Billy Wynne

Agencies’ 2025 HSR Report Highlights Health Care Merger Enforcement and Premerger Compliance Activity; Looking at 2026 and Beyond

By Billy Wynne / July 7, 2026

Last week, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released their 48th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) report, summarizing fiscal year…

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Bipartisan SECURE 340B Act Introduced

By Billy Wynne / July 6, 2026

Today, Reps Scott Peters (D-CA) and John Joyce (R-PA) introduced the Strengthening the Exercise of Controls and Upgrading Requirements for Efficiency (SECURE) 340B Act (press…

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Agency Seeks Comment on Proposed AI Policy Statement Addressing AI Accuracy and State AI Regulation; Comments Due July 31

By Billy Wynne / July 6, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed policy statement seeking public comment on how Section 5 of the FTC Act applies to AI systems…

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Agency Proposes 2.4 Percent Increase for CY 2027 OPPS Payments; Comments Due September 2nd

By Billy Wynne / July 2, 2026

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)…

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House Democrats Introduce Save MEDICARE Act to Reform MA Payments

By Billy Wynne / July 2, 2026

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), along with 44 Democrat representatives, introduced the Saving Medicare Enrollees from Deceptive Insurers and Creating Ample Resources for Everyone (Saving MEDICARE)…

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Agency Estimates CY 2027 Home Health Agency Payments to Increase by 2.4 Percent; Comments Due Aug. 31

By Billy Wynne / July 1, 2026

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) proposed rule (press release, fact sheet). What…

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Key Takeaways from Subcommittee Hearing on Direct Contracting

By Billy Wynne / July 1, 2026

Today, the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) convened a hearing on direct contracting between employers and health care…

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Subcommittee Hearing with OMB Director Vought Highlights Tensions Over Federal Spending and Grantmaking Oversight

By Billy Wynne / June 30, 2026

The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee convened a hearing with Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The…

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