Federal Health Policy Update for August 14
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for August 8-14. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House and Senate are both in recess and will return to [...]
Potential Medicaid Implications of the “One Big Beautiful Act”
Growing uncompensated care. Service cuts. Reduced access to care, especially in rural areas. Expansion projects placed on hold. These are among the potential implications of the Medicaid cuts included in the recently passed FY 2025 budget reconciliation bill, often referred [...]
Changes Coming to 340B?
The 340B prescription drug pricing program, created more than 30 years ago to help low-income outpatients receive discounted prescription drugs, has long been a source of controversy – and the subject of a number of lawsuits in recent years. Now, [...]
Coming Soon: The Rural Health Transformation Program
Federal health care officials are getting ready to bring the FY 2025 budget reconciliation bill’s “Rural Health Transformation Program” to life. Added to the “One Big Beautiful Bill” to provide assistance to rural hospitals that maintained that their existence would [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for August 7
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for August 2-7. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House and Senate are both in recess. When Congress returns in [...]
The Coming Medicaid Work Requirement
Among the many Medicaid-related aspects of the recently enacted FY 2026 budget reconciliation bill – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – is a new requirement that much of the Medicaid population be employed or participate in some acceptable form [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 31
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 25-31. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House recessed last week and the Senate is still in session. [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 24
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 18-24. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The White House The White House has released its AI action plan. Winning [...]
CMS Pulling the Plug on Continuous Medicaid Eligibility
Continuous eligibility for Medicaid is being phased out, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced. Characterizing its decision as one that follows more closely the statutory underpinnings of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, CMS explains that [...]
The New Rural Health Fund
Recognizing that the Medicaid and other health care cuts in the recently enacted FY 2026 budget reconciliation bill – the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill – will exact a heavy toll on rural hospitals, Congress included in that bill a [...]
