Government & Policy

The new document, published this past week, takes stock of a fast-changing technology environment – and would replace the agency's previous medical device guidance, first issued more than 16 years ago.

Both passes will become available later in November. 

This week's top stories include the CMS upping penalties for hospitals ignoring the price transparency rule, the ATA and other groups asking Congress to safeguard telehealth, and senior assistance company Papa raises $150 million in Series D funding.

Also, Dutch medical AI-company Thirona closes financing round.

Former Microsoft exec Kurt DelBene, who helped right the course for Healthcare.gov eight years ago, could be tasked with enabling a bigger turnaround job at Veterans Affairs.

The registration page in its original form was not usable for those who used screen-reader software or who didn't have a computer mouse.

The Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency this week released a binding operational directive this week requiring federal agencies to patch known exploited vulnerabilities carrying "significant risk" to the federal enterprise.

In a pair of op-eds published in the Federal News Network, former Veterans Affairs Deputy Chief Information Officer Ed Meagher offered his take on the agency's beleaguered attempts to update its electronic health record system.

Among hospitalized patients, the agency found that those who had gotten two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine were less likely to test positive for COVID-19.