Billy Wynne

Department Advances Immigration Policy Agenda with Alien Registration Final Rule and Proposed Naturalization Fee Changes

By Billy Wynne / June 26, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released two significant immigration regulatory actions that advance key priorities of the Trump Administration’s immigration agenda. First, DHS…

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Subcommittee Hearing with State Medicaid Directors Underscores Partisan Divide Over Medicaid Fraud Enforcement and Funding Uncertainty

By Billy Wynne / June 25, 2026

The House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened a hearing examining state Medicaid program integrity, bringing together Medicaid directors from four…

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Health Subcommittee Advances 15 Bills to Full Committee Including Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026

By Billy Wynne / June 25, 2026

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health convened a markup of 15 bills including proposals to improve federal efforts to address illicit drugs, several…

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Department Outlines One HHS AI Strategy, Emphasizing Coordinated Adoption of Clinical AI Across the Department

By Billy Wynne / June 25, 2026

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted a public webinar to discuss updates from its December 2025 Request for Information (RFI) on accelerating…

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Chair Boozman Introduces Farm Bill Legislation; Does Not Include SNAP Benefit Cost Share Delay

By Billy Wynne / June 24, 2026

Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee John Boozman (R-AR) introduced his legislation for Farm Bill reauthorization (text; section-by-section; title-by-title summary). In addition to agricultural programs, the Farm Bill authorizes…

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Agency Issues RFI on Measuring and Rewarding Scientific Impact; Comments Due August 19

By Billy Wynne / June 23, 2026

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on how the agency should measure, recognize, and incentivize scientific…

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Agency Releases Proposed Rule Implementing Reduction in Federal Cost Sharing for SNAP in FY2027, Comments Due On or Around August 22nd

By Billy Wynne / June 23, 2026

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a proposed rule to amend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations to reduce the Federal government’s share of…

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Economic Advisers: Nationwide Ban on Anti-Competitive Contracts Would Reduce Hospital and Physician Prices by 18 Percent

By Billy Wynne / June 22, 2026

In a new report, the White House Council of Economic Advisers estimates that a nationwide ban on hospitals’ anti-steering, anti-tiering, and all-or-nothing contracts would reduce…

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RFI Issued on the Anti-Kickback Statute and Exceptions to the Civil Monetary Penalties Prohibiting Beneficiary Inducement in Connection to Clinical Trial Participation Comments are Due August 23

By Billy Wynne / June 22, 2026

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) issued a request for information (RFI) on whether any additions or modifications…

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Administration Releases Over $700 million in Behavioral Health Grant Funding, FDA Approves Additional OTC Naloxone Product

By Billy Wynne / June 18, 2026

Over the past week the federal government has released over $740 million in behavioral health grant funding after months of waiting for Notice of Funding…

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