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Price Transparency in Hospitals – Is Hospital Pricing Data a Protected Trade Secret?

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By this point, it's no secret the cost of healthcare services can vary dramatically between different providers of the same services. The Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations all pushed for price transparency in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Affordable Care Act: Executive Actions and Legislative Outlook

On January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, responsive to Democrats’ longstanding commitment to “roll back Trump’s health care sabotage [of the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

President Biden Takes First Step Towards Reversing Trump Era Medicaid Policies

On January 28th, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.” The E.O. states that the Biden Administration will promote policies that “protect and strengthen Medicaid and...more

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He Actually Did It: Trump Administration Implements Medicare Part B “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Reform

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On November 20, 2020, 60 days before the end of his Administration, President Trump announced a series of major drug pricing regulations. This Alert summarizes the Most Favored Nation Model (“MFN Model”) for Medicare Part B...more

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Hospital Associations Appeal Decision Upholding Price Transparency Rule; King & Spalding Price Transparency Working Group Helping...

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On July 17, 2020, the American Hospital Association and several additional associations and individual hospitals filed their opening brief in their appeal of a decision of the district court, which, had upheld CMS’s price...more

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D.C. District Court Upholds Price Transparency Rule

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On June 23, 2020, Judge Carl Nichols of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision upholding CMS’s price transparency rule, which was adopted late last year. The case is cited as American...more

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CMS Finalizes Rule to Require Hospitals to Disclose Negotiated Rates

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Trump Administration as a whole, has placed a particular focus on the promotion of price transparency as a tool to control the costs of healthcare. In June, the...more

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Executive Order on Hospital Price Transparency May Prompt Disclosure of Negotiated Prices

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President Trump has issued an Executive Order instructing several federal agencies to begin rulemaking processes intended to increase the transparency of hospital pricing. Among other measures, the Executive Order directs the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

What Lessons Can We Take From The Administration’s Refusal to Allow Idaho to Dismantle the ACA Marketplaces?

In early January, Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed an executive order (EO) directing the state’s Department of Insurance (DOI) to “seek creative options” to expand “access” to health insurance coverage for Idahoans. The EO...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

As Congress Struggles With ACA Repeal, Trump Administration Moves Forward With Regulatory Reform

The Trump administration and Republican-led Congress spent substantial time and political capital in 2017 on efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and enact sweeping Medicaid reform. By the end of the...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Expanding Association Health Plans—Which Agencies Need to do What

On October 13th, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing various federal agencies to consider how to achieve three administration health reform objectives: (1) expand access to Association Health Plans (AHPs); (2)...more

Winstead PC

Health Reform Rollercoaster

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When POTUS signed the most recent executive order related to health care reform, it was only a small incremental step to direct the agencies to loosen some rules on health reform that will eventually impact the coverage...more

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2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare

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As 2017 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 will cover...more

K&L Gates LLP

340B Update: CMS Proposes to Reduce 340B Drug Reimbursement; Draft Executive Order Could Mean Further Changes to the 340B Program

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The Trump administration is considering significant changes relating to the 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B Program”), which allows certain categories of safety net providers to access discounted pricing on covered...more

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Trump Administration Takes First Steps to Support Exchanges, but Key Questions Remain

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In an effort to stabilize the Exchanges and encourage issuer participation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently extended the federal Exchange application and rate filing deadlines and published a...more

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One In – Two Out and Healthcare Regulation

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President Trump signed an executive order (the “Order”) on January 30th, 2017 aiming to reduce bureaucracy by requiring agencies to remove two regulations for every one new regulation they implement. The cost of any new...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - February 2017

HealthCare.gov enrollment is down, while State-based Marketplace enrollment is up at the end of 2017 open enrollment; Hawaii, Massachusetts and Oregon introduce legislation to codify ACA reforms in state law in case of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Executive Order Regarding ACA Presents Opportunities for the Diligent and Challenges for the Idle: Carefully and Completely Assess...

In one of his first official acts, President Trump signed an Executive Order that requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other agencies to “exercise all authority and discretion...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - January 2017 #3

New repeal and replace legislation would shift some decisions on ACA reforms to states; President Trump signs an ACA executive order; and a Kansas legislator introduces a new Medicaid expansion bill....more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Trump Takes Steps to Delay, Defer and Dismantle the Affordable Care Act

As one of his first acts in office, President Trump signed an Executive Order to delay, defer and dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Here are the President’s instructions to HHS: - 1. “(E)exercise all authority and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Medicaid Update - January 2016

Welcome to the inaugural issue of "Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap," a new companion publication to Manatt's weekly health reform highlights newsletter. For those of you laser-focused on Medicaid expansion, the...more

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Could a Recent CMS Deregulation Regulation Save Health Care Providers $8 Billion?

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As part of President Obama’s regulatory lookback initiative, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule last week (the “Rule”) that overhauled numerous staffing regulations affecting hospitals...more

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