The European Commission recently released the heavily anticipated terms and conditions for its initial European Hydrogen Bank (EHB) auction. The structure of this subsidy scheme is of great interest to green hydrogen...more
On February 24, 2023, CMS issued a proposed rule that would modify the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment regulation to limit the universe of Section 1115 demonstration beneficiaries who can be “regarded...more
On March 12, 2020, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight issued an FAQ regarding coverage for diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 under the Affordable Care Act. CMS...more
At this writing, the prospects for success of the latest Republican effort to replace the Affordable Care Act appear bleak — but the Graham-Cassidy bill on which the GOP has pinned its last-ditch hopes highlights a major...more
A 5-to-1 majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently confirmed that the text of the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution (Article 1, Section 27) is the appropriate standard of judicial...more
When a developer receives a Notice of Violation (NOV) from PADEP for noncompliance with the Clean Streams Law — most typically involving alleged violations of an NPDES storm water construction permit — that NOV sometimes...more
Demonstrating the importance of expert causation evidence, a Pennsylvania appellate court refused a landowner’s request to reopen a case alleging chemicals from a natural gas drilling operation contaminated the landowner’s...more
On November 20, 2013, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) provided a compass for operators interested in applying for compulsory pooling orders with respect to oil and gas resources below the Onondaga Horizon....more
In Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C. v. Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al, No. 3:13-cv-46 (Feb. 5, 2013), Judge Robert D. Mariani issued an opinion granting an injunction sought by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C....more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the first guidance issued on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) since the 2012 presidential election....more
On November 20, 2012, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed rules to implement several key areas of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)....more