredient reporting requirements.
Fresh measles deaths in Pennsylvania have ignited a political and public-health brawl, with officials and politicians openly clashing over how to describe a deadly outbreak that should not be a culture-war event at all.
HHS’s civil-rights office launched compliance reviews of five medical schools over possible discrimination concerns. The agency is packaging the move as a merit push, but it is another sign of the administration’s crackdown-driven approach to education policy.
HHS announced a $122 million investment for Virginia health access, workforce, and innovation. The money may help, but it also highlights how much the administration is leaning on targeted grants to patch a broader care system.
Federal health officials announced a HIPAA settlement with Azul Vision, keeping the pressure on providers that mishandle patient access rights.
A multistate coalition filed suit on August 27 to block new Trump administration conditions on Title X family-planning money, arguing the rules are vague, unlawful, and designed to force providers out of the program.
Gov. Tony Evers and state officials filed suit after HHS tied family-planning grant eligibility to the Trump administration’s political priorities, setting up a new fight over whether Title X money can be used as a loyalty test.
HHS said on August 27 it settled another HIPAA right-of-access case, marking the 55th such enforcement action and underscoring how persistent medical-record access violations remain.
The CDC’s director was pushed out and several senior officials resigned as the agency’s internal revolt over political meddling, budget cuts, and vaccine policy spilled into public view.
A skin-cancer testing company agreed to pay up to $5 million to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare for unreliable tests. The company is now in bankruptcy, which is a bad sign even before you get to the part where federal prosecutors say the billing practices were broken.
The Villages Health System agreed to pay more than half a billion dollars to resolve allegations that it inflated Medicare Advantage payments with false diagnoses.
Health and Human Services finalized a civil-rights rule that ends disparate-impact liability in its Title VI regulations. The change is a big win for opponents of antidiscrimination enforcement and a major retreat from earlier federal interpretations.
The Justice Department’s suit over New York’s $10 billion home-care program keeps the pressure on a huge Medicaid system critics say was quietly turned into a taxpayer nightmare.
A new round of settlements and sentencings shows the federal government still hauling in major fraud recoveries and prison terms in health care, customs, and client-theft cases.
The department’s decision to defer more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments keeps landing hard, with state officials now facing immediate budget and care consequences.