On August 28, Chairman Crapo announced that Secretary Kennedy would testify before the Senate Finance Committee to preview the Trump administration’s 2026 health care agenda, including the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative.
With the end of August recess, Members of Congress returned to Washington D.C. this week to tackle government funding and the remaining policy priorities not included in the One Big Beautiful reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1).
Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is a chronic, neurologic disorder with a primary symptom of excessive daytime sleepiness
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On August 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued updates (the Interim Final Rule) which amends the final rule titled “Administrative Simplification: Modifications of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Retail Pharmacy Standards; and Modification of the Medicaid Pharmacy Subrogation Standard,” (the December 2024 Final Rule).
In June, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) convened leading experts from across health care disciplines for a two-day Precision Medicine Partnership Forum. The forum aimed to advance equitable and timely access to precision medicine, particularly in oncology.
Meet AMCP Diplomat Shobhna Butler, MBA, PharmD, RPh
Just after midnight on the morning of Aug. 7, President Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs took effect on dozens of international trading partners, marking another dramatic escalation of the administration’s “America First” trading policy.
