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Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 CBO, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

A Closer Look at the Medicaid Work Requirement Provisions in the “Big Beautiful Bill”

(By Elizabeth Hinton, Amaya Diana, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 20, 2025) On May 22,

FDA Health Care Finance Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Drug Manufacturing, Drug Shortages, Healthcare Finance, The Rolling Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient and Drug Reserve Act

Senate bill aims to rebuild drug manufacturing infrastructure: 3 notes

(By: Alexandra Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review) A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has reintroduced a bill designed to address

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 ACA, CMS, Healthcare Finance, HR 3911, medicare, Medicare Part E

Medicare Part E (H.R. 3911)

Reps. Jimmy Gomez, D-CA, and Don Beyer, D-VA, introduced the Choose Medicare Act (H.R. 3911). This bill would establish a

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicaid Uninsured/Underinsured

Eileen Cook June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 ACA, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Uninsured

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Views of the One Big Beautiful Bill

(By Ashley Kirzinger, Lunna Lopes, Marley Presiado, Julian Montalvo III, and Mollyann Brodie for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 CBO, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus payments

Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payments Will Total at Least $12.7 Billion in 2025

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 12, 2025) The House-passed

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, NO UPCODE Act, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Insurers oppose Medicare Advantage changes in spending bill

(By: Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Groups representing insurers are pushing back on proposed tighter regulations on Medicare Advantage

Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 Health Insurance, Prior Authorization

Nebraska enacts prior authorization reform law

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act,

Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Hospital Rate Cuts, Insurer Insolvency

Vermont passes bill allowing hospital rate cuts to prevent insurer insolvency

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Vermont lawmakers have passed legislation that grants the Green Mountain Care Board new

Aging Food Insecurity Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Hospice/Home Health Services Legislative Update LTC Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 ACL, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, HHS, Home and Community-based services, Long-term Care, Older Adults, Older Americans Act

What to Know About the Older Americans Act and the Services it Provides to Older Adults

(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 03, 2025) Since the enactment

Aging Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Legislative Update LTC Medicaid

Eileen Cook May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 CBO, Healthcare Finance, legislative update, LTC Facilities, Medicaid, Older Adults

5 Key Facts About Nursing Facilities and Medicaid

(By Priya Chidambaram, Alice Burns, Tricia Neuman, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 28, 2025) The