Noah Tong
@noahtong.bsky.social
Healthcare journalist. Former sports reporter. @Tong_Thoughts elsewhere
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CMS won't say how many could lose coverage from Trump's budget bill despite dismissing CBO estimates www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/cms-w...
CMS won't say how many could lose coverage from Trump's budget bill despite dismissing CBO estimates
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) chief of staff and Deputy Administrator Stephanie Carlton says the agency hasn’t produced internal projections of how many people could lose healt | The ...
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June 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
CMS won't say how many could lose coverage from Trump's budget bill despite dismissing CBO estimates www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/cms-w...
Today, the House advanced the reconciliation bill and there is a lot to unpack. Fierce Healthcare has been unpacking the bill for weeks.
First, the latest version of the bill makes work requirements start sooner.
First, the latest version of the bill makes work requirements start sooner.
House GOP advances budget megabill, imposing stricter Medicaid work requirements
At long last, the “one big, beautiful bill” has passed through the House of Representatives, sending an all-encompassing reconciliation package to the Senate. | The latest version of the bill would se...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today, the House advanced the reconciliation bill and there is a lot to unpack. Fierce Healthcare has been unpacking the bill for weeks.
First, the latest version of the bill makes work requirements start sooner.
First, the latest version of the bill makes work requirements start sooner.
NEW to Fierce Healthcare: Rollout of a text messaging platform designed to mass distribute reminders about Medicaid benefits and eligibility requirements to beneficiaries will now be discontinued.
Feds shutting down texting service platform Notify.gov for Medicaid benefits
The government is discontinuing a text messaging platform designed to mass distribute reminders about Medicaid benefits and other programs, the General Services Administration (GSA) confirmed to Fi | ...
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March 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
NEW to Fierce Healthcare: Rollout of a text messaging platform designed to mass distribute reminders about Medicaid benefits and eligibility requirements to beneficiaries will now be discontinued.
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HHS closes 6 (of 10) regional offices serving 32 states and territories. Reporting from @noahtong.bsky.social and Dave Muoio.
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HHS closes six regional offices serving 32 states and territories
Updated: Wednesday, March 12 at 11:03 a.m. ET | The Office of the General Counsel announced a consolidation of regional offices, one week after scrubbing a list of non-core federal properties for sale...
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March 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
HHS closes 6 (of 10) regional offices serving 32 states and territories. Reporting from @noahtong.bsky.social and Dave Muoio.
www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/f...
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🧵I spoke with more than a dozen government workers to better understand how they think mass firings at HHS and the VA will impact those agencies.
They warned of the long-term implications of icing out subject matter experts regulating AI and preventing the spread of infectious disease, and more.
They warned of the long-term implications of icing out subject matter experts regulating AI and preventing the spread of infectious disease, and more.
Fired HHS civil servants, veterans fear for the future of US healthcare
This month, the federal government fired thousands of probationary federal workers spanning critical health agencies and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), taking a chainsaw to the workforce | T...
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February 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🧵I spoke with more than a dozen government workers to better understand how they think mass firings at HHS and the VA will impact those agencies.
They warned of the long-term implications of icing out subject matter experts regulating AI and preventing the spread of infectious disease, and more.
They warned of the long-term implications of icing out subject matter experts regulating AI and preventing the spread of infectious disease, and more.
Saturday morning scoop: The FDA called fired probationary workers Friday night urging them to return to their old roles, four people with knowledge of the situation told Fierce Healthcare.
There are similar stories now surfacing on Reddit.
There are similar stories now surfacing on Reddit.
Mass firings at HHS: FDA rescinds termination for 'hundreds' of probationary workers
Editor's Note: This is a developing story. If you are a dismissed or active federal worker with information to share, please reach out at [email protected]. | The federal government is firing thousand...
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February 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Saturday morning scoop: The FDA called fired probationary workers Friday night urging them to return to their old roles, four people with knowledge of the situation told Fierce Healthcare.
There are similar stories now surfacing on Reddit.
There are similar stories now surfacing on Reddit.
❗If you somehow haven't heard already, a big healthcare story is unfolding. Potential to impact millions of people and heavily relied upon federal programs. One lawsuit already filed by the American Public Health Association.
Trump admin orders 'temporary pause' on most federal financial assistance
The Trump administration has ordered a “temporary pause” on federal financial assistance that will go into effect at 5:00 p.m. | Chief among the questions raised by Monday's ambiguous memo are whether...
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January 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
❗If you somehow haven't heard already, a big healthcare story is unfolding. Potential to impact millions of people and heavily relied upon federal programs. One lawsuit already filed by the American Public Health Association.
🧵Just one day after facing viral fallout over a new policy that would've restricted anesthesia care payments to providers in three states, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is no longer following through with the plan.
December 5, 2024 at 10:47 PM
🧵Just one day after facing viral fallout over a new policy that would've restricted anesthesia care payments to providers in three states, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is no longer following through with the plan.
ICYMI: An under-the-radar bill passed in the House on Thursday. It has potentially huge ramifications for #nonprofits. In #healthcare, some groups are sounding the alarm.
“A sixth grader would know this is unconstitutional," said Rep. Jamie Raskin.
#plannedparenthood #trump
“A sixth grader would know this is unconstitutional," said Rep. Jamie Raskin.
#plannedparenthood #trump
Sweeping nonprofit House bill passes, healthcare groups turn attention to Senate
Legislation that gives a president wide-reaching power to financially harm any nonprofit an administration deems as terrorist supporting passed out of the House of Representatives Nov. 21. | H.R. 9495...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:26 PM
ICYMI: An under-the-radar bill passed in the House on Thursday. It has potentially huge ramifications for #nonprofits. In #healthcare, some groups are sounding the alarm.
“A sixth grader would know this is unconstitutional," said Rep. Jamie Raskin.
#plannedparenthood #trump
“A sixth grader would know this is unconstitutional," said Rep. Jamie Raskin.
#plannedparenthood #trump
Trump has nominated Dr. Oz to run CMS, one of the most important agencies for health policy. It oversees Medicare, Medicaid and plans in the ACA.
#trump #oz
#trump #oz
TV personality and surgeon Dr. Oz nominated to run Medicare, Medicaid
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, better known as Dr. Oz, to run the federal agency administrating Medicare and Medicaid. | Yes, really. TV personality a...
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November 19, 2024 at 11:00 PM
A House committee today is attempting to push controversial legislation in the lame duck.
Lawmakers will vote on a bill that gives any presidential administration the power to unilaterally remove a nonprofit's tax-exempt status.
#reproductive #rights #nonprofits
Lawmakers will vote on a bill that gives any presidential administration the power to unilaterally remove a nonprofit's tax-exempt status.
#reproductive #rights #nonprofits
Planned Parenthood, nonprofits condemn executive power granted in looming House bill
National healthcare groups have signed on in opposition to a House bill that would soon grant President Donald Trump the ability to undermine nonprofits and remove their tax-exempt status, civil li | ...
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November 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM
A House committee today is attempting to push controversial legislation in the lame duck.
Lawmakers will vote on a bill that gives any presidential administration the power to unilaterally remove a nonprofit's tax-exempt status.
#reproductive #rights #nonprofits
Lawmakers will vote on a bill that gives any presidential administration the power to unilaterally remove a nonprofit's tax-exempt status.
#reproductive #rights #nonprofits