The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

As concerns about repeated blast exposure receive increasing attention, the Defense Department has launched several monitoring initiatives. but, GAO says the department has not fully assessed the personnel and resources needed to support those efforts into the future. Alyssa Hundrup, director on the Health Care team at the Government Accountability Office, led that review and joins me now with the details.
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CMS recently revisited a Medicare payment policy after determining that some arrangements no longer reflected the original intent of the rule. Healthcare attorney Alice Harris joins me now with a look at what the agency saw and what it decided to do about it.
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Contractors are tracking several policy decisions that could affect how they compete for work and plan for the year ahead, from small-business eligibility rules to counter-drone authorities and the budget outlook. Jim Carroll, CEO of the Professional Services Council, joins me now to explain what's getting the industry's attention. ⠀
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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Washington is making decisions now that could reshape competition, investment and planning across the federal marketplace
A Medicare policy designed to encourage certain business arrangements ended up producing results regulators didn't intend
The Pentagon is collecting more information about the potential effects of blast exposure. GAO says it still needs a clearer picture of the resources required to manage that effort
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The Pentagon is using military medical records to identify service members who could be subject to the administration's ban on transgender troops. Federal News Network found that the effort is reaching people who may have transitioned years ago, people who never transitioned and even some people who aren't transgender. How does the military have the ability to find people based on something that may be buried in their medical history? Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen is here to tell us more about her reporting.
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