Healthcare — HHS Leadership Signals Major Policy Shifts: Prior Authorization Reform, Vaccine Schedule Changes, and Medicaid Fraud Crackdown Take Center Stage

Healthcare · 2026-02-27

A clear pattern of aggressive policy reform is emerging from the HHS under Secretary Kennedy's leadership, with simultaneous actions across multiple fronts that will reshape healthcare delivery and payment systems. The deferral of $259.5M in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, coupled with new prior authorization pain points and vaccine schedule modifications, suggests a fundamental restructuring of…