A short-term spending deal reached late Monday reopened the federal government and provides temporary funding through Feb. 8. The bill also reauthorizes the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years and delays several Affordable Care Act-related taxes, including the so-called “Cadillac tax,” which imposes a fee on high-cost employer health insurance plans. Notably absent were extensions of several expired Medicare provisions, including the 1.0 work GPCI floor and therapy caps exceptions. Both provisions have bipartisan support in Congress but have been put on hold for other legislative priorities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is temporarily holding claims affected by therapy caps but if Congress does not act soon, will “release and process claims accordingly.”