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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)

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. million federal funds) in 2025-26 to support additional ACEs provider training. million total funds ($1.46

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

Here’s our overview to understand robotics in healthcare better so that everyone can prepare for the appearance of mechanic helpers in medical facilities. For this reason, we collected here the most useful robots in healthcare. By 2027, global surgical robotics sales are expected to reach $14.8

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

FDA Law

The brevity of this change belies the foreseeably seismic impact of FDA regulation of clinical laboratories on the healthcare system. However, meeting this timeline would require FDA to issue a final rule within approximately six months of the PR’s publication date—in other words, by April 2024. The fate of the PR is far from certain.

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RWE There Yet? FDA’s New Pilot Program Seeks to Help Usher in a New Era for Real World Evidence

FDA Law

These data are routinely collected from a variety of sources, such as electronic health records, providing information on health and healthcare in actual patients, rather than in the controlled environment of a clinical trial. There will be two submission deadlines per year on March 31 and September 30, through March 31, 2027.

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Wearables, Sensors, and Apps Part 1 – Updates on FDA’s PDUFA VII Goals for the Use of Digital Health Technologies in Drug and Biological Product Development

FDA Law

A DHT is considered “a system that uses computing platforms, connectivity, software, and sensors for healthcare and related uses.” FDA has made good progress on these initial goals, providing updates on the first four on the Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) for Drug Development website.

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“TAP Dancing” Towards Faster Device Commercialization: CDRH’s Total Product Life Cycle Advisory (“TAP”) Program

FDA Law

He highlighted the following key features of TAP: An Innovative Approach To provide proactive support and guidance to medical device manufacturers, FDA has introduced a new CDRH position known as the “TAP Advisor.” up to 225 total products enrolled through FY 2026 and up to 325 total products enrolled through FY 2027).

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

GeriPal

And this complete lack of attention to the real needs of persons with dementia is really kind of a shameful part of US healthcare. But for 2027, if anyone watched the state voting at the Democratic Convention, which is usually a very boring thing, but this last presidential cycle, it was actually very fun. The post GeriPal Takeover!

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