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Potential Implications of a Trump Presidency for Unspent Out-Year Federal Appropriations

During the first two years of the Biden Administration, U.S. Congress appropriated significant amounts of funding outside the regular annual process for several major multiyear initiatives. Major examples include the...more

What Does the Overturning of Chevron Mean for Healthcare?

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on June 28, 2024, that changes the respective roles of administrative agencies and the courts in interpreting statutes. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the court...more

Government Shutdown Advisory: Summary of Contingency Plans for Lapse in Appropriations

The federal fiscal year for 2024 (FY 2024) begins on Oct. 1, 2023, and if appropriations bills have not been enacted before that date or a temporary funding measure – known as a continuing resolution (CR) – has not been...more

Breaching the Federal Debt Ceiling: Healthcare Implications

The federal statutory debt limit is currently set at $31.4 trillion. As congressional Republicans and President Joe Biden continue to haggle over a budget agreement that would include an increase in the debt ceiling, the date...more

House Releases FY 2024 Community Project Funding Guidance

House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) on Feb. 28, 2023, released the fiscal year (FY) 2024 guidance for Community Project Funding (CPF), also known as earmarks. Community project funding allows House...more

Congress Launches FY 2023 Community Project Funding Process After Successful Revival

President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.5 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (the Omnibus) (Public Law No. 117-103) on March 15, 2022. Included in the Omnibus for the first time in a decade was a large...more

The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Healthcare Priorities and Landscape [Video]

In the first episode of our Public Policy & Regulation Group's "The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration" podcast series, Senior Policy Advisor Miranda Franco leads a discussion with attorney Robert Bradner and Senior...more

Healthcare Policy Update: Election Edition

A presidential race called by media outlets for former Vice President Joe Biden, coupled with a diminished Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and a narrowly divided Senate, translates into a federal...more

Coronavirus Response - CARES Act Summary

Below is a summary of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), a $2 trillion stimulus package that is the third phase of the federal government's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The...more

COVID-19 Funding and Recovery Opportunities for Healthcare Providers

Congress has provided an unprecedented infusion of funding and other financial relief through a variety of new and existing programs to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This blog post outlines how the federal...more

Comments on CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Due Feb. 1, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 18, 2019, published a proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability rule that would amend existing regulations related to 1) base and supplemental payments, 2)...more

Healthcare Legislation Outlook and Update

Below is a summary of recent U.S. Senate action on healthcare legislation and our outlook regarding coming issues and possible actions. Holland & Knight's Healthcare & Life Sciences Team will follow up as developments...more

Highlights of Better Care Reconciliation Act

U.S. Senate Republicans on June 22, 2017, unveiled a "discussion draft" of their healthcare plan, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. This memorandum provides highlights of key provisions. The Congressional Budget Office...more

House Passage of American Health Care Act and Outlook for Senate Action and Discussion

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), by a vote of 217-213 on May 4, 2017, with all Democrats and 20 Republicans opposing the bill. The legislation traversed a...more

House Committees Unveil Affordable Care Act Repeal/Replace Bill

Congressional Republican leaders have indicated that they will approach the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act in three steps: 1) repeal and replace through the so-called "budget reconciliation" process; 2)...more

"Site Neutrality" Bill Impacts Off-Campus Hospital Outpatient Departments

On Nov. 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the Act).1 The Act suspended the federal debt ceiling through March 2017. It also set overall appropriations limits for the...more

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