Foundations Health Solutions Enters Federal Lobbying on Health

Why It Matters

Foundations Health Solutions LLC filed a new client registration with Thorn Run Partners, signed Oct. 26, covering Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, and Housing. The client has no earlier federal lobbying filings on record, making this its first registration. The filing puts the client on record in Washington on health, budget, and housing issues; the filing does not list specific issues or bills. ​

The lobbying team: Hayden Jewett, who previously staffed House Republican offices; Jordan Marsh, with no prior government experience on record; and Patrick Magnuson, a partner at Thorn Run Partners with prior government experience and Senate Appropriations Committee experience. Magnuson's Appropriations Committee record spans seven congresses, from the 113th through the 119th.

Broader Context

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule in December 2025 repealing the 2024 minimum nurse staffing standards for long-term-care facilities, according to the Federal Register. A CMS final rule published July 31 updated Medicare prospective payment rates for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2027. H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, includes new requirements affecting states' use of Medicaid provider taxes, a financing mechanism relevant to Medicaid-funded nursing-facility care, according to Congress.gov.