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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 +

McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 9, 2023

McDermott+ on 6/9/2023

On June 3, President Biden signed the debt limit legislation into law, averting default and allowing Congress to return to regularly scheduled business. However, that return was short-lived in the House when a small group of...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 19, 2023

McDermott+ on 5/19/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review, November 2015

Alston & Bird on 11/25/2015

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On November 21, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule entitled “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and...more

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/28/2015

HHS announces average premium price increases of 7.5% across HealthCare.gov; Michigan and Illinois launch the country’s first joint cloud-based, real-time Medicaid information management system; and the Marketplace carrier...more

Health Care Update - October 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 10/20/2015

Cuts in Mandatory Entitlement Programs Center of Budget Negotiations: As budget negotiators from both sides of the Hill come together to work out a two-year budget deal, determining how sequestration relief will be paid for...more

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/23/2015

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

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/15/2015

This Week: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Legislation to Strengthen Medicaid Program Integrity and Fraud Controls... Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced to Stop Anti-Competitive “Pay-For-Delay”...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 8/25/2015

This Week: FDA Begins Device User Fee Talks with Patients and Consumers Sept. 15... CMS Extends Partial Enforcement Delay of Two-Midnight Policy Through 2015... Alaska Legislature Sues Governor Over Medicaid Expansion....more

Defrauding Medicare — A Little Help from the Private Sector?

The Volkov Law Group on 7/30/2015

The headline on Medicare last week was astounding — $60 billion (not million) was lost each year to Medicare fraud, large numbers of fraudulent providers were providing fake or bad addresses – meaning locations including...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 7/28/2015

This Week: CMS Releases Guidance on Fast Track Process for 1115 Waivers for Medicaid and CHIP... Healthcare.gov CEO Sends Letter to State Insurance Commissioners Concerning 2016 Premium Decisions... Medicare Board of Trustees...more

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/22/2015

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

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

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/23/2015

This Week: Leading Up to the SCOTUS King v. Burwell Decision... House Votes to Repeal the Medical Device Tax... CMS Announces It Will Bolster Transitional Reinsurance Payments... MedPAC Releases June Report to Congress....more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/9/2015

This Week: House Ways & Means Committee Holds Markup; Makes Significant Legislative Changes to Health Care Bills... Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup on Medicare Appeals Process Bill... CMS Issues Final Rule on...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 5/29/2015

This Week: House E&C 21st Century Cures Bill Passes Unanimously Out of Committee... House Votes to Codify Permanent R&D Tax Credit... CMS Released Proposed Rule Concerning Medicaid and CHIP Plans....more

MACRA’s Advancement of EHR Interoperability and Telehealth

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/27/2015

This is the fourth and final post in our series on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Pub.L. No. 114-10. We’ve previously covered the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) in our April 20th post,...more

Health Care Reform Update -- January 21, 2014

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 1/22/2014

In this issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled. Excerpt from Implementation of the...more

Government Accountability Office Reports on CMS’s Progress in Establishing Health Insurance Exchanges

King & Spalding on 6/27/2013

On June 19, 2013, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the findings of its studies regarding CMS’s progress in establishing the federally facilitated exchanges (FFE) and Small Business Health Options Programs...more

GAO Releases New Report on Long-Term Budgetary Impact of Affordable Care Act

King & Spalding on 3/11/2013

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report analyzing the long-term budgetary effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among other things, GAO’s report examines how its pre-ACA budgetary estimates...more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 4, 2013

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 3/5/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled. ...more

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