Sigi Ris

2 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Sigi Ris |Amy Lotven

With Republican senators now open to cuts to Medicare, and some already suggesting that upcoding by Medicare Advantage plans should be stemmed, the lobby representing MA plans warns that going after the program would “break a promise to the more than 34 million seniors who rely on it.”

3 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Sigi Ris

In a bipartisan vote Wednesday (June 4), the House passed legislation reauthorizing the signature 2018 opioid response SUPPORT Act, which expired in 2023 and has yet to receive full reauthorization.

3 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Christian Robles |Sigi Ris

GOP lawmakers appear poised to remove a controversial proposal to bar states from implementing artificial intelligence regulations -- including those that affect health care stakeholders -- for a decade from the budget reconciliation bill as Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike come out against the provision.

3 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg |Amy Lotven |Sigi Ris

Several GOP senators who have raised concerns about the House-passed reconciliation bill say they support Medicaid work requirements, but are split when it comes to the freeze on provider taxes, with Missouri Senator Josh Hawley suggesting a moratorium would harm rural hospitals while others argue the House didn’t go far enough to stop the practice and warn the provision must be retroactive to prevent state legislatures from trying to squeeze in increases before it goes into effect.

4 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg |Amy Lotven |Sigi Ris

Several GOP senators who have raised concerns about the House-passed reconciliation bill say they support Medicaid work requirements, but are split when it comes to the freeze on provider taxes, with Missouri Senator Josh Hawley suggesting a moratorium would harm rural hospitals while others argue the House didn’t go far enough to stop the practice and warn the provision must be retroactive to prevent state legislatures from trying to squeeze in increases before it goes into effect.