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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced its award decisions for the Rural Health Transformation Program, established as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and provided a summary of each state...more
On Dec. 29, 2025, Virginia was awarded $189,544,888 in health care funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The funding is aimed at remedying rural health care inequities in the commonwealth. ...more
On December 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will distribute award amounts to all 50 states under the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (the “Program”). CMS...more
On Dec. 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that all 50 states would receive funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program, which is mandated in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act....more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted in July 2025, is no longer a policy debate or a future concern. It is already changing how coverage works, how Medicaid dollars flow, and how much operational friction health...more
This week, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives will convene and begin the second session of the 119th U.S. Congress. With the beginning of the new year underway, all attention will quickly turn to the January...more
On December 18, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model, a voluntary accountable care organization (ACO) initiative set to launch...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has fundamentally changed the policy landscape surrounding Oklahoma’s rural healthcare providers, and the challenges they face will persist in the foreseeable future. Despite these headwinds,...more
While the dust has now settled on the legislative text found in this summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), health care providers are starting to see the real-world implications of this law. OBBBA implementation is...more
Congress established a new Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program earlier this year as part of the passage of budget reconciliation legislation, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Providers and other...more
As federal healthcare policy and funding continues to evolve — most recently due to the roughly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid passed by Congress in the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — businesses across the...more
On September 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a highly anticipated Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) announcement (the “Announcement”) to implement the Rural Health Transformation...more
On September 15, CMS revealed details on applications for the much-anticipated Rural Health Transformation Program (“RHTP”), which was passed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”) in July of this year. The RHTP...more
News Briefs - Study Raises Concerns Around Doctors Becoming Too Reliant on AI - Artificial intelligence is beginning to help doctors screen patients for several routine diseases. But a new study raises concerns about whether...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. A sweeping piece of legislation that reshapes healthcare financing and delivery across Medicaid, Medicare, and the insurance marketplaces, the bill...more
The Legislation combines spending and policy priorities from 11 congressional committees and will reshape federal policy across nearly every sector of the U.S. economy. With respect to healthcare, more than 35 provisions...more
Hospitals and health systems are facing significant financial and operational challenges, including inadequate reimbursements, rising labor costs, and regulatory and economic uncertainties. These hurdles, coupled with the One...more
When President Donald Trump signed the Federal reconciliation bill into law on July 4th, things became more challenging for smaller or rural health care delivery organizations – often working on shoestring budgets heavily...more
Key Takeaways: - The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will create a sea change in the healthcare landscape. - This law will make significant changes to federal healthcare programs, especially Medicaid’s financing and eligibility...more
News Briefs - Nonprofit Developing Standards for AI in Healthcare - Health Level Seven International (HL7), a global standards development body, is diving into artificial intelligence to create frameworks and standards for...more
With President Trump’s July 4th signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA,”) Federal reconciliation package into law, we will see massive shifts – some near-term, and others over time – in the administration of and...more
Gov. Shapiro Warns About Medicaid Cuts, Rural Hospital Closures - During a press conference in York on Monday, Governor Josh Shapiro (D) sharply criticized Pennsylvania Republicans for supporting a federal reconciliation...more
As legal counsel to skilled nursing facility (SNF) owners and operators, as well as their lenders, Holland & Knight's Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Team is closely monitoring potential impacts of President Donald Trump's One...more
Episode 16: Leading with Integrity: Dr. David Schreiner on Transforming Rural Healthcare - In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower engages in a thought-provoking conversation with guest Dr....more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-031, Springhill Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Springhill Medical Center, Mobile County, AL: Proposes to add twenty (20) inpatient rehabilitation beds to an existing eighteen (18) bed...more