2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (621+ words) Legis1 Medicare Insolvency Deadline Nears as Trust Fund Faces 2033 Shortfall The Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is projected to exhaust its reserves in 2033, leaving the program unable to pay the full cost of Part A hospital benefits from dedicated revenues…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (291+ words) Squire Patton Boggs ended its representation of the Association for Accessible Medicines as of June 30, according to a Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) termination filing. The split marks the end of a relationship focused on trade policy affecting generic drug manufacturers,…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (210+ words) New York Life Insurance Co. is focused on tax treatment of life insurance products and regulations affecting the insurance industry. The company's quarter two lobbying filing disclosure reveals efforts to shape policy around retirement savings systems and insurance company regulations…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (444+ words) Legis1 Report Says CMS Controls Fail to Stop Rogue Marketplace Agents More than 19 million consumers are enrolled in health insurance plans through federal and state Marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (386+ words) Expanding Medicare's site-neutral payment policy could save the federal government more than $170 billion over a decade, according to a new Congressional Research Service report. It comes as Congress is actively hunting for ways to offset the cost of sweeping tax…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (701+ words) The Congressional Research Service has quietly updated one of its most practical reference documents: a comprehensive guide to finding Medicare FFS payment rules, the sprawling set of regulations that govern how the federal government reimburses hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (566+ words) The report lands as the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency has made eliminating federal waste a signature political cause. But the GAO's data makes clear this is not a new problem, and it has resisted solutions across administrations of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (596+ words) The federal government is paying health insurance claims to dead doctors. The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program operates by contracting with private insurance carriers, which in turn reimburse health care providers. OPM sits at the top of that structure, responsible…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (275+ words) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ended its relationship with Dennis M. Hertel & Associates effective January 1, 2026, with the termination filing signed April 30. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan lobbying relationship spanned nearly two decades, generating $635,000 in total fees across 74 filings dating…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (294+ words) Independence Blue Cross LLC, the Philadelphia-based regional health insurer, filed an amended lobbying disclosure filing for the second quarter of 2025, reporting $170,000 in in-house lobbying activity. The amendment arrives days after the company's director of financial investigations testified before Congress on…...