Senate Democrats today staged an en masse boycott of a committee hearing on the Trump administration’s nominees to lead the U.S. Health & Human Services and Treasury Depts., forcing Republicans to delay the votes on Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) and Steve Mnuchin. At least 1 Democrat must be present for the Senate Finance committee votes to take […]
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HHS nominee Price facing more questions ahead of Senate panel vote
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is facing more questions about his stock deals, a day before a U.S. Senate panel is slated to vote on whether to approve his nomination to head the Health & Humans Services Dept. Price, a physician who is chairman of the House budget committee and a member of the House Ways & Means […]
Feds to investigate connected medical devices in hospitals
The inspector general’s office at the U.S. Health & Human Services Dept. plans to investigate the security of networked medical devices in hospitals, according to the HHS OIG’s work plan for fiscal 2016. “We will examine whether FDA’s oversight of hospitals’ networked medical devices is sufficient to effectively protect associated electronic protected health information (ePHI) […]
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NuVasive settles Justice Dept. probe for $14m
NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) today said it agreed to pay $13.8 million to settle a U.S. Justice Dept. probe into possible healthcare fraud.