UAB HEALTH SYSTEM

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Division B - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, NIH related issues; Higher education and training initiatives; Medical research and development; CDC/public health; IDEA program; Organ allocation issues; and Regional Biocontainment Laboratories; and NIH indirect costs Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, NIH related issues; Higher education and training initiatives; Medical research and development; CDC/public health; IDEA program; Organ allocation issues; and Regional Biocontainment Laboratories; and NIH indirect costs Higher education healthcare research and development related program issues Monitor the following: Hospital and Graduate Medical Education related issues Public Law 119-37, Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Generally and Shutdown issues

EDU · Education

Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Division B - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, NIH related issues; Higher education and training initiatives; Medical research and development; CDC/public health; IDEA program; Organ allocation issues; and Regional Biocontainment Laboratories; and NIH indirect costs Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, NIH related issues; Higher education and training initiatives; Medical research and development; CDC/public health; IDEA program; Organ allocation issues; and Regional Biocontainment Laboratories; and NIH indirect costs Higher education healthcare research and development related program issues Monitor Hospital and Graduate Medical Education related issues

HCR · Health Issues

Rural healthcare related issues NIH program related issues NIH indirect costs Nutritional Programs Nursing related issues Monitor the following: Public health and CDC related issues Telehealth related issues Graduate Medical Education (GME) Organ transplant issues Proposed Cuts to OPPS for Organ Acquisition Cos

MED · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Higher education healthcare related issues and NIH indirect costs Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Division B - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, NIH related issues; and NIH indirect costs Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, NIH related issues; and NIH indirect costs National Institutes of Health, and various institutes and bureaus thereof, NIH indirect costs Biomedical research related issues National Institutes of Health, Chronic Disease related issues Public health and CDC related issues Department of Defense, Neurofibromatosis

MMM · Medicare/Medicaid

Public Law 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Provider taxes related issues; Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) payments; Rural Transformation program; State Directed payments; and Provider taxes Medicare Wage Index Monitor the following: Site neutral Cuts 340B related issues Physician Fee Schedule related issues Graduate Medical Education (GME) Telehealth reimbursement issues Hospital at Home Program, Entirety Medicare Reimbursement related issues Medicaid Provider Hold Harmless Arrangements Low Volume Hospitals and Medicare Dependent Hospitals