CMS proposes major changes to how states structure healthcare-related taxes, aiming to tighten oversight and reduce federal spending over the next decade.
Medicaid
Medicaid work requirements face legal and compliance challenges as states warn of coverage losses, administrative burdens, and unclear federal guidance that could jeopardize vulnerable enrollees and strain safety net systems.
Healthcare will keep getting more expensive as more people lose coverage, complicating the rules governing the sector.
Regulators are intensifying efforts to enforce information-blocking rules with potential penalties as high as $1m, in a move to increase transparency and interoperability in healthcare.
Federal prosecutors say New York health officials and state contractor misled regulators and public about the state’s $10 billion home care program.
Ruling nullifies CMS’s expanded oversight of ACA eligibility, halting new verification, enrollment period, and reinstates pre-rule compliance standards for marketplaces.
Republicans are weighing whether the funds could offset the cost of a budget package that may include up to $200 billion for the Iran war. But is it worth the political risk?
The regulator described the move as part of a broader effort to modernize Medicaid oversight and strengthen the program’s long-term sustainability.