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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 +

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – July 2018 #2

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/16/2018

This week, Congress remains in session and the Administration remains hard at work on the regulatory side, publishing the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2019 last Thursday in addition to the CY 2019 Changes to End-Stage...more

Trump Administration Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Budget and Healthcare Programs

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/19/2018

The Trump Administration on Feb. 12 released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, titled "An American Budget." Unlike last year's budget, which was released in late May, the release of this budget conforms to the typical...more

10 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Bankruptcies in 2017

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/30/2016

The coming year will likely continue to be a tumultuous year for health care providers, suppliers, and payers, as they adapt to meet new challenges and market forces, particularly in light of the open questions as to the...more

Digital Health: An Improving Environment for Investors

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/12/2016

The integration of technology into health care delivery is exploding throughout the health industry landscape. Commentators speculating on the implications of the information revolution’s penetration of the health care...more

OIG laments failure to comprehensively address EHR fraud

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/19/2016

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a compendium (Compendium) of its top unimplemented recommendations. The Compendium comprises 25 unimplemented past OIG...more

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 7 - March 2016

McCarter & English, LLP on 3/24/2016

McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 7 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. NATIONAL - Providers’ Obligation to Report Medicare...more

Dialing in on Health Care Delivery Through Telemedicine

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 3/15/2016

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, millions of newly insured patients have entered the health care market, bringing attention to the need for expanded access to services. Meanwhile, rapid advancements in the...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 2/26/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On February 24, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a guidance entitled, “Special Enrollment Confirmation Process” that will enhance program integrity...more

Consumerism Drives Employer & Retail Clinics' Telemedicine Adoption in 2016

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/11/2015

In response to consumer demands for more personalized health care at a lower cost, employer onsite health clinics and retail clinics will continue to be on the rise in 2016, and telemedicine will be crucial to those clinics...more

Health Update - November 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/23/2015

Best Practices for Using Social Media in Healthcare: Maximizing Impact, Mitigating Risk - Editor's note: In a generation more likely to seek health information online than see a doctor, social media is playing an...more

Health Care Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/4/2015

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 on Medicaid: Medicaid at 50—The Program’s Evolution and Future

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/27/2015

Editor’s note: Born as an afterthought to Medicare five decades ago, Medicaid has evolved from an adjunct to state welfare programs into the nation’s largest health insurer. Medicaid’s 50th birthday is a fitting time to...more

GAO Releases Report on Initial Results of CMS’s Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program

King & Spalding on 10/14/2015

The U.S. Government and Accountability Office (GAO) issued an October 2015 report to congressional committees concluding that the initial results of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program show “no apparent shift”...more

Health Care Update - August 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 8/4/2015

CMS Releases Final Payment Rules (IPPS, IRF, LTCHs, Hospice, and Psych): At the end of last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a set of final 2016 payment rules affecting acute care hospitals...more

Health Update - July 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/23/2015

Lessons From the Frontlines: Strategies for Supporting Informed Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace - Editor's Note: As marketplaces prepare for the third open enrollment period, consumers are...more

Health Care Update - July 2015 #2

Mintz - ML Strategies on 7/21/2015

Congress Slowly Works on Budget Reconciliation; ACA Reform Proposals Still Up in the Air - The FY 2016 budget resolution, which was agreed to by Congress this past April, included broad reconciliation instructions...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - December 12, 2012

Polsinelli on 12/14/2012

In This Issue: - CMS Clarifies ACA's Federal Match Linked to Full Medicaid Expansion - SCOTUS to Decide Pay-for-Delay Issue - Two More Lawmakers Introduce Drug Compounding Legislation - AHRQ Report Finds Teamwork...more

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