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Federal Health Policy Update for June 4
Don’t miss: CMS publishes new Medicaid work/community engagement requirements Energy and Commerce Committee looks at price transparency in health care An AI executive order and Congress prepares to weigh in Price cut: IDR dispute fee to fall from $115 to $15 per dispute The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 29 to June 4. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Medicaid Work Requirements – Interim Final Rule CMS has published an interim final rule with comment [...]
A 340B Scorecard
Hospitals suing CVS Health over 340B savings. The Health Resources and Services Administration’s proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. Eli Lilly’s demand that hospitals share claims-level data for 340B-covered drugs. The continuing battle over the involvement of contract pharmacies in providing access to 340B-covered drugs. Sometimes it seems as if barely a week passes without some new challenge to the 340B program. In a recent article, Becker’s Hospital News presents an update on the latest in challenges to the 340B program. Learn more from its article “340B in 2026: Tracking [...]
CMS Proposes New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published an interim final rule implementing the Medicaid work/community engagement requirements mandated by H.R. 1, last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill. The rule defines community engagement requirements for adults to gain or maintain Medicaid eligibility for applications on or after January 1, 2027. Under the rule, individuals will be eligible for Medicaid if they participate in 80 hours of employment, community service, work programs, or other qualifying activities. Under this interim final rule, states must: identify who is subject to or exempt [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 28
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 22-28. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress When Congress returns from the Memorial Day recess next week, lawmakers will have to address the Republican-led reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP. After, they plan to start working on a third party-line bill focusing on affordability—including health care—which leadership aims to pass by the end of July. Next week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, [...]
HHS Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting
An advisory panel created by the Department of Health and Human Services to advise the agency on how to improve the financing and delivery of health care by Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program and through the health insurance marketplace held its first public meeting earlier this week. HHS’s Healthcare Advisory Committee, which consists of 15 members, discussed its bylaws and heard presentations from the leaders of its six workgroups. Those workgroups are: Reducing Administrative Burden MAHA by Improving Wellness and Preventing Chronic Disease Deploying Real-Time Data Improving [...]