The Trump Medicare innovation center plans to cancel eight trials to change the way health providers are paid by the end of the year as it aligns itself with the goals of the MAHA movement, multiple people familiar with the plans told Axios.
During his first term, President Donald Trump in 2019 signed an executive order to improve price transparency by requiring hospitals and insurers to disclose healthcare costs upfront. The Hospital Price Transparency rule went into effect in 2021 and made it mandatory for hospitals to post standard charges for their services on their websites. Compliance, however, has been lacking. A 2024 report from the HHS IG found that just under two-thirds of hospitals sampled complied.
Unlike President Trump's picks to lead other health agencies who established their conservative bona fides during the COVID-19 pandemic, his choice to head the CDC, Dave Weldon, was virtually invisible during that period. But an examination by STAT of thousands of pages of documents from Weldon's 14 years in Congress, part of his archives housed here at the Florida Institute of Technology, and interviews with a half-dozen former health officials, found that his support for anti-vaccine theories runs long and deep.
Tampa General Hospital and Mass General Brigham have announced their first joint venture to launch a radiation oncology center in Palm Beach County, Florida. The co-branded and jointly owned center will enhance access to medical care and offer advanced technology and coordinated patient experiences. It is scheduled to open in early 2026.
The three-bed Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital in north St. Louis could soon lose its license for good. The troubled facility opened in January 2024 but closed in December when the state found it didn't have enough blood on hand. Hospital officials at the time said the closure was temporary but in late February sent many employees emails saying their jobs at the hospital had been eliminated. The state Department of Health and Senior Services says the hospital will lose its license next week if it doesn't send the state a plan to correct its deficiencies and allow regulators to conduct a site inspection.