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On September 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register to reduce red tape and make it easier for individuals to enroll...

Plus, the exploding number of U.S. monkeypox cases — and could floating abortion clinics become a thing?

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) struck a deal on a tax, health-care, tax, and energy policy bill, breaking a deadlock on Democrats’ long-sought legislation to enact major parts of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.

This Week in Washington: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade and Rules in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation...

This Week in Washington: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of 340B Hospitals, FDA Approves COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under Five...

This Week in Washington: House Passes FDA User Fee Reauthorization Package...

Editor’s Note: The current Medicaid continuous coverage requirements enacted by the Families First Coronavirus Act (FFCRA) prohibit states from disenrolling individuals from Medicaid...

On April 28, 2022, in a joint letter written by the HHS Secretary, Xavier Becerra, and CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, to the Chairwoman of the Federal Communications...

This edition looks at updates to federal health policy that could impact Oregon, and coverage of the latest Bridge Health Care Program Task Force meeting.

Agency: " Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services." This final rule finalizes certain 2021 and 2022 Star Ratings provisions that were included in two interim final rules with comment period that CMS issued on April 6, 2020, and September 2, 2020; other policies from those interim final rules will be addressed in other...