Sep 10, 2025 | Directed Payments, Medicaid, News and Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Informational Bulletin on September 10, 2025 regarding state directed payment (SDP) quality evaluations. The bulletin notes that, despite regulatory...
Sep 9, 2025 | News and Updates
On September 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent states a “Dear Colleague” letter providing preliminary guidance related to the grandfathering of state directed payments (SDPs) under H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The...
Aug 5, 2025 | News and Updates, Rulemaking
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice on July 14 that will restrict the ability of certain federal grantees to serve immigrant populations under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). As a...
Jul 14, 2025 | Medicaid, News and Updates
On July 3, 2025, Congress passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The following day, President Trump signed the bill into law. The law will reduce Medicaid spending by $1 trillion through 2034. Significant changes to the Medicaid program include limits...
May 27, 2025 | Directed Payments, Legislation, Medicaid, News and Updates
On May 22, the House of Representatives passed a reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, that, if enacted, will reduce federal Medicaid spending by $800 billion through 2034. The bill now moves to the Senate, where changes to the bill, including its...
Apr 25, 2025 | 340B, News and Updates
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a report titled “Congress Must Act to Bring Needed Reforms to the 340B Drug Pricing Program” on April 24, 2025. The report is the...
