Administrative Simplification
CMS is asking for public comment by October 9 on five Medicaid and CHIP information collections, including a new state-plan template tied to the 2024…
Interoperability
CMS fixed a payment-recovery trap for qualifying APM participants.
Privacy and Security
Today’s implementation pressure: a final CMS drug model, a refreshed ONC cybersecurity tool, and Medicare Advantage enforcement all test who owns the…
Administrative Simplification
FDA is asking the Office of Management and Budget to renew the paperwork authority for its Voluntary Improvement Program, the agency’s third-party…
Interoperability
CMS is testing an alternative Part B drug-inflation-rebate calculation using international net-price benchmarks.
Physician Payment
The live federal pressure point today is enforcement without collateral damage.
Briefing
CMS published a 16-page correction to its fiscal 2027 hospital payment rule on September 29, with the changes effective October 1.
Interoperability
ONC has a better cyber checklist for smaller practices—but it is not a compliance shield.
Interoperability
The federal shelf is quiet this morning, but one standards lever expires tonight.
Administrative Simplification
CMS is taking comments through October 9 on five Medicaid and CHIP information collections, including a new state-plan template tied to federal…
Privacy and Security
Today’s useful signal is not a new federal mandate; it is the implementation boundary where public money and vendor promises meet physician workflow.
Administrative Simplification
CMS will publish a Federal Register notice on September 25 seeking comment on five Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program information…