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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
Healthcare providers are currently facing yet another termination of Medicare telehealth flexibilities at the end of the day on January 30, 2026, unless Congress acts on proposals to further extend the COVID-era flexibilities...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
2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for health care reimbursement. From major CMS payment rules to evolving disclosure requirements, AI scrutiny, and mounting pressure on providers across the care continuum, the 2026...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
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has announced the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model, a 10‑year voluntary payment model that introduces...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
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Barrasso (R-WY) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to high-quality, coordinated health care. The ACO Assignment Improvement Act aims to increase...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 31, 2025, released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes policies related to Medicare physician payment and the...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
On October 1, 2025, the U.S. federal government entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to pass either a full-year appropriations package or a continuing resolution. Among the many ripples from this lapse in funding...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
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 31, 2025, issued the final rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates for fiscal year 2026 under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the...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
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) on July 14, 2025. The Proposed Rule includes important proposals to...more
On July 14, 2025, CMS issued a proposed rule that identifies and seeks public comment on a variety of proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements, and Medicare...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 15, 2025, issued the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Systems proposed rule, which proposes updates to the...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
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
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
Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at prior authorization transparency and physician decision-making; the impact of Medicaid cuts...more