Issue Brief
01/18/26
FAQs: Latest Proposed Rule on Transparency in Coverage
The three federal agencies that oversee health insurance, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health & Human Services, published a proposed rule to update the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) requirements on December 19, 2025.
01/4/26
On December 18, 2025, the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) released a Request For Applications (RFA) for the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model, to invite health tech companies and value-based care organizations to participate in a new Medicare payment pilot.
12/23/25
Maverick’s Monitor: Helping You Keep Up With Health Policy
Despite the holiday season, there continues to be an extraordinary amount of HHS activity that is important to health care and technology stakeholders. While we are working on a full analysis of each of the following announcements, we offer you a snapshot of everything that Maverick Health Policy is monitoring.
12/15/25
Rock Weekly: A New Federal Effort to Expand Digital Health Access: The “ACCESS” Model
A disagreement about health care issues caused congressional budget negotiations to fail by the deadline of September 30, 2025.
11/23/25
Draft Executive Order on AI Regulation
On November 20, 2025, reports surfaced about a draft Executive Order (EO) titled "Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy." It aligns with the recommendations in the White House's AI Action Plan, released in July 2025, which emphasized the need for federal policy to enable rapid industry innovation, particularly in the face of escalating global competition.
11/14/25
After the Trump administration and Democratic congressional leaders failed to agree about the health care issues related to the budget, the federal government shutdown at 12:01 am on October 1, 2025.
10/27/25
Rock Weekly: Maverick’s Government Shutdown Update
A disagreement about health care issues caused congressional budget negotiations to fail by the deadline of September 30, 2025.
09/28/25
Update: Industry-led Governance of Health AI Tools
Industry groups are proposing how to safely and responsibly oversee the evaluation, deployment, and monitoring of health AI tools while federal regulation lags behind innovation.
07/25/25
White House Artificial Intelligence Action Plan: Key Findings & Policy Actions
On July 23, 2025, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan.” In general, the Plan emphasizes the need for federal policy to enable rapid industry innovation, particularly in the face of escalating competition with China. The Plan links technological advancement to economic competitiveness and national security.
07/18/25
CMS CY 2026 Medicare Proposed Payment Rules: Digital Health Provisions
During the week of July 14, 2025, CMS issued its two annual rules that update payments to physicians and hospitals participating in the Medicare program for the next year: the CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule and the CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule). This issue brief examines only those changes specific to telehealth, digital health, and potential future payment pathways under the two proposed rules.