Nearing August recess
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to preview the last week the Senate is in session before August recess officially begins.
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Congress' healthcare transparency trajectory
In this week's Healthcare Preview , Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to discuss Congress' continued focus on healthcare transparency, including recent activity in the Senate HELP and House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees, prospects for lame duck action, and what stakeholders should be watching as lawmakers continue working through competing transparency…
2027 PFS proposed rule breakdown
This week in the Breakroom, Jeffrey Davis and special guest Brandy Keys, Director of Health Policy at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, join Maddie News to break down key proposals in the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and discuss the legislative landscape on physician payment. For more on the proposed rule, read last week's Regs & Eggs .
Health transparency on the agenda
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss recent and upcoming congressional committee action on healthcare transparency legislation and what it could mean for an end of year package.
340B OPPS Proposals
This week in the Breakroom, Emily Cook, partner at McDermott Will & Schulte, and Katie Waldo join Maddie to break down 340B drug program proposals included in the recently released Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) proposed rule for 2027, along with discussing prospects for 340B legislative proposals. Read more on the OPPS proposed rule here .
Congress returns to grant rule debate, nomination hearings, and more
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to discuss both chambers' return from recess and what to watch for this week; including potential House healthcare markups, Senate HELP Committee nomination hearings, and growing congressional and stakeholder scrutiny of OMB's proposed changes to federal grant rules.
July 4 recess week
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss what's been heating up in Congress over the last few months and what's on the horizon for the rest of the year.
Summer 2026 drug pricing update
This week in the Breakroom, Amy Kelbick joins Maddie News to run through recent federal drug pricing updates including requests for information and proposed rules.
State Medicaid directors head to the House
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to discuss what to watch for during and after this week's Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight Subcommittee hearing on Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse featuring state Medicaid directors as witnesses.
Encounter data's moment has arrived
With Medicare Advantage now covering more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries, Lynn Nonnemaker and Yamini Kalidindi join Anthony Livshen to unpack MA encounter data – what it is, how complete it's become, and the growing role it's playing in CMS payment policy, quality measurement, and program oversight. The episode explores both current uses and the significant policy shifts that may lie…