The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

Assisting surgeries, disinfecting rooms, dispensing medication, keeping company: believe it or not these are the tasks medical robots will soon undertake in hospitals, pharmacies, or your nearest doctor’s office. Instead of a human, however, they used a mannequin designed for medical training.

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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. The ABIM Council approved the pilot earlier this year and submitted it to the American Board of Medical Specialties, the final approval stage before implementation.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

Imposes New (State-Only) Medi-Cal Premiums for Undocumented Adults – Implements $100 monthly premiums for undocumented adults aged 19 and older, effective January 1, 2027. Medi-Cal Minimum Medical Loss Ratio – Increases the minimum medical loss ratio for managed care plans, commencing January 1, 2026.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When FDA published the fiscal years (FY) 2023-2027 goals letter at the end of August, making known their commitments and planned initiatives for the coming years, we were both excited by many of the announcements, while recognizing the real success will come from how the Agency implements them.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

DHTs have been used in clinical trials for decades in the context of measurements made when participants visit clinical trial sites. In March of this year, FDA convened the first public meeting, Understanding Priorities for the Use of Digital Health Technologies to Support Clinical Trials for Drug Development and Review.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The brevity of this change belies the foreseeably seismic impact of FDA regulation of clinical laboratories on the healthcare system. The phase out period applies to LDTs currently on the market in reliance on FDA’s enforcement discretion policy (“affected laboratories”). Part 803 and notices of correction and removal under 21 C.F.R.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — “Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program or TAP pilot — the most exciting thing in MDUFA V. Also, it is unclear which office within CDRH appoints the TAP Advisor, e.g., center-level, OPEQ-level, or division-level.

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