Healthcare PolicyMillions Face Healthcare Crisis as ACA Subsidies Expire, Premiums Skyrocket 114% in 2026
Enhanced ACA premium tax credits expired January 1, 2026, causing average premiums to surge 114% and pushing 4.8 million...
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Healthcare PolicyHHS OCR Proposes Sweeping HIPAA Privacy Rule Updates to Regulate AI-Driven Health Analytics and Pharmacogenomic Data
HHS OCR has proposed sweeping updates to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to regulate AI-driven health analytics and pharmacogenom...
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Healthcare PolicyCMS Issues Final Guidance on Medicaid Coverage of GLP-1 Agonists, Setting Precedent for Chronic Weight Management Therapies
CMS has issued final guidance allowing Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 agonists when prescribed for covered comorbidities, na...
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Healthcare PolicyHRSA Announces $500 Million Federal Grant Initiative to Combat Critical Nursing Shortage and Expand Clinical Placement Capacity
HRSA has announced a $500 million grant initiative to combat the nursing shortage by addressing the faculty crisis and e...
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Healthcare PolicyHHS Imposes Record $120 Million in Civil Monetary Penalties for Hospital Price Transparency Non-Compliance
HHS has imposed a record $120 million in fines against 45 hospital systems for violating the Hospital Price Transparency...
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Healthcare PolicyCongress Passes Telehealth Reimbursement Permanence Act, Codifying Post-PHE Flexibilities into Medicare Statute
Congress has passed the Telehealth Reimbursement Permanence Act, permanently removing Medicare's geographic and originat...
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Healthcare PolicyDOL and HHS Launch Joint Enforcement Task Force for Mental Health Parity Compliance Amid Surging NQTL Audits
The DOL, HHS, and Treasury have launched the Mental Health Parity Enforcement Task Force to aggressively audit Non-Quant...
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Healthcare PolicyWorld Health Assembly Ratifies Historic Pandemic Equity Treaty Governing Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing
The World Health Assembly has ratified the Pandemic Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) treaty, mandating the sharing of p...
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Healthcare PolicyCMS Finalizes Rule Mandating Value-Based Care Models for 75% of Medicaid Services by 2028
CMS has finalized a rule requiring states to transition 75% of Medicaid expenditures to Value-Based Care (VBC) by 2028. ...
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Healthcare PolicyFDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for AI Triage Algorithm to Address Rural Healthcare Deserts
The FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to an AI triage algorithm tailored for rural critical access hospita...
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