Representatives from more than 60 healthcare and technology organizations were at the White House on July 30 as the Trump administration advanced its vision for what it is calling a Health Technology Ecosystem. The event, branded Make Health Tech Great Again, followed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS’s) May release of a Request […]
Read MoreOn Thursday July 24, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Commerce (DOC), hosted a listening session titled Formulary and Benefit Practices and Regulatory Abuse Impacting Drug Competition. The session gathered input from industry leaders […]
Read MoreThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025, and final Congressional Budget Office scores have been released. The version of the bill passed by the Senate ultimately became the enacted text. Congress utilized the budget reconciliation process to advance the bill, which is commonly used to pass major legislation […]
Read MoreOn Monday, June 30, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Commerce (DOC), hosted a listening session titled Anticompetitive Conduct by Pharmaceutical Companies Impeding Generic or Biosimilar Competition. The session gathered input from patient advocates, […]
Read MoreOn June 11, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) released their June 2025 Report to Congress, which included the following chapters: Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Medicaid, Understanding the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, and Self-Direction for Home- and Community-Based Services. The full report is available here. […]
Read MoreOn June 12, 2025, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released their June 2025 Report to Congress, which included the following chapters: Reforming Physician Fee Schedule Updates and Improving the Accuracy of Relative Payment Rates, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, Examining Home Health Care Use Among Medicare Advantage Enrollees, Part D Prescription Drug Plans for […]
Read MoreOn June 17, 2025, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms hosted an event titled, Facility Fee Reforms: How States Are Tackling Excessive Hospital Outpatient Charges. The discussion addressed the growing prevalence of facility fees and their financial burden on patients nationwide, with an emphasis on state-level policy interventions. A full recording of the event […]
Read MoreStakeholders were watching closely when Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on Capitol Hill on May 14. In back-to-back hearings before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Kennedy outlined the administration’s priorities in […]
Read MoreOn April 10, 2025, Applied Policy attended Paragon Health Institute’s session on the Hill about its recently published policy paper, “Addressing Medicaid Money Laundering: The Lack of Integrity with Medicaid Financing and the Need for Reform”.[1] The session, presented by Brian Blase (President) and Niklas Kleinworth (Policy Analyst), focused on the significant growth of […]
Read MoreOn April 10 and 11, 2025, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment Commission (MACPAC) held virtual public meetings, which included the following sessions: MedPAC Reforming Physician Fee Schedule Updates and Improving the Accuracy of Relative Payment Rates (Vote on March 2025 Recommendations) (Pg. 2) Structural Differences between the Part […]
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