Legislation & Regulation

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Federal Update: Trump Administration Releases the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy

On September 9, 2025, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released the “Make Our Children Healthy Again (MOCHA) Strategy,” which follows an earlier report that assessed key drivers of childhood chronic disease, including poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity and chronic stress, and overmedicalization. Executive Order 14212, signed by President Trump on February 13, tasks the commission with providing government-wide recommendations on policy and strategy to address the identified contributing causes and end the childhood chronic disease crisis.
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HSS Issues Updates to the Final Rule on HIPAA, NCPDP Standards, and the Medicaid Pharmacy Subrogation Standard

On August 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued updates (the Interim Final Rule) which amends the final rule titled “Administrative Simplification: Modifications of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Retail Pharmacy Standards; and Modification of the Medicaid Pharmacy Subrogation Standard,” (the December 2024 Final Rule).
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White House

H.R.1 Implementation Timeline

President Trump signed H.R.1, Republicans’ “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill, into law on July 4, 2025. Starting from that date, the law lays out effective dates and implementation dates for its numerous health provisions over the next few years, and beyond.
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