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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 +

Lawmakers Reach Deal to End Government Shutdown, Raise Debt Ceiling

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/18/2013

While the focus over the past 16 days has been on the shuttered government and the prospect of the United States defaulting on its debt obligations, there are subtexts that are relevant to the health care industry. This On...more

Sequester the Sequestration Cuts, Please! Why the Health Care Industry Must Brace Itself for More Change...

Nossaman LLP on 3/27/2013

As the federal government scrambles to cut burgeoning health care costs, yet increase health care coverage to the uninsured or underinsured, the paradox of expansion, on the one hand, yet constriction, on the other, has...more

President Obama Issues Sequestration Order, CMS Has Yet to Publish Implementation Instructions

King & Spalding on 3/5/2013

On March 1, 2013, President Obama issued a sequestration order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer across-the-board cuts to federal spending. Concurrently, OMB issued a report to Congress...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 27, 2013

Cozen O'Connor on 2/27/2013

As Washington and the rest of the country brace for cuts from the sequester to kick in on March 1, Florida Gov. Rick Scott surprised many and confirmed others' predictions by announcing his state will expand its Medical...more

Time's Up: Why You Can No Longer Afford to Ignore ACOs

Nossaman LLP on 12/11/2012

Of the healthcare recommendations announced by the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council last month, ACOs address all four. First of all, the ACO is clearly a new delivery model that uses the “full continuum of care givers.” ...more

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