“Big, Beautiful (Reconciliation) Bill” Passes – With Major Medicaid Implications
By now you have likely heard about Congress moving the “One Big Beautiful Bill” over the past few weeks to fulfill President Trump’s desire to
By now you have likely heard about Congress moving the “One Big Beautiful Bill” over the past few weeks to fulfill President Trump’s desire to
Since its creation in 1965, Medicaid has served as a lifeline for low-income individuals, families, and the disabled, offering health coverage in partnership with state
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2026 Budget Request and Justification to Congress, asking for $2.288 billion. I will
Perhaps inspired by the song “Month of May” on The Suburbs album by Arcade Fire, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is coming
A new wave of Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPICs) have swept across the nation, empowered to root out fraud in
Let’s start today with a report that five Florida hospitals are suing Leapfrog Group over their receiving poor ratings. The hospitals, all part of Tenet,
Although specifics remain under negotiation, early outlines and House resolutions suggest that Medicaid will face significant reductions, likely through a combination of structural funding changes
The Trump Administration has put a hold on a federal program designed to increase oversight of hospice care, which receives over $25 billion annually from
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson highlights deep frustrations with America’s health insurance industry – an issue dramatized long earlier in the 2002 film
On March 26, the following four entities agreed to pay roughly $62 million to settle a whistleblower’s allegations under the False Claims Act: The allegations
The recent convergence of fiscal austerity and political realignment in Washington, D.C. has placed essential healthcare programs under heightened scrutiny. Chief among them are the
I suspect some readers will consider this article political, but I would assert that it is highly principled in one root thesis: authoritarianism is bad.
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