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# SCAN Health Plan reply brief due today in $125M star ratings suit
- URL: https://members.americanhealthintel.com/2026-09-22-regulator/
- Published: 2026-09-22T11:07:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T11:07:30.000Z
- Description: Plus: CMS restores $12B in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
- Author: American Health Intel

Plus: CMS restores $12B in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.

| American Health Intel Rules · Money · Medicine · Decoded daily The Regulator Tuesday, September 22, 2026 SCAN Health Plan reply brief due today in $125M star ratings suit Plus: CMS restores $12B in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below. ![](https://americanhealthintel.com/email/pulse-divider.png) Record A health insurer's court deadline lands today in a fight over $125 million in Medicare quality bonus payments, part of a wider legal battle over how the government scores Medicare Advantage plans. SCAN Health Plan's reply brief in its suit against CMS is due today. Elevance wants $115M and Alignment wants $50M in the same dispute over 2026 star ratings recalculations. Record The federal government just restored nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals, ending a freeze that was the first of its kind since the program began in 2014. CMS halted the money Sept 1 over a dispute about state provider taxes. Hospitals said they were losing $27 million a day before Gov. Abbott secured its return Sept 17. Also today CMS locks in mandatory ASM model for 5,556 specialists [Read](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-09-22-regulator/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition#cms-asm-final-participant-list-5556) DOJ reinstates Brand Memo, raises bar for guidance-based FCA suits [Read](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-09-22-regulator/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition#doj-justice-manual-brand-memo-revival) HRSA's 340B rebate pilot approval deadline lands in 2 days [Read](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-09-22-regulator/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition#hrsa-340b-rebate-pilot-approval-deadline) GAO finds 26% of ACA plans cover abortion, flags disclosure gaps [Read](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-09-22-regulator/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition#gao-aca-abortion-coverage-report) 720Records$38.9BEnforcement32Deadlines186Rules [Read this issue + the trackers](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-09-22-regulator/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) Pick your field on the site and every story tells you what it means for you. Reply to this email and tell us what you want covered. We read everything. We show our work. We score our own calls. [Track record](https://americanhealthintel.com/ledger/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) · [Calendar](https://americanhealthintel.com/calendar/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) · [Enforcement](https://americanhealthintel.com/enforcement/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) · [X](https://x.com/amhealthintel?ref=members.americanhealthintel.com) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-health-intel?ref=members.americanhealthintel.com) News and analysis, not legal, medical, coding, or investment advice.You subscribed at americanhealthintel.com · [Unsubscribe](%%{unsubscribe%5Furl}%%) |
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