It’s getting hot outside, which means that the summer regulatory season is almost upon us. In June or July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release proposed regs impacting Medicare payments in...more
5/22/2025
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Healthcare Reform ,
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Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Payment Systems ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Quality Payment Program (QPP) ,
Regulatory Reform
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
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 week, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary funding request to Congress on its President’s Budget webpage. The administration released a “skinny” FY 2026...more
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
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
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
4/24/2025
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
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Healthcare Reform ,
OMB ,
Popular ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform
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
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
4/3/2025
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ATSDR ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
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Employees ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hiring & Firing ,
HRSA ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
NIOSH ,
Regulatory Reform ,
SAMHSA
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
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
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
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
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
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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
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
6/6/2024
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Digital Health ,
Equity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ,
Medicaid ,
Mental Health ,
Professional Conferences ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Substance Abuse
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
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
4/26/2024
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DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Employee Benefits ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
New Regulations ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
OSHA ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we want to lay out some of the main regulatory issues (both new and old) that McDermott+Consulting will be tracking over the next year. While these may evolve, we think they are still...more
1/4/2024
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CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Laboratory Developed Tests ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
MIPS ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
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
11/3/2023
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Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Physicians ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Section 340B
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
11/1/2023
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Fees ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
U.S. Treasury