Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

U.S. Healthcare in OBBBA: A Patchwork of Big Changes

Fennemore on 8/15/2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA or the Act) contains only 118 references to healthcare, a surprisingly small number given its numerous proposals for changes to the U.S. healthcare system. The provisions are broad in...more

Analysis of Healthcare Changes Under the 2025 Tax Legislation

BakerHostetler on 8/14/2025

The Legislation combines spending and policy priorities from 11 congressional committees and will reshape federal policy across nearly every sector of the U.S. economy. With respect to healthcare, more than 35 provisions...more

CMS Publishes IPPS and LTCH Final Rule for FY 2026

King & Spalding on 8/7/2025

On Thursday, July 31, 2025, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Final Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (the Final Rule). In...more

Health Headlines: July 2025

Goodwin on 8/4/2025

Welcome to the sixth issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more

CMS Finalizes Rule Change Applying Preponderance of the Evidence Standard to Agent, Broker, and Web-Broker Exchange Agreement...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/31/2025

In its recently issued Final Rule (CMS-9884-F; 90 FR 27074-01; the Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized revisions to 45 C.F.R. § 155.220(g)(2) to specify a standard of proof for...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 29, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/30/2025

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will be out of session, as the chamber has adjourned for the August 2025 district work period. The U.S. Senate remains in session and continues to consider nominations to lead...more

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | June 2025 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 7/28/2025

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for June 2025, including a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) innovation model; proposed rules with significant...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 22, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/22/2025

With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) passed by U.S. Congress and signed into law, Congress now has less than three weeks that it will be in session before government funding expires on Sept. 30, 2025. Appropriators will...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 8, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/10/2025

With the reconciliation package signed into law, the U.S. House of Representatives is in recess and will return on July 14, 2025. In the interim, the U.S. Senate will focus on the appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY)...more

One Big Beautiful Bill Act – What’s in it for health?

Hogan Lovells on 7/9/2025

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), into law after lengthy consideration in both chambers of Congress. OBBBA Subtitle B—Health includes significant reforms to Medicaid,...more

Health Care Week in Review | Senate Parliamentarian Issues Rulings on Budget Reconciliation Provisions; Supreme Court Upholds the...

Alston & Bird on 6/30/2025

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

District of Columbia’s FY 2026 Budget Unveils BHP Initiative

ArentFox Schiff on 6/30/2025

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s FY 2026 Budget introduces a new Basic Health Program (BHP) that will fundamentally reshape health coverage options for thousands of District residents beginning next calendar year....more

McDermott+ Check-Up – June 27, 2025

McDermott+ on 6/27/2025

Senate Reconciliation Process Continues. Republicans are adjusting language to comply with Senate rules and appease various wings of the party....more

Where To, Medicaid? House Legislation Makes Significant Changes; Senate Future is Uncertain

Lathrop GPM on 6/25/2025

On May 22, 2025, after a marathon markup session, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill containing significant proposed changes to the Medicaid program....more

McDermott+ Check-Up – June 18, 2025

McDermott+ on 6/19/2025

THIS WEEK’S DOSE - - Senate Finance Committee Releases Reconciliation Text. The language is subject to change as negotiations continue and the Byrd rule process plays out. - CMS Releases MA Risk Adjustment Audit Methodology...more

A Deep Dive Into the CMS Program Management FY 2026 Budget Request

McDermott+ on 6/11/2025

As discussed in last week’s Regs & Eggs blog post, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released additional budget documents to support the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary request....more

Health Care Week in Review | CMS Rescinds Biden-Era EMTALA Abortion Guidance; CBO Projects 16 Million Could Lose Coverage Under...

Alston & Bird on 6/9/2025

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2025 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/28/2025

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more

Summary of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Reconciliation Provisions on Energy, Environment, Communications and Health

McGuireWoods Consulting on 5/20/2025

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce Committee started their 26-hour consideration of their portion of the budget reconciliation bill. The House Energy and Commerce Committee budget reconciliation...more

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