News & Analysis as of August 9, 2025

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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +

Budget reconciliation’s effect on New York’s Medicaid and Essential Plan funding

McDermott Will & Schulte on 7/24/2025

The budget reconciliation process resulting in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was enacted on July 4, 2025, contains many significant changes to the Medicaid program. Many of the changes, such as those related to work...more

Destabilizing Federal Medicaid Proposals Dangle Like Damocles’s Sword Over New York’s Health Care System

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 5/29/2025

New York State’s FY '26 budget is balancing precariously on a banana peel. Although Governor Hochul finally approved the budget in May after a weekslong standoff with the legislature, the budget rests on assumptions that...more

Policy Alert: New York State Passes FY26 Budget

Cozen O'Connor on 5/9/2025

Yesterday, state lawmakers passed the $254B FY26 state budget, reflecting an increase of $17B from FY25. The budget was passed over five weeks after the deadline of April 1, and will be retroactively in effect from April 1,...more

New York Executive Budget Proposes Amendments to MCO Provider Tax

McDermott Will & Schulte on 2/12/2025

The New York State Executive Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 proposes significant updates to the managed care organization (MCO) provider tax, aiming to enhance Medicaid funding through innovative financial strategies. The...more

New York State Budget Institutes Revenue-Neutral Health Plan Tax

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/1/2024

The New York State fiscal year 2024 – 2025 budget was signed on April 20, 2024, instituting, among many other provisions, a new tax on health plans, including insurers and managed care organizations. This tax has been...more

Long Awaited Approval of the 1115 Waiver Amendment for NYS Medicaid – Just in Time for the New York State Executive Budget State...

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief on 2/5/2024

On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul released the SFY 2025 New York State Executive Budget (“Executive Budget”). While still subject to legislative approval, the Executive Budget incorporates the recently...more

New York State to Fund Bonuses for Certain Healthcare Workers as Part of State Budget

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/11/2022

As part of the Fiscal Year 2023 New York state Executive Budget legislation, $1.2 billion in funding has been allocated for the payment of bonuses for certain “frontline” healthcare workers. With the stated goals to...more

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