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The First 100 Days: By the Numbers

To state the obvious, a lot has happened in healthcare over the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term. But how much? ...more

Trump Administration Executive Order Tracker (UPDATED)

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

The Leaked OMB Passback Document: What It Is and Isn’t

Last week, a sensitive internal government document was leaked to the public: the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) passback to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) laying out proposed...more

FY 2026 Proposed Rules Are Out! Overview of the IPPS Proposed Rule

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

HHS’s Restructuring: What Happens Next?

Last week, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will undergo a major restructuring and plans to eliminate 10,000 employees on top of 10,000 HHS employees who have already departed (20,000...more

Game On! 2026 Medicare Fee-for-Service Rulemaking Is About to Tip Off

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

Regs & Eggs with a Side of DOGE

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

Medicaid Cuts on the Menu: What Are the Options?

It’s been a busy week in the health policy world, and there are many topics that Regs & Eggs can (and probably will eventually) focus on, including the impact of the reductions in staff at the US Department of Health and...more

Regulatory Implications of the Continuing Resolution Healthcare Package

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

CMS Hosts Health Equity Conference: Key Insights and Perspectives

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held the second annual CMS Health Equity Conference. The event drew several hundred in-person attendees, including my colleague Kayla Holgash, and thousands of...more

2022 Quality Payment Program Performance Report Released: Observations and Insights

A couple of weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an important report that provides insight into a significant contributor of clinicians’ overall Medicare reimbursement for this year....more

2024 Chart of Additional Healthcare Regulations

During this election year, McDermottPlus is actively monitoring annual regulations that federal agencies are expected to release, as well as “ad hoc” regulations that will be released at the discretion of federal agencies. ...more

SPECIAL EDITION: It’s a Regs & Eggs Buffet—Scrambled, Over Easy, Fried, Soft and Hard-Boiled

Hungry for some Regs & Eggs? Well, you are in luck, because this week, the Regs & Eggs buffet is open, with your choice of eggs made any style. Enough regs were released this week to feed an entire family—and the...more

Departments Propose Broader Batching and IDR Process Changes for Surprise Billing Claims

On October 27, 2023, the US Departments of Health and Humans Services, Labor and the Treasury (the Departments), along with the Office of Personnel Management, issued a proposed rule titled Independent Dispute Resolution...more

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