Below is a tracker of healthcare-related executive orders (EOs) issued by the Trump administration, including overviews of each EO and the date each EO was signed. We will regularly update this tracker as additional EOs are...more
5/12/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Biologics ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Educational Institutions ,
Executive Orders ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
OSTP ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
World Health Organization
Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially launched the health policy community into reg season, releasing in one fell swoop all the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare proposed regulations for...more
4/17/2025
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Deregulation ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
On April 11, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment...more
This past week, the Trump administration put its first major stamp on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two final regulatory documents related to MA:
- The...more
4/10/2025
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Final Rules ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Part D ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Technology Sector
Game On! 2026 Medicare Fee-for-Service Rulemaking Is About to Tip Off -
It’s March, which means one thing for sports fans: the madness of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. However, to folks in the...more
3/27/2025
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Final Rules ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration
On January 14, 2025, the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), jointly issued Part 69 of a series of...more
3/18/2025
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Cost-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicaid ,
New Guidance ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration
Below is a tracker of healthcare-related executive orders (EOs) issued by the Trump administration, including overviews of each EO and the date each EO was signed. We will regularly update this tracker as additional EOs are...more
In the health policy world, nothing gets folks like me more “excited” than expecting and then seeing a new healthcare regulation pop up in the Federal Register. While the content of the reg is usually what public stakeholders...more
2/27/2025
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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Healthcare ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
A few weeks ago, Regs & Eggs provided insights into Medicare Advantage (MA), the private insurance option under Medicare, and explored both short- and long-term actions that the Trump administration could take to modify MA...more
2/13/2025
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Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Insurance Industry ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Part D ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration
Earlier this week, Congress released the text of a continuing resolution that includes a more-robust-than-anticipated healthcare package. While the bill’s primary purpose is to keep the government open through March 14, 2025,...more
12/19/2024
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Congressional Committees ,
Healthcare ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
MIPS ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
The No Surprises Act, a law that ended the practice of “balance billing” by certain out-of-network providers, was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 on December 27, 2020. While the law passed...more
12/12/2024
/ Billing ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Out of Network Provider ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
Trump Administration
Decisions, decisions, decisions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Trump Administration will have its hands full making decisions about Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models...more
12/5/2024
/ ACOs ,
Alternative Payment Models (APM) ,
Biden Administration ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
CMMI ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
Trump Administration
When President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025, he is expected to hit the ground running. A few months into his presidency, he will likely release the fiscal...more
11/20/2024
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Budget ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Trump Administration
As mentioned last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently put out a large buffet of regs – too many to digest in one blog post. While we focused on the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Physician Fee Schedule...more
11/14/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare ,
New Regulations ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telemedicine
While we all are focused on the election results, let’s take a quick break to digest some regs and eggs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “spoiled” all of us in the health policy world with a huge buffet of...more
11/7/2024
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Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
Mental Health ,
MIPS ,
New Regulations ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Telehealth
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Final Rule [CMS-1809-F],...more
Happy Halloween! In the health policy world, there are two things on everyone’s mind this spooky season: the upcoming election and the major calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) final regs that should be...more
10/31/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Trump Administration
The election is approaching fast, and no matter who wins, there will be a change in administration come January 20, 2025. Thus, the Biden Administration is in the midst of making its final mark on priority healthcare...more
There could be an all-you-can-eat buffet of regs (and eggs) from now until the end of the year!
As you may recall, a July 2024 Regs & Eggs blog post highlighted the spring 2024 “unified agenda” that listed all the regs...more
10/17/2024
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Billing ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Standards
McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. October 10, 2024 – For several years, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid...more
Last week, the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released what it calls “historic” guidance to states on best practices for adherence to early and periodic...more
As I mentioned last week, comments are in on major calendar year (CY) Medicare payment regulations. Besides the CY 2025 physician fee schedule, another big reg is the CY 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...more
McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. September 19, 2024 – Comments on the calendar year (CY) 2025 physician fee...more
9/19/2024
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Comment Period ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medical Coding ,
Medicare ,
MIPS ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Telemedicine
Biden Administration Issues Final Reg on Mental Health Parity Requirements McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts....more
9/12/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
MHPAEA ,
New Regulations ,
NQTLs ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements
We are now in September! And while many folks are thinking about how summer has come and gone so quickly, those following the No Surprises Act implementation process may also be wondering how a whole year has passed since the...more