News & Analysis as of

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) › Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) › Supreme Court of the United States

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal subsidies to reduce the number of uninsured citizens. less -
Baker Donelson

60 Days After Loper: Health Care Impact of Chevron Deference's End

Baker Donelson on

The Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated ruling in a pair of cases challenging the long-standing Chevron doctrine on June 28, 2024. Foreshadowed by decisions in recent years slighting Chevron, it...more

Baker Donelson

What the Supreme Court's "Chevron Deference" Ruling Could Mean for Health Care Law

Baker Donelson on

Baker Donelson recently published Anticipating SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Deference – What to Know and Five Ways to Prepare explaining the United States Supreme Court's upcoming ruling which is expected to impact the regulatory...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - June 2021 #2

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 to dismiss for lack of standing a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought by Texas and other states. The states had...more

King & Spalding

HHS Revokes Arkansas and New Hampshire Medicaid Work Requirements

King & Spalding on

On March 17, 2021, HHS notified Arkansas and New Hampshire officials that it was withdrawing its approval of demonstration projects which had permitted those states to impose work requirements as a condition for eligibility...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

President Biden Takes First Step Towards Reversing Trump Era Medicaid Policies

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law on

On January 28th, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.” The E.O. states that the Biden Administration will promote policies that “protect and strengthen Medicaid and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Death By A Thousand Cuts–Will the ACA Survive?

McDermott Will & Emery on

Late in the afternoon on Friday, December 14, Federal US District Judge Reed O’Connor struck down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety, a feat that was, for the past few years, unsuccessfully attempted by the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - April 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

Oklahoma proposes Medicaid coverage for 175,000 currently uninsured; a report finds State-based Marketplaces boost Medicaid enrollment growth rates; and CMS issues a final rule on mental health parity in Medicaid and CHIP....more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Health Care Update - March 2016

Mintz - ML Strategies on

Senate HELP Committee Set for Second Mark Up on Cures Effort - This week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold its second legislative mark-up on its counterpart to the...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Health Care Update - February 2016 #3

Mintz - ML Strategies on

The Administration is Ramping Up Drug Pricing Response - The President’s budget makes clear for all to see that the Administration wants to do something related to drug pricing. Unfortunately for the Administration,...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on

This Week: The Senate and House pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act but without enough votes to override a potential veto... However, this is the first time repeal legislation makes it to the President’s...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - December 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

Lessons from Hawaii's Trailblazing ACA 1332 Waiver Proposal - Editor's Note: On September 9, Hawaii became the first state to post a draft 1332 waiver proposal for public comment. While Hawaii's proposal focuses on the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - November 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

With the election of a new Governor, the future of Kentucky’s Marketplace and Medicaid expansion is uncertain; CMS questions Iowa on its Medicaid managed care transition timeline; and the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Health Care Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on

Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - September 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

Latest Healthcare False Claims Act Roundup and Top 3 Best Practices to Reduce Exposure - As the legal landscape in healthcare becomes increasingly complex, healthcare companies that receive federal program funds face...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

The Massachusetts Marketplace takes steps to ease consumer confusion by reducing choice among QHPs; North Carolina appears poised to pass Medicaid reform legislation; and bipartisan support is gaining for defining businesses...more

K&L Gates LLP

The Affordable Care Act After King v. Burwell: With Chaos Avoided in the Near Term, What Does the Future Hold For Health Reform?

K&L Gates LLP on

On June 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ended the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) with its 6–3 ruling in King v. Burwell. With Chief Justice Roberts writing for the majority, the Supreme Court held...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

Reductions in uninsured rates are greatest in states with Medicaid expansions and State-based or State Partnership Marketplaces; Kentucky finds increased use of preventive healthcare following Medicaid expansion; and,...more

King & Spalding

Also In The News - Health Headlines - July 2015

King & Spalding on

CMS Reopens Attestation Period For First-Time Hospitals Until August – CMS recently announced that eligible hospitals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the first time in 2015 may...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - July 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

In quick succession, governors in Alaska and Utah announce Medicaid expansions this week; Iowa is transitioning its expansion away from the Marketplace to Medicaid managed care, for now; and, HHS extends its exception to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - June 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

With the King v. Burwell ruling expected by the end of the month, Congressional Republicans continue to offer contingency plans in the event of a ruling for the plaintiffs; and the Mississippi Insurance Commissioner proposes...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on

This Week: CMS Releases Three Documents on Biosimilar Reimbursement... SCOTUS: Agencies, Not State Courts, in Charge of Medicaid Rate Setting... HHS OIG and Treasury IG Release Report on ACA’s Advanced Premium Tax Credits....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - March 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

King v. Burwell speculation has been rampant since the Supreme Court heard oral testimony on Wednesday. All eyes are on Justices Kennedy and Roberts, who are likely to wield the deciding votes. In other news, CMS approved a...more

Polsinelli

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - December 2014, Issue 1

Polsinelli on

In This Issue: - Top News ..Congress Passes Omnibus Spending Package ..HRSA Cancels Plan for 340B ‘Mega Reg’; Congress Weighs Options ..Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to ACA Subsidies ...more

Franczek P.C.

Monthly Benefits Update - November 2014

Franczek P.C. on

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of ACA Case Involving Premium Subsidies Offered Through Federally Facilitated Exchanges - The Supreme Court granted review in King v. Burwell, a Fourth Circuit case that upheld an IRS...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights: November 2014 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

With the conclusion of the midterm elections last week and open enrollment just around the corner, this week’s news highlights both renewed pledges from the opposition and a flurry of implementation activity in the states....more

32 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2
Next »

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide