9/25/2025 4:00:57 PM What could a Government Shutdown mean for the Health Care Industry? By Matthew Loughran September 30 is the end of Fiscal Year 2025 for the federal government. If the Congress does not pass a continuing resolution or the...
7/14/2025 2:18:44 AM Reconciliation Bill Blocks Funding For Family Planning Services, Reproductive Health, and Related Medical Care By Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less This is the first in a series of blog posts designed to provide a deeper dive into the provisions of the 2025 Reconciliation Law...
7/6/2025 2:30:16 AM Senate Version of Reconciliation Bill Becomes Law By Matthew Loughran On July 4, President Trump got his wish and was able to hold a signing ceremony for the Reconciliation Bill that put into effect many of...
7/1/2025 1:54:45 PM Supreme Court Says Beneficiaries Have No Section 1983 Private Right of Action to Enforce Medicaid Provider Choice Provisions By Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker Roswill Mejia +1 more... Show less On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Medicaid beneficiaries have no recourse under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Section 1983) to...
6/23/2025 1:27:24 PM A Week that Changed Health Care Law By Matthew Loughran Well, that was quite a week. Even with a federal holiday right in the middle, there were a number of developments in health care law that...
5/23/2025 7:47:57 PM Breaking down the Health Care Impacts of the One Big [Reconciliation] Bill By Scot T. Hasselman Carol Loepere Matthew Loughran After 28 hours of deliberation including a marathon Rules Committee meeting that saw more than 500 proposed Democratic amendments, the...
5/19/2025 8:03:55 PM CMS Proposes Rule to Tighten Medicaid Provider Tax Requirements By Nicole Aiken-Shaban David Bender Last week, on May 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that, if adopted, will change the...
3/19/2025 11:58:38 PM Elimination of the Richardson Waiver Means Changes . . . But To What End? By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds David Bender Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less In February 1971, at the tail end of Richard Nixon’s first term, his Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Elliot Richardson,...
11/17/2023 1:26:51 PM CMS Finalizes Nursing Home Ownership Rule By Carol Loepere Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its final rule that requires nursing homes enrolled in Medicare and...
9/27/2023 4:27:19 PM CMS Final Rule Streamlines Medicare Savings Program Eligibility and Enrollment By Jessica Christensen Good news for Medicare-eligible patients: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making it easier for individuals with...
9/1/2023 8:40:29 PM CMS Proposes National Minimum Nursing Staff Requirements for LTC Facilities By Matthew Loughran In a proposed rule sent to the federal register public inspection list on Sept. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
4/29/2023 1:12:41 AM CMS proposes Medicaid changes that are likely to have significant impact on beneficiaries and Medicaid MCO payments By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a pair of proposed rules on April 27, 2023 that make substantial changes to...
4/27/2023 1:20:12 AM DACA Recipients Can Enroll in Qualified Health Plans under Proposed HHS Rule By Matthew Loughran The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that removes an exception to the definition...
2/24/2023 2:38:41 AM CMS Wants to Know Who Owns Nursing Facilities By Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule on February 15, 2023 that would require Medicare-enrolled...
12/13/2022 7:58:05 PM Home Health Care Services Electronic Visit Verification System Implementation Required by January 1, 2023 By Janine Tougas Craig Anderson Under provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act), providers of Medicaid-funded personal care services (PCS) and home health...
3/1/2022 2:38:40 PM OIG permits home health agency to pay nurse aide certification tuition costs By Sebnem Dugmeoglu In its February 14, 2022 advisory opinion the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) allowed a Home...