CMS and FDA’s new RAPID coverage pathway
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This week in the Breakroom, Mike Ryan, Partner at McDermott Will and Schulte, and Parashar Patel join Erin Fuller to discuss the significance and implications of the new FDA and CMS Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device-(RAPID)- device coverage pathway.
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Reconciliation, Ways and Means hearing
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Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Julia Grabo to discuss what their watching for as the House takes up reconciliation and hospital and health system CEOs testify in front of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Prior Authorization for Drugs
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This week in the Breakroom, Jeffrey Davis joins Maddie News to break down what led up to CMS’s release of the prior authorization for drugs proposed rule and to discuss other prior authorization action from the Trump Administration.
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Reconciliation and RFK on the Hill
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In this week’s Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to unpack the discussions around budget reconciliation in the Senate and Secretary Kennedy’s marathon stretch of hearings on Capitol Hill.
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FY 2027 Medicare hospital IPPS proposed rule
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Devin Stone, Marla Kugel, and Deb Godes join Julia Grabo to discuss policies in the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule, including the proposed payment update, the nationalization of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, and changes to the New Technology Add-on Payment program.
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Secretary Kennedy Budget Hearings
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In this week’s Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss reconciliation 2.0 and upcoming hearings with HHS Secretary Kennedy.
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FY 2027 president's budget
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This week in the Breakroom, Jeff Davis joins Erin Fuller to discuss the policies and funding requests within the FY 2027 President’s budget, including the returning request for restructuring within the US Department of Health and Human Services to create the Administration for Healthy America.
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All eyes on the president's budget
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In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Julia Grabo to discuss their first reactions to the healthcare proposals in President Trump's FY 2027 budget request.
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Recess begins, reconciliation questions grow
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In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Erin Fuller to discuss Congress heading into recess amid the Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, and how that's fueling talk of "reconciliation 2.0."
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CMS holds Quality Conference, releases Hospital at Home data
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This week in the Breakroom, Simeon Niles joins Julia Grabo to discuss CMS's Hospital at Home data release and how it aligns with broader themes from last week's Quality Conference.
info_outlineThis week in the Breakroom, Deborah Godes, Marla Kugel, and Yamini Kalidindi join Anthony Livshen to explore the challenges of setting outpatient payment rates as CMS phases out the inpatient-only (IPO) list over three years beginning in 2026 — and to discuss a data-driven approach to getting it right. The episode opens with an update on the public Medicaid data discussed last week.