WASHINGTON, June 7 -- AbbVie Inc., headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the agency's request for information on advancing the use of digital health technologies (DHTs) in clinical investigations for drugs and biological products. The pharmaceutical company highlighted several regulatory challenges and proposed key priorities to support broader and more efficient adoption of digital health tools in drug development. The letter addressed to the FDA's Divisi more ST

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 6 -- The American Gastroenterological Association issued the following statement on June 5, 2026: * * * New federal rule streamlines No Surprises Act payment disputes New regulations reduce costs, expand claim batching, and address longstanding delays in the federal IDR process. - The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury recently finalized significant changes to the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process under the No Surprises Act. The updates are intended to reduce administra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the proposed updates to the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) for federal fiscal year 2027. AOTA, representing over 244,000 occupational therapy professionals, addressed various payment and policy proposals outlined in CMS-1845-P. In the letter, written by Jennifer Bogenrief, Director of Regulatory A more ST

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following statement: * * * Democracy Forward Issues Statement as President Signs Executive Order to Strip Protections from Federal Civil Servants In his latest attempt to implement a sweeping plan to convert tens of thousands of merit-based, nonpartisan civil servants into at-will employees who can be stripped of civil service protections and fired w more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, June 9 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Ravi Amin Joins VHB as Mid-Atlantic Director of Transit and Rail Engineering * VHB has strengthened its transit and rail capabilities with the addition of Ravi Amin, PE, as Director of Transit and Rail Engineering for the Mid-Atlantic region, based in Washington, DC. He will help lead the delivery and growth of ra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement with Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Bill Keating, D-Massachusetts, Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, and Kevin Kiley, I-California: * * * Meeks, Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Keating, Bacon, and Kiley Issue Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Ukraine Support Act Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; St more PR

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, June 6 -- Sodexo USA, a food services and facilities management company, issued the following news release: * * * Sodexo Campus wins national recognition for elevating student experience Silver Stevie(R) Award honors Sodexo Campus for frontline service excellence and its commitment to creating more welcoming, responsive campus environments across U.S. colleges and universities - NORTH BETHESDA, Md. - Sodexo Campus, a leading foodservice and facilities management partner to colleges and universities across the United more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Video Release: Coast Guard Station Ocean City hosts community event * OCEAN CITY, Md. - U.S. Coast Guard Station Ocean City crew members hosted a free community event with partner agencies in Ocean City, Maryland, Saturday. Three partner agencies attended the event, offering an opportunity for members of the community to meet with first responders who also provided safe boating tips and career information to the public. "The more PR