Abbott Laboratories grabbed attention in early June with its announcement of a partnership with Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. to develop a multianalyte sensor for people with diabetes that would measure ketones as well as glucose.

With a growing number of people wearing continuous glucose monitors and an ever-shrinking number of hospital-based nurses, bringing your own device or using personal CGMs to measure glucose levels during hospitalizations seems like a no-brainer.

A June 25 hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives highlighted some of the health care spending benefits of remote patient monitoring, but Medicare payment is seen as deficient – a problem that may be resolved by pending legislation.

According to a new listing at the FDA device recalls and alerts webpage, Dublin-based Medtronic plc., requested customers quarantine any Bravo CF capsules, an esophageal pH monitoring system.

Classically, the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes comes after a patient presents with unexplained weight loss, extreme thirst and frequent urination and a lab test reveals off-the-charts blood glucose levels. At the 85th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association in Chicago, researchers highlighted two options – a blood test and a machine learning model – for diagnosing the disease much earlier in its progression, when damage to the pancreas' beta cells could be slowed.

Xlear Inc., of Salt Lake City filed a petition in U.S. district court that could terminate the Federal Trade Commission’s practice of demanding substantiation of health care claims.

The Department of Health and Human Services and private payers have promised to streamline the controversial prior authorization processes in a bid to reduce the attendant controversies.

Using informed consent to do what Congress couldn’t, the U.S. FDA is flexing its regulatory authority to halt clinical trials that involve sending cells from American patients to China or other adversarial nations for genetic engineering and subsequent infusion back into the patient.

“I expressed deep concerns with your nomination, Secretary Kennedy, and somehow, unfortunately, you have exceeded my expectations in the worst possible ways,” U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., told Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy during a June 24 House subcommittee hearing.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission advised Congress that inflation is taking a bite out of physician pay and Medicare payments may have to increase in order to preserve patient access to care.