Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)

Washington Court Rejects State Medicaid Agency’s Payment Methodology for FQHC Reimbursement On April 23, 2026, the Superior Court of the State of Washington, Spokane County, held[1] that Washington’s state Medicaid agency, the [...]

On April 8, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance directing states to restrict Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility for certain categories of non-citizens effective [...]

Feldesman Partners Edward T. Waters and Adam J. Falcone will speak at the California Primary Care Association’s (CPCA) 2026 Financial Conference, taking place from May 19-20, 2026, in Monterey, CA.   Mr. Waters [...]

On May 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) extending, for one year, the compliance deadlines for [...]

Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY2027 Title X Family Planning Services Grants (Title X NOFO), making $257 million in [...]

Background On March 31, a divided 2-1 panel of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided that the federal drug discount provisions under Section 340B of the Public Health [...]

A recent lawsuit filed in California challenges the use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based transcription tool by two organizations. The complaint alleges that Sutter Health and Memorial Healthcare Services improperly used an [...]

On April 23, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a long-awaited change to federal marijuana policy that could have major impacts for federally funded health centers seeking to prescribe medical marijuana and [...]

On February 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a new civil enforcement program focused on protecting the confidentiality of substance use [...]

See the latest Client Alert from May 11, 2026, here. Community health centers, Head Start agencies, and other recipients of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) federal financial assistance should [...]