Interoperability
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Monday, June 29
The clean action item this morning is Medicare Advantage prior authorization.
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Privacy and Security
Health Policy Signal Morning Brief: Friday, June 26, 2026
House Energy and Commerce received HR 9470, a bill focused on privacy protections for pregnancy termination or loss information under HIPAA privacy regulations and the HITECH Act.
Telehealth
Health Policy Signal Morning Brief: Thursday, June 25, 2026
House bill HR 9431 would amend ERISA to prohibit health care providers and facilities from imposing certain facility fees for telehealth.
Administrative Simplification
CMS Puts Medicaid Drug Rebates and Managed Care Oversight Back on the Paperwork Clock
CMS has a new Federal Register notice queued up for June 26, and the headline is classic paperwork camouflage: “Agency Information Collection Activities…
Privacy and Security
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Monday, June 22
Slow morning, which is its own useful finding.
Administrative Simplification
CMS Is Updating Its Emergency Waiver Intake System for Disasters and Cyber Incidents
CMS is asking for one more round of paperwork clearance on the system providers and state survey agencies use when emergencies knock normal health care…
Prior Authorization
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Tuesday, June 16
CMS published a Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program proposed rule today, moving the program from recurring guidance into a more durable regulatory…
Prior Authorization
Health Policy Signal Morning Brief: Monday, June 15, 2026
CMS prior authorization policy is the center of today’s health IT signal, with comments due today on interoperability standards and prior authorization for drugs across major public programs and federally facilitated exchange plans. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/med
AI Governance
Health Policy Signal Morning Brief: Friday, June 12, 2026
CMS has created a new Office of Health Technology and Products to lead technology modernization, digital products, and platform transformation across Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and other CMS programs (Federal Register).
Prior Authorization
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF - Thursday, June 11
CMS quietly stood up a new Office of Health Technology and Products.
Briefing
ACF wants to take a red pen to old family-assistance regulations before June 25
The Administration for Children and Families is proposing a broad cleanup of federal family-assistance regulations, with comments due June 25, 2026.
Interoperability
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Tuesday, June 9
Slow but action-relevant morning. No major new Federal Register item in this publication's coverage focus, but CMS-0062-P is now inside the final week for…