Overview

• CMS plans to inject more than $200 billion into Medicaid, funded by cuts to existing health care programs, under President Trump’s recently enacted legislation.
• Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said that applications for the $50 billion rural hospital stabilization fund will be sent to eligible providers in early September to support workforce development, system right-sizing and telehealth expansion.
• The new law will impose work requirements on able-bodied Medicaid recipients and mandate more frequent eligibility checks in an effort to promote individual responsibility.
• CMS will launch a national, patient opt-in health data sharing network managed by the agency to enable Americans to securely transfer medical records across systems and apps.
• The Congressional Budget Office estimates the reforms could lead to 11.8 million Americans losing Medicaid coverage over the next decade even as the administration pursues drug price negotiations and program efficiency measures.