Federal Health Policy Update for July 30
Don’t Miss: Two new final Medicare payment rules CMS seeks data on 340B prescriptions Agency seeks potentially confidential ER data The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 24-30. Some of the language used [...]
SAMHSA Reports on the State of the American Mind
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released its 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, its primary source of data on how Americans report their experience with mental health [...]
Agency Seeks Confidential Accident Data From Hospitals
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking to require some hospitals to participate in its National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), the nation's principal system for tracking consumer product-related injuries. Currently relying on manual review and coding of medical records from roughly 70 of [...]
Developments in No Surprises Act/Independent Dispute Resolutions
Recent weeks have seen several developments and new information in the use of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process for health care billing disputes between payers and providers over out-of-network care. The number of disputes directed to independent [...]
CMS Proposes Medicaid Provider Tax Regulation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published a proposed rule that would implement a portion of H.R. 1, last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill, that called for establishing new indirect hold-harmless thresholds for health care-related taxes – [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 23
Don’t Miss: Congress advances health care bills CMS proposes provider tax rule Courts act on ACA changes, 340B The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 17-23. Some of the language used below [...]
ASH Comments on Proposed Medicaid State Directed Payment Rule
The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has submitted written comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to that agency’s proposed rule governing Medicaid state directed payments. In its letter, ASH notes its support for responsible guardrails for [...]
Court Pauses Parts of ACA Rule
A federal court in Maryland has issued a temporary stay in the implementation of eight provisions in CMS’s Affordable Care Act marketplace rule – provisions that were to take effect on July 20. In a challenge to the legality of [...]
CMS Touts ACO REACH Model Results
An evaluation commissioned by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has found that the agency’s Medicare ACO REACH (Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health) Model is saving money and improving health care outcomes. A summary of an evaluation of [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 16
Don’t Miss: CMS proposed 2027 physician payment regulation House Ways and Means passes health care bills DHS publishes new, final public charge rule HHS pursues delivery models for potential psychedelic drugs for behavioral health treatment The following is the latest [...]
