Jalen Brown
Federal Health Care Policy Reporter at Inside Health Policy
Congressional Reporter @InHealthPolicy | [email protected] | Past: @BGOV, @CNN, @Forbes | ❝The people must know before they can act...❞ — Ida B. Wells
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insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown
Hospices would see a 2.4% payment increase next year under CMS’ proposed fiscal year (FY) 2026 Hospice Rule, which also clarifies which physicians can recommend patients for hospice care and strengthens documentation requirements for face-to-face visits during recertification. The 2.4% pay bump proposed in Friday’s (April 11) rule would increase hospice payments by about $695 million in 2026, CMS says.
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insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown
After drawing backlash from family physician lobbyists for reportedly telling CMS staff that artificial intelligence (AI) could eventually replace human doctors, newly confirmed CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz laid out a rather vague policy agenda Thursday (April 10) calling for greater price transparency, getting life-saving treatments to patients more quickly, fighting chronic diseases, modernizing health programs, and curbing waste, fraud and abuse -- all without explicitly mentioning the role...
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insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown
The House narrowly passed the Senate-amended budget resolution Thursday (April 10) morning after a last-minute push by GOP leadership to win over a handful of conservative holdouts, clearing the way for a future reconciliation bill that’s expected to include deep cuts to the Medicaid program, which has been a major point of contention for congressional Democrats, advocates and some Republicans.
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insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown
A Supreme Court emergency order Tuesday (April 8) siding with the Trump administration’s recent firing of 16,000 probationary federal employees across six agencies -- not including HHS -- could bolster the administration’s push in a separate case to convince an appeals court to uphold its firing of thousands more probationary employees at HHS.
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insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown
Following pressure from Medicare Advantage (MA) allies, the Trump administration on Monday (April 7) released a 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D rate notice that projects these private plans will see a 5.06% average pay bump next year, slightly above the 4.33% increase that the Biden administration initially laid out in its advance notice. According to the agency, a key driver of the increase is the 5.93% Effective Growth Rate, which captures per-capita Medicare cost increases.
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During Mehmet Oz’s Senate Finance nomination hearing, Sen. Bennet mentions that, on average, African Americans live 12 years less than people in other developed nations. “I can't think of anything more at war with our sense of self than that, honestly,” Bennet said.
RT @LongCFoundation: Thanks as always for writing important articles about Long COVID Jalen. https://t.co/YtvaIP6LrU https://t.co/AK9Ix46N…