Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 196: Regulation Trends in Healthcare and Certificate of Need with Rebecca Thornhill of Maynard Nexsen
A Fond Farewell: Musings on the End of the Medicare Advantage Hospice Carve-In Demonstration
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 178: Life Sciences Industry Impact with Bob Coughlin, JLL Director and Former MassBio CEO
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 175: Healthcare Inequity with Kim Smith, Healthcare Advocate and Founder of Health Evolve Technologies
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 173: Improving rural health care with Dr. Kevin Bennett, the Director of the Research Center for Transforming Health and the
Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
The No Surprises Act: A Cost Saving Opportunity for Employer Plan Sponsors
La reforma del sistema de salud
Counsel That Cares - Value-Based Care as a Long-Term Investment
Video: Health Care's Past, Present, and Future - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 117: Chris Severn, Co-Founder & CEO, Turquoise Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 115: Dr. Michael Havig, CEO, HealthMe
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care & Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 107: A legislative update with SC Speaker Murrell Smith
On the Ballot 2020: Health Care Policy Outlook - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Jones Day Talks Health Care: The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act
Value-based health care: the role of payors
Episode 09: Behold "AHCA"! – Demystifying Employment Law Implications of Proposed ACA Replacement
Polsinelli Podcast - Republicans Gain Control of the U.S. Senate - How That May Impact Health Reform
In recent elections, health care has been one of the most hot-button issues with consequences for millions of Americans, and this election is no exception. The next administration and the 119th Congress have the potential to...more
In July 2023, US Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), along with US Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), introduced legislation to improve access to critical care for...more
Tennessee and Mississippi attorney generals (AG), joined by 13 other states, filed a multistate lawsuit in the Southern District of Mississippi. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)...more
In just a few days’ time, recently promulgated federal final rules addressing sex-based nondiscrimination in the administration of health care benefits have created a flurry of healthcare industry activity. The angst arises...more
On March 1, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury approved New York’s section 1332 waiver that expands affordable coverage to additional groups of New Yorkers. The waiver essentially suspends New...more
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces have nearly tripled their enrollment in their first decade of operation, from eight million people in 2014 to 21.4 million in 2024. At the national level, the ACA has helped cut the...more
Last Sunday, Congress released the text of a minibus package, which will likely be signed into law by tomorrow. While the bill’s primary purpose is to keep the government open, it also includes healthcare extenders through...more
Braidwood v. Becerra represents a significant legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) preventive services coverage provision, which requires private health insurance to cover various clinical preventive services,...more
The top legal issues in 2024 for the life sciences field reflect the complex and changing legal landscape that the industry is navigating, encompassing drug pricing, regulatory challenges, and broader societal and governance...more
This post was updated on February 6, 2024, to reflect the 2024 Federal Poverty Level announced in January 2024. On August 23, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service issued Rev. Proc. 2023-29, announcing that the Affordable...more
CONGRESS - House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Examines AI. The hearing explored the transformative potential of AI in healthcare, acknowledging its promise in enhancing efficiency, improving patient care and...more
CONGRESS - House Republicans Elect New Speaker. After weeks of turmoil, the House elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the new Speaker of the House on Wednesday with 220 votes secured on the floor. The House is now able to...more
On December 1, 2023, North Carolina will become the 40th state to implement Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), extending Medicaid eligibility to more than 600,000 adults with incomes up to 138% of the...more
The September Monthly Minute highlights yet another tobacco surcharge case brought by the DOL, reminds plan administrators to prepare and submit the first annual gag clause attestation, and addresses the newly lowered ACA...more
Editor’s Note: In a recent "State Spotlight" for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, reprinted below, Manatt Health discusses the investments and efforts that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is making to promote health...more
We previously reported on proposed regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). If adopted in final form, these regulations would vastly complicate compliance by group health plans and health...more
As employers work toward annual enrollment and new service contracts for their health plans, it is key to remember one of the changes to enhance disclosure to individuals contained in the “No Surprises Act” and Transparency...more
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the broad application of a district court decision that would have invalidated a number of preventive care requirements under the Affordable Care Act. As a result, health plans,...more
On May 15, 2023, a unanimous three-judge panel for the Fifth Circuit issued a per curiam order temporarily staying the Texas U.S. District Court decision by Judge O’Connor which held that the ACA preventative care mandate...more
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
On March 30, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra (“Braidwood”), invalidating the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) mandate...more
On March 30, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a final judgment in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra, invalidating a requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more
Summary - Health plans and insurance policies may no longer be required to cover the full cost of preventive care that carries an A or B rating by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), following a recent ruling...more
Editor’s Note: America spends more on health care per person than any other developed country, only to have the lowest life expectancy among them. Despite our expenditures—now one out of every five dollars of national...more
On December 23, 2022, FAQs were released outlining late-breaking RxDC Reporting Relief. Of note - 1. For the 2020 and 2021 data submissions that are due by December 27, 2022, the Departments will not take enforcement...more