Insights: Clients

Medicare FFS Reimbursement (Home Health)

CMS has issued the CY26 Home Health Agency (HHA) proposed rule. Under the rule, CMS proposes decrease payments by -6.4% (-$1.135b) for CY26 relative to CY25. Comprising that net update is a 2.4% market basket update, a -0.5% outlier payment decrease, and an aggregate -3.7% prospective behavioral adjustment due to the continued implementation of...

Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Macro, Tech / Media / Telecom

Senate Republicans yesterday overcame the first procedural hurdle in passing the reconciliation bill and are planning for a Monday vote on final passage, though numerous of them continue to have reservations. House Majority Leader Scalise (R-LA) has indicated a House vote on the bill could take place by Tuesday or Wednesday, though a significant...

Energy, Healthcare, Macro

The Senate parliamentarian has deemed numerous provisions of the reconciliation bill, including major components of the planned Medicaid cuts, procedurally impermissible, which some estimates suggest would add ~$250b in deficit impact back to the bill. Finance Committee Chair Crapo (R-ID) indicated to his colleagues late yesterday that the...

Energy, Healthcare, Macro

President Trump is intensifying his push to have the reconciliation bill enacted by July 4th. It appears the Senate parliamentarian will continue her review of the bill through today, with Majority Leader Thune now planning to commence with consideration of the bill on the Senate floor tomorrow and concluding over the weekend, giving the House...

Medicaid, ACA, PBMs, and HSAs in Reconciliation

Senate Republicans are in intense negotiations over modifications to the Finance Committee (SFC) draft contribution to the reconciliation bill, covering Medicaid, ACA, and other provisions (e.g., HSAs, PBMs). The SFC draft, which is more aggressive than the House bill, continues to draw push back from Republicans in both the House and Senate.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Omnicom/Interpublic

Various news outlets, including the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Reuters reported last week that the companies and FTC are in discussions over a consent decree intended to prevent the combined company from boycotting media companies due to their political content. This news comes on the heels of reports that the FTC has requested information...