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High-Level Summary: CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule - 11/7/2025

Senate Scrutinizes 340B Drug Discount Program - 10/31/2025

CMS Lifts Temporary Claim Payment Hold - 10/24/2025

Assessing the Impacts of the Ongoing Government Shutdown - 10/17/2025

Labor Report Showcases Fewer New Jobs Across Health Sector - 10/10/2025

What is TrumpRx? - 10/3/2025

Congress Considers ACA Subsidy Extension While Administration Adds New Plan Options  - 9/12/2025

Congressional Hearing Held on Integrating AI into Healthcare - 9/5/2025

What to Expect When Congress Returns from Recess - 8/29/2025

Providers Are Working Harder -- and Taking Home Less - 8/15/2025

What Does America’s AI Action Plan Mean for Healthcare? - 8/8/2025

Senate Holds Hearing on Healthcare Affordability - 8/1/2025

House Ways & Means Hearing Signals Scrutiny Ahead for Medicare Advantage - 7/25/2025

CMS Releases FY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) - 7/18/2025

MedPAC and Medicare Trustees Reports Highlight Medicare Reimbursement Challenges - 6/27/2025 

Senate Budget Reconciliation Text Released, Revealing Differences with House Bill - 6/20/2025

How the Byrd Rule Shapes the Budget Reconciliation Process - 6/13/2025

HHS Releases Budget Requests: Major Cuts, New Initiatives Proposed - 6/6/2025

The Reconciliation Bill’s Major Impacts on Higher Education - 5/30/2025

CMS to Double Down on Medicare Advantage Oversight - 5/23/2025

Healthcare Portion of Reconciliation Advances Through Committee - 5/16/2025

What is “Most-Favored Nation” Drug Pricing? - 5/9/2025

President Trump Crosses “100 Day” Mile Marker – But the Next 100 Days are More Important for Health Policy - 5/2/2025

Telehealth in Rural America – The Solution We Have Long Been Awaiting? - 4/25/2025

How to Save $880 Billion Without Cutting Medicaid - 4/18/2025

CMS Finalizes 5% Increase for Medicare Advantage Plans Despite Growing Evidence of Overpayments - 4/11/2025

Reorganization and Layoffs Across HHS - 4/4/2025

Picking Medicare Advantage is a Lifelong Decision - 3/28/2025

March MedPAC Report Calls for Higher Physician Reimbursement - 3/21/2025

Doc Fix Left Out of CR and Government Funding Update - 3/14/2025

Government Funding Set to Expire in One Week - 3/7/2025

Trump Signs Executive Order on Hospital Price Transparency - 2/28/2025

What Medicaid Reforms are on the Table in Reconciliation? - 2/21/25

A Roller Coaster Week for NIH Grants - 2/14/25

Congress Debuts Bill to Address Physician Payment Cuts - 2/7/25 

Executive Spending Drama Foreshadows a Larger “Impoundment” Fight - 1/31/25

2025 Transition Update - 1/24/25

Republicans Outline Health Savings Opportunities for Budget Reconciliation Bill with Focus on Medicaid - 1/17/25

HHS Proposes Updates to HIPAA Cybersecurity Standards - 1/10/25

Looming Government Shutdown and Its Impact on Key Healthcare Issues - 12/20/24

MedPAC Recommends Physician Payment Reform at December Meeting - 12/13/24

OIG Releases Report Displaying Shortcomings of HIPAA Audits - 12/6/24

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Oz Nominated for Prominent Health Policy Roles- 11/22/24

Congress' First Week Back After the Election & A Look Ahead at Health Policy in the Lame Duck Session- 11/18/24

2024 Election What We Know and Don’t Know- 11/06/24

HIPAA Security Rule Update Expected by End of Year- 10/25/24

Senate Homeland Security Committee Releases Report on Medicare Advantage Coverage Denials- 10/18/24

Breaking Down the Competitive 2024 Senate Races- 10/11/24

Senators Introduce Major Healthcare Cybersecurity Bill - 10/4/24

Congress’ September Sprint - 9/27/24

Deep Dive: The ACA and the 2024 Election - 9/13/24

Congress Braces for Government September Funding Fight - 9/6/24

PBM CEOs Accused of False Congressional Testimony - 08/30/2024

Democrats Release Official 2024 Party Platform - 8/23/24

100 Day Presidential Election Countdown- 7/26/24

MedPAC Releases June Report and its 2024 Data Book - 7/19/24

CMS Releases CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule - 7/12/24

House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans Propose Revamp of NIH - 6/28/24

CMS Releases National Health Expenditure Projections - 6/21/24 Newsletter

Biden Administration Released Proposed Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Consumer Credit Reports - 6/14/24

Providers Can Delegate Cyberattack Breach  Notification Requirements to Change Healthcare - 6/7/24

Senate Finance Committee Members Release Proposal to Reduce Physician Workforce Shortages - 5/31/24

New Report Projects Medicare Solvency Through 2036 - 5/17/24

Senate Budget Committee Holds Hearing on Reducing Physician Administrative Burden - 5/10/24

UnitedHealth Group CEO Testifies Before Two Congressional Committees on Change Healthcare Cyberattack -5/3/24

FTC Bans Non-Compete Agreements - 4/26/24

House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Impacts of Change Healthcare Cyberattack - 4/19/24

Biden Administration Ends Junk Insurance Placeholder 4/12/24

President Biden’s Healthcare Agenda Outlined in FY2025 White House Budget Request 4/4/24

ONC Teases New Rule Furthering the Use of Health Data 3/29/24

MedPAC March 2024 Report Released 3/22/24

Healthcare Boasts Stronger than Expected Jobs Report, However Staffing Problems Persist 3/15/24

Change Healthcare Falls Victim to a Ransomware Cyberattack - 3/8/24

Change Healthcare Falls Victim to a Ransomware Cyberattack 2/23/24

House Hearing Explores Causes of High Healthcare Costs in America 2/16/24

Weight Loss Drug’s Surging Popularity: How Will Congress Respond? 2/9/24

Novel Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease Receiving Attention from Lawmakers 2/2/24

Record Breaking 2024 ACA Enrollment 1/26/24

CMS Publishes Final Rule to Streamline Prior Authorization - 1/19/24

House Energy and Commerce Committee Approves PBM, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Reforms - 12/8/23

Looking Ahead at the Congressional Healthcare Agenda in 2024 - 12/15/23