Affordable Care Act, Public Health

Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Nationwide Injunction on ACA’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandates

King & Spalding on 7/8/2024

On June 21, 2024, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in Braidwood Management Inc. et al. v. Xavier Becerra et al. reversing an injunction entered by the lower...more

Fighting for Access to Lifesaving HIV Medicine

Mintz on 11/17/2023

Even with breakthrough medication that transformed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a near-certain fatal disease to a manageable but chronic illness, many with HIV still endure debilitating effects. For about...more

Environmental Justice: U.S. Department of Justice and Alabama Department of Health Enter into Interim Resolution Agreement

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/9/2023

The United States Department of Justice and United States Department of Health and Human Services (collectively “DOJ”) announced on May 4th they have entered into an Interim Resolution Agreement (“IRA”) with the Alabama...more

COVID-19 Deadline Extensions and Coverage Mandates for Benefit Plans Scheduled to End

Smith Gambrell Russell on 2/8/2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its plan to end the COVID-19 public health and national emergency declarations on May 11, 2023, more than three years after the declarations initially took effect. ...more

2022 Congressional Outlook and Top 10 Federal Health Policy Issues to Watch

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/7/2022

As Congress reconvenes, it faces a packed agenda in a legislative year that will be shortened by the upcoming midterm elections and remains buffeted by the persistent coronavirus pandemic. The list of healthcare priorities is...more

Summary of Health Care Provisions in Energy & Commerce Reconciliation Bill

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 9/21/2021

This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved sweeping health care legislation as part of the Democratic Congress’ plan to enact a $3.5 trillion legislative package through budget reconciliation. The committee...more

House Moves Forward on President Biden’s COVID-19 Stimulus Plan

Polsinelli on 2/19/2021

Earlier this month, the House and Senate approved a fiscal 2021 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 5), directing committees to use the budget reconciliation process to draft COVID-19 relief legislation consistent with President...more

Top 12 Biden Executive Orders Related to Healthcare and COVID-19

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/16/2021

During President Biden’s first few weeks in office, he signed 30 executive orders (EO), many of which are designed to improve and protect the safety, well-being, and future of the United States. This blog post provides a high...more

Overview of President-Elect Biden's Policies

Baker Donelson on 11/12/2020

Below is a broad overview of policies for which President-Elect Biden has indicated support (PDF). It is important to note that, while some of these policies fall under the President's executive power, many will require...more

[Webinar] Looking ahead to 2021: Impacts of the election for the life sciences and health care industry - November 19th, 12:30 pm...

Hogan Lovells on 11/9/2020

Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons virtual event series - The fast pace of innovation in the life sciences and health care industry has reached an all-time high in 2020 as the industry grapples with the new reality of...more

2020 Supreme Court Update

BakerHostetler on 10/30/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court’s October term started earlier this month, and promises to be an unprecedented session. How is the Court responding to the pandemic and adapting to a virtual environment? Which cases should you be...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 14

Hogan Lovells on 8/21/2020

In Washington - Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has tested positive for coronavirus. Cassidy took a test on Thursday evening after being informed that he had been exposed to an individual with COVID-19. He is quarantining for...more

HHS Issues Advisory Opinion on PREP Act: Immunity May Extend Beyond Actual Covered Persons and Approved Countermeasures

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/15/2020

With crisis comes uncertainty, and even the best-intentioned regulations can leave those combating the current COVID-19 public-health emergency out in the cold. Many have asked whether the recent Declaration under the...more

Employee Benefits and Furloughs in the Era of COVID-19

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/18/2020

Across the United States, employers are carefully considering how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their business. As we await further guidance and pronouncements from federal, state, and local officials, some employers are...more

Administration, Congress Face Many Questions About Federal Relief for COVID-19 Impact

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/12/2020

Congress recently passed an $8.3 billion emergency spending bill to fund vaccine development, support for state and local governments, and assistance for affected small businesses. Federal lawmakers are likely to consider...more

Covid-19 shifts from health menace to a political and economic nightmare, too.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 3/2/2020

The viral outbreak that exploded out of central China suddenly has captured the rapt attention of Wall Street, the White House, and Americans from coast to coast. The rising pitch and politicization of the important...more

GOP lawsuit hasn’t shoved health care off a cliff — not yet. But ACA in limbo helps nobody.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 12/23/2019

Insurers feast on uncertainty the way most of us attack a holiday spread. They can relish risk because they know it can mean higher premiums and profits for their dealing with clients’ risks. This is one point to keep in mind...more

On vaping, gun violence, and health insurance, the big talk flows, but action, not so much

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 11/25/2019

When it comes to key health concerns of the American public, President Trump and his administration have offered evidence anew that whatever they say may not last to the next political moment, that inaction is its own...more

Day 1 Notes on the 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/9/2019

Please Don’t Poke the Baby – Sharing a best practice and talking about taking a local hospital learning and turning it into a systemwide approach, Mark Harrison of Intermountain Healthcare shared the fact that taking fewer...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

House, Senate Proposals to Extend Funding for the Federal Government

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/9/2018

Congress moved one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown on Feb. 6, voting overwhelmingly (245-182) to pass a short-term, GOP-backed government funding bill (text; section-by-section) that would keep the federal...more

How HHS’s New Division in the Office for Civil Rights Will Enforce Rights of Conscience and Religious Freedom

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/9/2018

When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), it framed a problem and a solution. The press release stated...more

Will the Massachusetts Proposed Legislation on Hospital Outpatient Facility Fees Have a Nationwide Impact?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/1/2017

In some states, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, “site neutrality” for outpatient hospital reimbursement is factoring into state-specific health reform and cost containment initiatives. This potentially goes...more

One pig is ousted from the public trough, but what about his health care harms?

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/2/2017

Tom Price, the orthopedist and foe of the Affordable Care Act, may have been jettisoned from his job as Health and Human Services secretary, but his agency’s effort to sabotage Obamacare smolders on....more

House Approves the American Health Care Act to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act

King & Spalding on 5/8/2017

Yesterday, by a vote of 217 to 213, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The House action...more

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