Mississippi Establishes Rural Health Transformation Office
Mississippi has established the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program Office to coordinate implementation of the state’s rural health plan. The office will align agencies, oversee program administration, and drive initiatives…
Rural Health Transformation Program Dollars Could Flow to Corporate Contracts
Congress created the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which also cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid. All 50 states received…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of April 20, 2026
Judge blocks HHS from reimplementing gender care policy in 21 states: 4 notesWhat’s happening: A federal judge permanently barred HHS from enforcing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s declaration threatening funding…
California Assembly Says No to Single-Payer Health Care (Again)
This week, the California State Assembly failed to advance Assembly Bill 2200, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare). The single-payer health care bill would have established a comprehensive…
Trump’s CDC Nomination Signals a Reset, but Questions Remain for Health Systems
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention marks a pivotal moment for federal public health leadership, and hospital executives should…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of April 13, 2026
CMS Proposes 2.4% Medicare Payment Increase for FY 2027 On April 10, CMS issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.4%…
Federal Medicaid Work Requirements Fluctuate at the State Level
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump last July, millions of people who apply for Medicaid will have to prove they’ve been working, going to school,…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of April 3, 2026
Trump Budget Request Seeks HHS Cuts, Moves 340B Program Under CMS What’s happening: The White House budget outline seeks a 12.5% reduction in HHS funding and would move oversight of the…
Visa turbulence is becoming a care delivery problem
The Trump administration’s tougher immigration posture is no longer just a policy debate in Washington. It is becoming an operational problem for hospitals and health systems that rely on international…
Group Purchasing for Certain 340B Hospitals ‘Must Be Vacated’
On March 31, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated a 2013 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) policy regarding a 2013 policy. Historically, disproportionate share…