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Medicare Waste is Rightly Back on the Table
The Senate is reportedly exploring options to reduce Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse as they consider changes to the House-passed One Big Beautiful...
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CMS Takes Important Steps to Recover Overpayments from Medicare Advantage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it was expanding its efforts to audit Medicare Advantage (MA) plans’ risk...
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Five Ways the Senate Can Improve OBBBA
The House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would add roughly $3 trillion to the debt including interest through 2034 as written, and we...
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Energy & Commerce Draft Would Help Limit Medicaid Gaming
The House Energy & Commerce (E&C) Committee recently released its proposed reconciliation legislation, which is expected to save over $900 billion...
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New Site-Neutral Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Same Care, Lower Cost Act this week, which would take significant steps toward implementing site-neutral...
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Energy & Commerce Has Plenty of Options
Under the House's reconciliation instructions, the Energy & Commerce Committee is tasked with identifying at least $880 billion of net deficit...
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Event Recap: Third Annual Health Solutions Summit
On April 3 rd, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its Third Annual Health Solutions Summit at the Royal Sonesta, Capitol Hill. The...
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Medicare Advantage Will Be Overpaid by $1.2 Trillion
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released their latest status report on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program last week. Based on this...
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Hundreds of Billions in Medicaid Savings from Financing Schemes
The budget resolution approved by the House Budget Committee last week includes reconciliation instructions for the Energy and Commerce Committee to...
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CBO’s Medicare Savings Options
Medicare – a federal program that provides health insurance to seniors and some individuals with disabilities – is one of the largest and fastest...
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Medicaid Savings Options
The Medicaid program – a joint federal-state program that provides health care to low-income populations – is projected to cost the federal government...
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Reform Needed for Medicaid DSH
Federal Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments are set to face an $8 billion annual reduction – more than 50 percent – in 2025, 2026...