MACPAC Recommends Phasing in Medicaid DSH Cuts, Restructuring Allotments
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) released its March 2019 report to Congress, which recommends Congress phase in the Affordable Care...
CMS Delivers New Guidance on Immediate Jeopardy
New guidance​ from
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revises the guidelines
to determine immediate jeopardy. The changes to Appendix Q of the State
Operations...
All 5 PBMs agree to testify at Senate drug cost hearing
By Sarah Karlin-Smith and Sarah Owermohle with POLITICOPRO
Five pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBM) have agreed to testify about drug pricing at an April 9 Senate...
CMS Upates Drug Dashboards with Prescription Drug Pricing and Spending Data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Drug Spending Dashboards​ with data for 2017. The Trump Administration’s version of the drug...
Trump’s proposed 2020 budget reduces funding for rural health programs
The White House recently released its fiscal year 2020 budget, which would be devastating for the rural health safety net and includes funding cuts...
FDA Released Draft Guidance on E-cigarette Sale Restrictions
On March 13, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released much anticipated draft guidance​ designed to restrict how and where flavored e-cigarettes are...
Trump’s Budget Proposal for Medicaid Changes
By Adam Cancryn with PoliticoPro
​The Trump administration is calling once again for a broad overhaul of Medicaid as part of its budget request...
Trump budget could save $69 billion on drug costs
By Sarah Karlin-Smith with PoliticoPro
​The White House's proposed fiscal 2020 budget includes a slew of changes to Medicare, Medicaid, the FDA and the 340B...
Updated: FDA Commissioner Gottlieb to step-down.
POLITICO: Adriel Bettelheim, Sarah Karlin-Smith, Sarah Owermohle, Helena Bottemiller Evich and Alice Miranda Ollstein contributed to this report.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, an unusually...
CMS Guidance on Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Reporting
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued additional guidance for laboratories that are required to report private payer data for laboratory tests...
