Health IT Appointments & Hires
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring include the new AMA President and recent hires and appointments at HHS.
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Securing Industry Pledge to Fix Broken Prior Authorization System
HHS Secretary Kennedy and CMS Administrator Oz press conference on securing industry pledges to fix the broken Prior Authorization System. They met with insurance leaders of nearly 80% of covered Americans.
Kennedy’s HHS Sent Congress ‘Junk Science’ To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say
By Jackie Fortier – A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to change U.S. policy on covid vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others.
Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists
By Arthur Allen – The Trump administration’s unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine and pandemic preparedness experts, who said the project was in early stages, relied on old technology, and was just one of more than 200 such efforts.
MAHA Commission Unveils Landmark Report
The “Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment” report exposes a range of contributing factors—including poor diet, accumulation of environmental toxins, insufficient physical activity, chronic stress, and overmedicalization.
HHS, FDA Issue RFI on Deregulatory Plan to Lower Costs and Empower Providers
The initiative is part of a broader federal effort to reduce regulatory burdens and increase transparency, in alignment with President Trump’s Executive Order 14192, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation.”
Trump Policies at Odds With ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Push
By Stephanie Armour – But even as he extols MAHA, Trump has unleashed a slew of policies likely to make Americans less healthy. He’s slashing 20,000 full time positions from HHS and cutting more than $4 billion in indirect costs related to health research grants, including studies into treatment for Alzheimer’s and cancer.
HHS Shares Location and Availability of the International Da Vinci Project Report
The Department of Health and Human Services is making stakeholders aware of the availability of the International Da Vinci Project Report. The notice provides the location and information which includes test results from the use of the HL7 FHIR standards approved for use under the HIPAA exceptions process at Title 45 CFR § 162.940.
100 Days of Health Policy Upheaval
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, Members of Congress are back in Washington, and Republicans are facing hard decisions on how to reduce Medicaid spending, even as new polling shows that would be unpopular among their voters.