Health
Ingredient Transparency Group Maintains Q2 Lobbying Spending
Americans for Ingredient Transparency Inc. is stepping up ingredient transparency lobbying efforts, filing a disclosure for the second quarter that signals...
DEA Places Kratom Alkaloid Under Emergency Schedule I Control
The Drug Enforcement Administration's move to control 7-hydroxymitragynine as a Schedule I substance marks a significant shift in how the federal government...
American College of Surgeons Lobbies For Healthcare Policy
The American College of Surgeons is ramping up its lobbying efforts on healthcare policy priorities, including physician compensation and emergency...
Report Says CMS Controls Fail to Stop Rogue Marketplace Agents
Over 19 million consumers are enrolled in health insurance plans through federal and state Marketplaces, relying on the system to protect their personal...
Defense Department Mandates Rules for Military Field Medicine
Across hospital ships, field hospitals, and aircraft carriers where combat medics and military physicians treat service members in the most austere...
Kelly Demands PFAS Cleanup, Healthcare Coverage for Arizona
In this week's Mark Kelly news out of Washington, Sen. Mark Kelly pressed federal agencies on issues directly touching Arizona: delayed PFAS cleanups at...
GAO Recommends Stronger ACA Marketplace Fraud Safeguards
The federal health insurance marketplace is failing to protect millions of consumers from unauthorized actions by agents and brokers. A new Government...
Bipartisan Medicare Bill Unites Congress on Physician Pay
In a moment when Congress rarely agrees on anything, a Medicare reform bill has brought Republicans and Democrats together. House Resolution 9693,...
Senate Committee to Review Insulin Costs, Nursing Shortages
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is preparing to review a slate of healthcare bills that target longstanding policy bottlenecks:...
Senate Committee to Consider IHS Director, Tribal Housing Bill
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is moving to confirm a new director for the Indian Health Service at a moment when the agency faces a critical staffing...
Cedar Valley Ends Six-Year Health Policy Source Tie
Cedar Valley Medical Specialists PC has terminated its lobbying relationship with Health Policy Source Inc., ending a continuous engagement that spanned...
eHealth Reports $100K in Q2 Lobbying Spending
eHealth Inc. filed a lobbying disclosure report for the second quarter of 2026, reporting $100,000 in lobbying expenditures. The digital health insurance...
Physical Therapy Association Reports $313K In Lobby Spending
The American Physical Therapy Association filed its second-quarter lobbying disclosure filings on July 13, 2026, reporting $312,662 in expenditures as the...
Cook Group Maintains Flat Lobbying Spending
Cook Group Inc., the Bloomington-based medical device manufacturer, spent $120,000 on federal lobbying in the Second Quarter of 2026, matching its spending...
Sonova USA Inc. Reports $120K Q2 Lobbying Spending
Sonova USA Inc. filed its quarterly lobbying disclosure filing on July 13, 2026, reporting $120,000 in second-quarter expenditures. The company did not...
988 Lifeline Struggles to Keep Up as Suicide Crisis Deepens
More than 49,000 deaths resulted from suicide in 2023, part of a broader crisis that has seen suicide deaths increase by 31 percent over the past two...
Senate Hearing Probes Foreign Control Of Drug Supply
A Senate hearing on pharmaceutical supply chain control is arriving amid unprecedented tariff pressure and bipartisan anxiety about foreign ownership of...
Clinical Pharmacy Group Lobbies on Medication Safety
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy filed a lobbying disclosure for the second quarter of 2026, reporting $144,981 in lobbying expenses. The...