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In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss the House's agenda for their first week back from recess, and wrap up the McDermott+ Healthcare Preview podcast.

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.

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 proposals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ahead, from disproportionate share hospital payments to risk adjustment.

In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to preview what's on the healthcare agenda for the remainder of this year.

This week in the Breakroom, Jeff Davis and Lynn Nonnemaker join Erin Fuller for a deep dive into the findings from the Trustee's 2026 Medicare Report.

In this week's Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to discuss Congress' focus this week on reconciliation 2.0, FISA, and broader legislative efforts to crack down on fraud in federal programs, including healthcare.

This week in the Breakroom, Katie Waldo and Maddie News join Erin Fuller to unpack CMS' new interim final rule directing states to implement Medicaid work requirements by January 1, 2027.