CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

Bills and resolutions

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: abolish (see H.R. 8293), H2923 [15AP]

——— require to test model implementing most-favored-nation drug pricing (see H.R. 7837), H2470 [5MR]

——— test model to reduce chronic diseases by using accountable produce as medicine (see S. 5267), S4475 [5AU] (see H.R. 8355), H2959 [16AP]

Dept. of HHS: conduct mandatory stuttering screenings for young children and guarantee Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage for speech therapy services (see S. 5172), S4336 [29JY]

——— provide funding for Quality Improvement Organizations to work with lower-resourced providers to improve preparedness and performance, improve Medicare services, and ensure continuity of services during disasters (see H.R. 7486), H2185 [11FE]

——— require certain health care facilities to post prices on walls (see H.R. 9390), H4205 [23JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: seek to enter into memorandum of understanding with Dept. of HHS to avoid duplicative, improper, or erroneous billings or payments for hospital care and medical services (see H.R. 9502), H4315 [29JN]

Government regulations: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program’’ (see S.J. Res. 197), S2894 [17JN] (see H.J. Res. 197), H4126 [18JN]

——— disapprove rule relative to Medicare implementation of prior authorization for select services for Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) model (see S.J. Res. 192), S2373 [19MY] (see S.J. Res. 198), S3202 [24JN] (see H.J. Res. 187), H3627 [19MY]

——— update regulation of laboratory developed tests under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program (see H.R. 8890), H3626 [19MY]

Health care facilities: establish total nurse staffing hours per resident day and require 24-hour use of registered professional nurses in nursing homes (see S. 3886), S609 [12FE]

——— extend rural community hospital demonstration program (see S. 4460), S2170 [30AP] (see H.R. 8967), H3722 [21MY]

Medicaid: work with State Medicaid programs to issue guidance on impact of funding cuts and new requirements under One Big Beautiful Bill Act on State agencies and enrollees (see H. Res. 1403), H4364 [30JN]

Medicare: codify low-wage index hospital policy (see S. 4233), S1668 [26MR] (see H.R. 8109), H2776 [26MR]

——— ensure continued designation of certain critical access hospitals (see H.R. 7727), H2332 [26FE]

——— establish hybrid primary care payments (see S. 5269), S4475 [5AU]

——— extend Quality Payment Program-Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support program (see H.R. 9002), H3724 [21MY]

——— limit geographic reclassification of certain hospitals (see H.R. 7409), H2041 [5FE]

——— provide review process for adverse national coverage determinations relative to drug coverage of certain new, innovative treatments (see H.R. 9418), H4244 [24JN]

——— test payment of blood transfusions separately from hospice all-inclusive per diem payment (see H.R. 9703), H4544 [15JY]

Pharmaceuticals: report on use of coverage and reimbursement authorities to protect markets for active pharmaceutical ingredients and key starting materials (see S. 5297), S4514 [6AU]

Decisions 

Applicability of Congressional Review Act to Dept. of HHS and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services notice implementing Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model: Edda Emmanuelli Perez, GAO, S2299–S2302 [14MY]

Motions

Government regulations: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability’’ (S.J. Res. 84), S147 [13JA]

——— disapprove rule relative to Medicare implementation of prior authorization for select services for Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) model (S.J. Res. 198), S4127 [16JY]

Remarks in House

Medicaid: implementation guidance to assist States with changes to State-operated Medicaid programs enacted under One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H3781 [3JN], H4265 [29JN]

Oz, Mehmet: characterization of remarks by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator relative to declining U.S. fertility rate, H3378 [12MY]

Rural Health Transformation Program: funding, H229 [8JA]

——— tribute, H2839 [14AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: implement measures to prevent improper payments to managed care organizations for deceased Medicaid enrollees, S185 [14JA]

Government regulations: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability’’ (S.J. Res. 84), S143, S146 [13JA]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability’’ (S.J. Res. 84), motion to proceed, S147–S152 [13JA]

——— disapprove rule relative to Medicare implementation of prior authorization for select services for Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) model (S.J. Res. 198), motion to proceed, S4127–S4129, S4131 [16JY]

Health care facilities: extend rural community hospital demonstration program (S. 4460), S2428 [20MY], S2431 [21MY]

Iowa: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Rural Health Transformation Fund grant recipient, S19 [6JA]

Medicaid: implement minimum work requirement for able-bodied adults, S2671 [9JN], S2744 [11JN]

——— tribute to Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Grant Program, S2501 [3JN]

Rural Health Transformation Program: funding, S21 [6JA], S63 [7JA], S2293 [14MY], S3171 [24JN]

Texts of

S. 4460, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rural community hospital demonstration program extension, S2428 [20MY]