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Miranda Franco is leaving the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) to join the healthcare team at Holland & Knight, the firm announced Wednesday. Read more...

The Council for Responsible Nutrition issued voluntary guidelines that instruct companies to label products with the amount of caffeine included.

National pharmacy chain CVS is settling a case with the U.S. government over charges the store manufactured and filed false records for prescriptions it filled.

The pharmacy has agreed to pay $11 million to settle civil penalty claims for violating the Controlled Substances Act and related regulations, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.

The government framed the case as an example of prescription drug abuse.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Tuesday the GOP will introduce a bill to boost federal medical research — and pay for it by eliminating public funds for political conventions.

Cantor outlined the "Kids First Research Act" on World Autism Day. He said the bill, which Reps. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) will introduce "in the coming weeks," would redirect federal funds toward research at the National Institutes of Health.

To pay for the extra NIH funding, the bill would eliminate the option of public financing for campaigns as well as federal funding for the Republican and Democratic conventions every four years.

Obama will commit $100 million to launch the initiative, which the White House likened to the Human Genome Project.

The group reacted to the severe leg injury endured by Louisville player Kevin Ware on Sunday.

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday relaxed standards on how long people should use nicotine-replacement gum, patches and other products.

The FDA announced there are no significant safety concerns with using nicotine patches, gum and other products in combination.

It also said that in most cases, people can safely use the products for longer than the eight to 12 weeks now recommended.

Keith Fontenot, one of the Obama administration's top budget experts on healthcare, is leaving the Office of Management and Budget.

Fontenot joined OMB with Peter Orszag, Obama's first budget director. He was a key player in hammering out the details of the Affordable Care Act, and also helped advance healthcare priorities in the 2009 stimulus.

"Keith Fontenot has played an integral role in moving this Administration’s health agenda forward — from historic changes bringing affordable health care to millions, to thoughtful reforms in health programs that are bringing down costs and improving value for all Americans," acting OMB Director Jeff Zients said.

A day after Christie declined to take a position on gay conversion therapy, his spokesman said he opposes the practice.

Leaders with the House Energy and Commerce Committee vowed Wednesday to bring fresh life sciences debates to the fore in the current Congress.

Reps. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas), chairman and vice-chairman of the health subcommittee, said they intended to be "more pro-active with our messaging," particularly on issues concerning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

"Although the FDA is under the administrative branch, we are responsible for the product that they produce," Burgess said in a conversation with reporters. "We darn sure better have the oversight of what they're doing, and why they're doing it."