http://www.govexec.comen-usFri, 16 Nov 2012 08:47:28 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/11/troops-not-safe-sequestration/59575/Exemption from cuts covers only service members' paychecks, not their health benefits.Sara Sorcher and Meghan McCarthy, National JournalFri, 16 Nov 2012 08:47:28 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/11/troops-not-safe-sequestration/59575/DefenseDavid Goldman/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/senators-jab-fda-over-lethal-meningitis-outbreak/59565/More than 30 people have died and more than 400 were infected.Meghan McCarthy, National JournalThu, 15 Nov 2012 17:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/senators-jab-fda-over-lethal-meningitis-outbreak/59565/OversightPouya Dianat/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/10/how-federal-agencies-explain-sequestration-cuts/59029/Agencies direct questions to OMB, which isn't divulging details.Meghan McCarthy and Fawn Johnson, National JournalThu, 25 Oct 2012 15:14:18 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/10/how-federal-agencies-explain-sequestration-cuts/59029/OversightJ. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2012/08/treasury-may-revamp-flexible-spending-account-rule/57375/Government might scrap 'use it or lose it' rules.Meghan McCarthy, National JournalMon, 13 Aug 2012 13:16:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2012/08/treasury-may-revamp-flexible-spending-account-rule/57375/Pay & BenefitsEvan Vucci/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/05/obesity-national-security-issue-experts-agree/55892/America's weight problems threaten future military strength, retired Navy rear admiral says.Meghan McCarthy, National JournalWed, 23 May 2012 15:27:13 -0400http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/05/obesity-national-security-issue-experts-agree/55892/DefenseColour / Shutterstock.com http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/02/hhs-obama-sticks-same-medicare-cost-savers/41190/Overall HHS funding request up $7 billion from fiscal 2012.Meghan McCarthy, National JournalMon, 13 Feb 2012 14:28:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/02/hhs-obama-sticks-same-medicare-cost-savers/41190/ManagementStock.xchnghttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/01/what-kind-of-health-insurance-do-the-gop-candidates-get/35821/Most of the GOP presidential hopefuls do not shop for health insurance in the individual market they have advocated for others.Margot Sanger-Katz and Meghan McCarthy, National JournalThu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/01/what-kind-of-health-insurance-do-the-gop-candidates-get/35821/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/12/whats-at-stake-if-congress-fails-this-time/35670/Congress is threatening stalemate again, and this time the effect would be felt by millions of average Americans.Kelsey Snell, Meghan McCarthy, and Nancy CookMon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/12/whats-at-stake-if-congress-fails-this-time/35670/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2011/10/house-votes-to-repeal-contractor-withholding-tax/35252/Legislation's Senate prospects remain uncertain.Billy House, Katy O'Donnell, and Meghan McCarthyThu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2011/10/house-votes-to-repeal-contractor-withholding-tax/35252/Newshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/10/hhs-drops-controversial-long-term-care-program/35168/Staff at the CLASS office were reassigned last month.Meghan McCarthyFri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/10/hhs-drops-controversial-long-term-care-program/35168/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2011/10/national-health-program-triples-in-size/35151/Money from the health care law, the 2009 stimulus bill and fiscal 2011 dollars helped the loan-repayment and scholarship program grow.Meghan McCarthyThu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2011/10/national-health-program-triples-in-size/35151/Newshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/03/lawmaker-wants-hhs-to-take-closer-look-at-doctor-pay/33633/Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., wants to require the federal government to give Medicare reimbursement rates a closer look.Meghan McCarthyTue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/03/lawmaker-wants-hhs-to-take-closer-look-at-doctor-pay/33633/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2011/03/gates-clinton-cant-predict-when-us-role-in-libya-ends/33623/Interviews leave many basic questions unanswered about the mission's duration, point and endgame.Meghan McCarthyMon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/defense/2011/03/gates-clinton-cant-predict-when-us-role-in-libya-ends/33623/Defensehttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/03/short-term-funding-measures-have-agency-budget-officials-finding-ways-to-save/33624/They have held off on filling some vacancies and slowed grants and contracts that require up-front funding.Meghan McCarthyMon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/03/short-term-funding-measures-have-agency-budget-officials-finding-ways-to-save/33624/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/03/hhs-regulations-follow-obama-waiver-endorsement/33512/Rules leave room for states to jigger the health care law's 'essential benefits' package.Meghan McCarthyFri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/03/hhs-regulations-follow-obama-waiver-endorsement/33512/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2011/01/tragedy-brings-focus-on-mental-health-agencies/33065/House is slated to vote on health care law this week, which includes mental health service expansion.Meghan McCarthyMon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2011/01/tragedy-brings-focus-on-mental-health-agencies/33065/Defensehttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/01/hhs-shifts-new-health-insurance-oversight-office-to-cms/33042/Move could protect newly created office from Republican House appropriators who want to defund key parts of health reform law.Meghan McCarthyThu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/01/hhs-shifts-new-health-insurance-oversight-office-to-cms/33042/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/12/congress-overhauls-federal-food-safety-efforts/32983/Bill marks first effort to restructure oversight in more than 70 years.Meghan McCarthyWed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/12/congress-overhauls-federal-food-safety-efforts/32983/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2010/12/senate-republicans-block-911-health-bill/32911/Vote effectively kills the measure, though Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has vowed to “pursue every possible route” to passage before the Senate leaves next week.Meghan McCarthyThu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2010/12/senate-republicans-block-911-health-bill/32911/Defensehttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/09/senate-republicans-vow-to-block-financial-services-spending-bill/32373/Lawmakers object to provision seeking to prevent brand-name and generic drug manufacturers from agreeing to settlements that essentially trade cash for promises that generic drug firms will not challenge brand-name drug patents for a set period of time.Meghan McCarthyMon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/09/senate-republicans-vow-to-block-financial-services-spending-bill/32373/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/09/gao-sees-improvement-in-cms-competitive-bid-process/32337/But some medical equipment firms and hospitals say the program will have an adverse impact on businesses, jobs and patients.Meghan McCarthyWed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/09/gao-sees-improvement-in-cms-competitive-bid-process/32337/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/08/senators-call-for-improved-medicaid-oversight/32080/GAO finds Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is inconsistently reviewing whether state payment rates are actuarially sound.Meghan McCarthyThu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/08/senators-call-for-improved-medicaid-oversight/32080/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/06/key-dems-criticize-hhs-reshuffling-of-public-health-fund/31753/Under plan money would be used to increase the physician workforce instead of disease prevention.Meghan McCarthyThu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/06/key-dems-criticize-hhs-reshuffling-of-public-health-fund/31753/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/06/hhs-chief-plugs-government-health-data/31648/Information can be used to help patients and providers make better decisions.Meghan McCarthyWed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/06/hhs-chief-plugs-government-health-data/31648/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/05/young-adults-might-have-to-wait-for-health-care-coverage/31579/Observers say many employers will not be prepared to offer insurance to dependents up to age 26 before 2011.Meghan McCarthyMon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/05/young-adults-might-have-to-wait-for-health-care-coverage/31579/Oversight