ABIM

JUNE 20, 2025

ABIM is pleased to announce openings on the Board of Directors , ABIM Council and several Specialty Boards for initial three-year terms beginning July 1, 2026. ABIM Governance provides a meaningful and rewarding opportunity to join outstanding colleagues in service to the profession and to patients. RN, BSN, PA, NP, Pharm.D.)

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Pamela Wible MD

MAY 21, 2025

Contact Dr. Wible to save your spot for the ultimate Oregon coast physician retreat—and become the author your patients are searching for. 2026 Physician Vision Quest Retreat Dec 3–7, 2025 ~ 1:1 or small group retreat Craving clarity before the new year? Ready to be your own boss? Tax-deductible. CME included. By invitation only.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. For example, in specialties like cardiovascular disease and medical oncology with prevalent geriatric patient populations, concepts like frailty and falls may not be covered in assessment materials.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The rules were implemented to enhance patient safety protections via revised drug handling, packaging, and delivery requirements. Now, all nonresident pharmacies will need to be licensed in order to dispense prescription drugs to patients in Massachusetts. The most common drug Californians may be looking for this winter is Paxlovid.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

From new initiatives to facilitate faster reviews for new indications under the Split Real Time Application Review (STAR) pilot program, to bringing new meetings under PDUFA goals, to continued support for rare diseases and incorporation of the patient voice, the goals letter revealed a good number of welcome announcements.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 13, 2024

No rare pediatric disease vouchers could be awarded even to designated applications after September 30, 2026. After this date, without action by Congress, FDA’s authority to grant rare pediatric disease designations would expire, and no vouchers could be granted unless previously granted such a designation.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Complaints FDA discussed how LDT developers should handle the transition from the current Quality System Regulation (QSR)(21 CFR Part 820) to the recently promulgated Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) that is scheduled to take effect on February 2, 2026. is it the lab itself, the healthcare provider, or the patient?).

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FDA Law

APRIL 14, 2022

The draft MDUFA V commitment letter starts with a 70% goal in FY 2023, but if the de novo decision goal is met in FY 2023 and the fee revenue amount provided for FY 2026 and 2027 is adequate to support performance improvements, FDA plans to increase the goal to 80% in FY 2026.

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. After similar explorations in gastroenterology , hematology and medical oncology , ABIM announced the development of several new focused LKAs planned for launch in those areas in 2026.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It then establishes a new Rural Physician Income Tax Credit program, effective January 1, 2026, that provides a $10,000 annual tax credit to qualifying rural physicians for up to four tax years. Senate SB 43 – Patient Price Transparency Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Sen.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. They also noted a distinction in telehealth practices between remote consultations in different states and using telehealth to treat patients who live nearby.

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ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. Of note, they reported that the committees and the task force are ahead of schedule for developing new items to feature on the focused versions of the Hematology LKA launching in 2026.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

I will always, as always, say, you know, you’re welcome to do this in 2026. That was actually Ken, you remember that article, Nancy Schoenberg’s article on screening and what to say and what not to say to patients on how to talk. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies. Of course. We will step aside.

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ABIM

MAY 30, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. At the time of the spring 2025 meeting, ACGME had reviewed the proposal, which outlines clear roles for program directors and emphasizes both patient care and transplant knowledge.

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FDA Law

JUNE 14, 2023

The striking phrase “valley of death,” is generally understood to refer to the tendency for innovative technologies to fail to reach market, whether due to reimbursement and/or physician or patient preference. up to 225 total products enrolled through FY 2026 and up to 325 total products enrolled through FY 2027).

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FDA Law

JULY 7, 2024

The guidance restates the central premise of the final rule, i.e., that LDTs are medical devices and the clinical laboratories that design, manufacture and use them to test patient specimens are manufacturers. establish and maintain adverse event files.” [9]

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

patients are “first in the world” to receive innovative medical devices that are of “high-quality, safe, and effective” through “early, frequent, and strategic communications between the FDA and medical device sponsors.” Devices in the Safer Technologies Program (STeP) will be included in FY 2026. See Announcement.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

patients are “first in the world” to receive innovative medical devices that are of “high-quality, safe, and effective” through “early, frequent, and strategic communications between the FDA and medical device sponsors.” Devices in the Safer Technologies Program (STeP) will be included in FY 2026. See Announcement.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 14, 2022

The number will begin in 2026 with 10 drug covered under Medicare Part D and will increase annually to 20 Part B and 20 Part D drugs by 2029 and thereafter, with the selected drugs accumulating from year to year.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services in December 2020 to prevent Medicare Part D and Medicaid Managed Care plans from receiving rebates from manufacturers unless the rebates are passed through to pharmacies to reduce patient out-of-pocket expenses. We previously explained the rebate rule and its likely impact on patients and payors here.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

He directed the patients to seek local help. While it’s possible that Nath’s patients suffered covid vaccine injuries, Marks said, their symptoms were so varied it was hard to characterize a possible syndrome. .” The HHS budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 makes no mention of vaccine safety programs.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Interestingly, counsel focused his arguments exclusively on parrying legal attacks, rather than arguing why the rule was necessary to protect patients. FDA had been scheduled to hold a webinar on the Stage 2 (May 2026) requirements related to the investigational device requirements for LDTs later this month.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Under all of these programs, patient co-insurance would be calculated based on the MFP so that patients receive the benefit of that price. In the coverage gap phase, the patient would continue to pay 25% coinsurance but manufacturers would subsidize 10% of the remaining cost through the new CGDP. 8126 with a lower MFP.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date to January 2026, leaving patients, insurers, and employers in limbo. During IVF, a patient’s eggs are retrieved, combined with sperm in a lab, and then transferred to a person’s uterus. A single cycle can total around $25,000 , out of reach for many.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A final OIG rule to change the structure of manufacturer rebates to Medicare Part D and Medicaid Managed Care plans and their PBMs is enmeshed in litigation and is likely to be at least postponed until 2026 (see our post ), and perhaps prevented from implementation altogether, by Congressional mandate.

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