A raft of health business awaits Congress. What can pass?
The article focuses on the challenges facing healthcare legislation in the U.S. Congress for the remainder of the year, highlighting unresolved issues such as Medicare physician pay rates, artificial intelligence regulation, and health insurance prior authorizations. While Congress recently passed a...
| Publicado en: | Modern Healthcare Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 8 - 9 |
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Crain Communications Inc. (MI)
4/13/2026
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