Dorothy Mills-Gregg
Medicare and Medicaid Reporter at Inside Health Policy
Medicaid, Medicare @InHealthPolicy reporter § Former @Militarydotcom @MedillontheHill, @Bakersfieldcali, @Capitol_Weekly
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4 days ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg |Jessica Karins
The Supreme Court led health care news this week with most of the justices appearing sympathetic to the Trump administration’s defense in oral arguments Monday (April 21) of the Affordable Care Act’s preventative care mandate, and while Congress is out this week, recent reporting shows the House Energy & Commerce Committee plans to meet in early May to mark up its part of the budget reconciliation package -- all as lawmakers unveil a couple bills over break, including one that...
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1 week ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg
The Trump administration is laying plans to ask Congress to slash HHS’ discretionary budget by a whopping 30%, or $40 billion, in fiscal 2026, according to a White House Office of Management and Budget draft 2026 budget document first reported by The Washington Post Wednesday (April 16). The document independently obtained by Inside Health Policy shows OMB wants to set aside $20 billion to fund HHS’ newest agency, the Administration for a Healthy America, while cutting the National...
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1 week ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg
Inpatient psychiatric facilities’ reimbursements would increase by 2.4% in fiscal 2026, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities would see a bump of 2.6% under proposed pay rules CMS unveiled that all contain a request for information on how to streamline regulations and reduce administrative burdens in Medicare.
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1 week ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg
Nursing homes would see a 2.8% increase in Medicare pay in fiscal 2026 under the proposal CMS released Friday (April 11) -- welcome news to an industry heavily reliant on Medicaid, which is being threatened by the recent budget resolution Congress passed that tasks the committee overseeing Medicaid with making $880 billion in cuts .
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1 week ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg
HHS cut staff with a “scalpel,” but used personnel codes rather than merit or performance evaluations to determine who to cut and the department has until June 2 to decide whether the department needs to rehire the personnel they cut, according to congressional staff who attended the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s closed-door briefing with HHS staff Friday (April 11). Though when E&C staff asked about reporting that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the department might have to...
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I never tweet anymore - my bad! - but with all states feeling the pinch of deciding whether millions of Medicaid enrollees are still eligible for the program, it's remarkable (at least to me) to see states standing with each other.
A standing ovation at #NAMD's conference for Hawaii #Medicaid, which won one of three Spotlight awards. The state has paused all renewals after suffering the deadly #MauiFires.
A standing ovation at #NAMD's conference for Hawaii #Medicaid, which won one of three Spotlight awards. The state has paused all renewals after suffering the deadly #MauiFires.
