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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

Key Health Care Budget Proposals: Proposed Medi-Cal Cuts and Enrollment Changes Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is typically funded through a partnership between the state and the federal government. To fill that gap, California has chosen to use state-only funds to provide certain Medi-Cal benefits to undocumented Californians.

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A Temporary Extension for the Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher with a Longer-Term Extension in Sight?

FDA Law Blog

Designed to incentivize the development of drugs for pediatric rare diseases where such development may not otherwise have occurred, vouchers may be granted for drugs for serious or life-threatening rare diseases where the serious or life-threatening manifestations primarily affect individuals aged from birth to 18 years.

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Small Change: FDA’s Final Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) Guidance Ditches ML and Adds Some Details, But Otherwise Sticks Closely to the Draft

FDA Law Blog

FDA provides definitions for the three datasets. The update procedures should include plans for required labeling changes and training provided to end users. Post-market surveillance plans and procedures (PMS) are a requirement under ISO 13485 which will be adopted into FDAs Quality Management System Regulation in 2026.

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Hematology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. She also sought input on overlapping aspects of community practice across the disciplines of internal medicine to inform ABIM’s recruitment efforts for broad physician representation in governance roles. Advanced Practice Providers in the Hematology-Oncology Workforce* Guinevere Z.

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Infectious Disease Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. She also sought input on overlapping aspects of community practice across the disciplines of internal medicine to inform ABIM’s recruitment efforts for broad physician representation in governance roles.

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Infrastructure Bill Set to Delay Trump-era Rebate Rule to Raise Cash

FDA Law Blog

CMS estimated that the rule would result in savings in individual out-of-pocket costs but such savings would be more than offset by increased premiums. The rule was estimated to cost the federal government around $196 billion over ten years. See bipartisan bill summary at 5.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 2)

FDA Law Blog

This bill, which addresses numerous areas of the economy, public health, and government regulation, includes Subtitle E, Drug Pricing. A manufacturer that failed to provide access to the MFP would be subject to a civil monetary penalty of ten times the excessive price charged. Subtitle E is a slightly modified version of H.R.