10/30/2026 2:23:43 PM Court Blocks CMS’s Narrower Definition of Medical Frailty Under Medicaid Work Requirements By Elizabeth Loh A. Xavier Baker On October 29, 2026, a federal district court in Massachusetts struck down part of CMS’s Medicaid community engagement rule, ruling that...
10/14/2026 8:17:46 PM New Sheriff In Town? CMS Joins OIG in Exclusion Enforcement By Elizabeth Loh A. Xavier Baker On October 14, 2026, HHS published a notice delegating to the CMS Administrator the Secretary’s authority to impose permissive exclusions...
10/14/2026 8:13:53 PM Who’s Calling the Shots? Vaccine Policy in Court By Michelle Koltov Lisa Campbell On October 6, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral argument in American Academy of Pediatrics v....
9/29/2026 8:58:13 PM D.C. Cuts Paid Family Leave Benefits Beginning October 1, 2026 By Shanna Cramer Savannah Myers Effective October 1, 2026, amendments to the D.C. Paid Family Leave Act reduce the maximum duration and weekly amount of certain paid...
9/28/2026 5:21:45 PM CMS Seeks Input on Medicare Part D Pharmacy Contracting Standards By Elizabeth Loh On September 24, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a request for information (RFI) seeking input on...
9/23/2026 1:58:59 PM CMS Targets Unauthorized Marketplace Enrollments and Broker Misconduct By Michelle Koltov A. Xavier Baker CMS is taking a more aggressive approach to Marketplace program integrity. On September 22, 2026, the agency announced that it had...
9/10/2026 6:52:14 PM Same ICHRA, New Name: Meet the CHOICE Arrangement By Will Fischer Michelle Koltov Katie Amin On September 3, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration and CMS announced “CHOICE Arrangements,” a new name for Individual Coverage...
8/24/2026 3:55:42 PM White House Issues Executive Order on Childhood Vaccine Recommendations By Michelle Koltov Lisa Campbell On August 10, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order, Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans...
8/13/2026 4:42:50 PM CMS Finalizes Rule Ending Federal Medicaid and CHIP Funding for Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care By Elizabeth Loh A. Xavier Baker On August 11, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule restricting the use of federal Medicaid and...
8/10/2026 2:43:52 PM CMS Announces Updates Regarding IDR Operations and Portal By Michelle Koltov Lisa Campbell Earlier this year, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), together with...
8/7/2026 5:09:33 PM CMS Guidance After the Columbus II Stay – What Issuers Need to Know! By Michelle Koltov Lisa Campbell On July 16, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted the Plaintiff’s motion for a stay on certain provisions in...
7/22/2026 7:52:20 PM DOL Proposes New Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor for Group Health Plans By Tamara Killion Today, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would create a new, optional electronic disclosure safe harbor...