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President Trump has signed into law the bipartisan federal spending package that provides full‑year appropriations for the remaining three FY26 funding bills — Labor‑HHS‑Education and Related Agencies, Defense, Transportation‑HUD — and provides two weeks of stopgap funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

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Haley Howell, senior manager of political affairs and advoca

(OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, January 29, 2026) — Joint Commission has partnered with two leading, highly respected medical specialty societies, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC), to leverage clinical performance data for a new cardiac care certification driven by measures of patient outcomes.

Jan 29, 2026