The drivers of rising costs: The price of hospitals, specialty services, and prescription drugs By Stephen Hemsley Key Points Hospital prices have grown nearly three times faster than inflation over the past 25 years and now account for more than 30% of total U.S. health care spendin... Read more Johnson & Johnson joins government push to lower drug prices, expand U.S. production By HPN Staff Johnson & Johnson reached a voluntary agreement with the U.S. government to lower certain prescription drug prices for patients and participate in a federal direct-to-consume... Read more Race-neutral kidney disease screening formula facing criticism By HPN Staff Key Points In 2021, the NKF-ASN recommended replacing the prior CKD-EPI kidney function formula (which included a race adjustment) with a race-neutral version to reduce racial... Read more Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Federal agency launches $2 million AI challenge to support caregivers By HPN staff Key Points HHS launched a $2 million national prize competition to encourage AI tools that reduce administrative burden, streamline care coordination, and ease caregiver burno... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Pennsylvania lawmakers consider hospital price transparency bill By HPN Staff Key Points Pennsylvania Senate Bill 752 would require hospitals to publicly post clear, updated pricing for standard services and shoppable services, extend requirements to ho... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4 MOST VIEWED 1 GAO says ACA fraud is rampant 2 States to receive an average of $200M for rural healthcare 3 U.S. nutrition guidelines shift back toward a pyramid — but with a twist 4 Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization DONATE
Johnson & Johnson joins government push to lower drug prices, expand U.S. production By HPN Staff Johnson & Johnson reached a voluntary agreement with the U.S. government to lower certain prescription drug prices for patients and participate in a federal direct-to-consume... Read more Race-neutral kidney disease screening formula facing criticism By HPN Staff Key Points In 2021, the NKF-ASN recommended replacing the prior CKD-EPI kidney function formula (which included a race adjustment) with a race-neutral version to reduce racial... Read more Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Federal agency launches $2 million AI challenge to support caregivers By HPN staff Key Points HHS launched a $2 million national prize competition to encourage AI tools that reduce administrative burden, streamline care coordination, and ease caregiver burno... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Pennsylvania lawmakers consider hospital price transparency bill By HPN Staff Key Points Pennsylvania Senate Bill 752 would require hospitals to publicly post clear, updated pricing for standard services and shoppable services, extend requirements to ho... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4
Race-neutral kidney disease screening formula facing criticism By HPN Staff Key Points In 2021, the NKF-ASN recommended replacing the prior CKD-EPI kidney function formula (which included a race adjustment) with a race-neutral version to reduce racial... Read more Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Federal agency launches $2 million AI challenge to support caregivers By HPN staff Key Points HHS launched a $2 million national prize competition to encourage AI tools that reduce administrative burden, streamline care coordination, and ease caregiver burno... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Pennsylvania lawmakers consider hospital price transparency bill By HPN Staff Key Points Pennsylvania Senate Bill 752 would require hospitals to publicly post clear, updated pricing for standard services and shoppable services, extend requirements to ho... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4
Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Federal agency launches $2 million AI challenge to support caregivers By HPN staff Key Points HHS launched a $2 million national prize competition to encourage AI tools that reduce administrative burden, streamline care coordination, and ease caregiver burno... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Pennsylvania lawmakers consider hospital price transparency bill By HPN Staff Key Points Pennsylvania Senate Bill 752 would require hospitals to publicly post clear, updated pricing for standard services and shoppable services, extend requirements to ho... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4
Federal agency launches $2 million AI challenge to support caregivers By HPN staff Key Points HHS launched a $2 million national prize competition to encourage AI tools that reduce administrative burden, streamline care coordination, and ease caregiver burno... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Pennsylvania lawmakers consider hospital price transparency bill By HPN Staff Key Points Pennsylvania Senate Bill 752 would require hospitals to publicly post clear, updated pricing for standard services and shoppable services, extend requirements to ho... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4
Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Pennsylvania lawmakers consider hospital price transparency bill By HPN Staff Key Points Pennsylvania Senate Bill 752 would require hospitals to publicly post clear, updated pricing for standard services and shoppable services, extend requirements to ho... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4
Pennsylvania lawmakers consider hospital price transparency bill By HPN Staff Key Points Pennsylvania Senate Bill 752 would require hospitals to publicly post clear, updated pricing for standard services and shoppable services, extend requirements to ho... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4
Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more 1 2 3 4
Spurring innovation in the biotech industry will save lives By John Crowley Key Points Crowley emphasized that maintaining U.S. leadership in biotechnology is vital to both public health and national security, especially amid China’s rapid rise in ... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more
Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more
