WASHINGTON, July 3 -- CRISP Shared Services Inc., a Baltimore, Maryland not-for-profit organization managing shared infrastructure for Health Information Exchanges and Health Data Utilities, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services addressing the proposed rule on interoperability standards and prior authorization for drugs under Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care programs. The letter highlights considerations for CMS to improve patient event notification systems and strengthen data exchange more ST

WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSFR) -- The National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, has completed a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act inventory identifying human remains with cultural affiliation to Alaska Tribal communities. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the museum determined the remains represent one individual of Native American ancestry. The individual was removed from Point Hope, Alaska, by Captain M.A. Healy and donated to the Smithsonian  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan Welcomes Presidential Pardon for Wasilla Diesel Mechanic Unjustly Prosecuted by the EPA * Spurlock's Shop was Target of Armed EPA Raid in 2022 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee, today welcomed an announcement that Mackenzie "Mac" Spurlock, a diesel mechanic and small business owner from Wasilla, has received a presidential pardon after being convicted  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Tribal Biotechnology & Health Consortium, represented by Clear Health Pass Holdings, Colorado Springs, Colorado, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concerning the 2026 CMS Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs Proposed Rule. The Consortium, which includes federally recognized Tribal Nations and tribally owned enterprises, emphasized the rule's significant tribal implications and the need for government-to-government consultation as mandated by Execut more ST

BUFFALO, New York, July 1 -- The University at Buffalo School of Law (State University of New York) issued the following news: * * * Cleared for publication: Professor and former student co-author article on antitrust enforcement in the airline industry Some academic projects satisfy a course requirement. Others spark an intellectual partnership that continues long after the semester ends. The latter was the case for Deja Graham '24. What began as an independent study with Professor Christine Pedigo Bartholomew grew into a major research pr more PR