Innovation in Compliance: Unpacking Healthcare Compliance with Maria Villanueva
False Claims Act Insights - Physician, Refer Thyself: How Stark Law and FCA Intersect
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 190: Healthcare Tech and Human Resources with Shannon Frazier, HR Executive Director at Lenovo
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Greetings and Felicitations: The Future of Healthcare…Is Now: Part 3 – The Specifics of Managing Obesity
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 153: William Kenley, CEO, and Juana Slade, Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Language Services, AnMed Health
Greetings and Felicitations: The Future of Healthcare…Is Now: Part 2- Revolutionizing Healthcare: Personalized Medicine
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #6 What’s the Best Order to Sell?
Episode 152: Matt Littlejohn, CEO, MUSC Health Midlands
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #4 Optimizing Total Asset Value
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 151: Erin Ford, EVP & COO, and David Stefanich, Board Chair, SCBIO
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #3 Real Estate Valuations Explained
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice - Reimbursement Audits and Appeals
Podcast - Counsel That Cares - The Value of Value-Based Cancer Care
Episode 150 - Jane Pine Wood, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, BioReference
Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare
Strategies to Manage Costs of Medical Care in a PA Workers’ Compensation Claim
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 149: Patrick Goodwill, CEO, Magnetic Insight
Podcast - Noteworthy Value-Based Care Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 146: Ann Lewis, CEO, CareSouth
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the myriad claims for religious accommodation that came out of mandatory COVID vaccination policies, employers have become familiar how to handle requests for religious accommodation in the workplace. ...more
Regulations under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA will require health plans and health care providers to take action in the coming months to meet new requirements. Health plan sponsors and providers that...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated ruling in a pair of cases challenging the long-standing Chevron doctrine on June 28, 2024. Foreshadowed by decisions in recent years slighting Chevron, it...more
Stakeholders are continuing to analyze the implications of the mammoth proposed rule on “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: [Calendar Year (CY)] 2025 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B...more
On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its final rule revamping the non-discrimination regulations issued under § 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The revised rules apply to all...more
In a Final Rule issued on May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) finalized regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”). The Final Rule updates and...more
On April 26, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (press release, fact sheet, FAQs) (final regulations) reinterpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits...more
California is among a handful of states that seeks to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in connection with utilization review in the managed care space. SB 1120, sponsored by the California Medical...more
On April 26, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (press release, fact sheet, FAQs) reinterpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the...more
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance and Quality Final Rule, a final rule that updates several...more
Medicaid Regs Part 2! Last week, Regs & Eggs took a deep dive into the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services final reg, one of two regs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released to add new requirements...more
Turns out, ignorance really is bliss, at least according to the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), in publishing its final rule on algorithmic discrimination by payers...more
On Monday, March 11, President Joe Biden unveiled his fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request, the fourth of his presidency. The $7.3 trillion proposal calls for approximately $1.9 trillion in discretionary spending, $4.4...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
Conscientious objection in health care is the refusal of a health care professional to provide or participate in the delivery of a legal, medically appropriate health care service to a patient because of personal beliefs. ...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
Starting in mid-2024, Illinois hospitals will be required to take a much more active role in limiting consumers’ medical debt by screening all consenting uninsured patients for both public health insurance program coverage...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
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
A recent article by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and National Public Radio (NPR) raised the prospect that patients may still see surprise medical bills despite the enactment of the No Surprises Act (NSA)....more
Prenatal vaccines—those administered during a pregnancy—provide crucial protections to pregnant women and/or newborns against communicable diseases such as whooping cough and influenza. Additional prenatal vaccines are in...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
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services continues to take unprecedented steps to “improve the quality and care available at nursing homes.” The newest rule enforces portions of Section 6101(a) of the Affordable Care...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement (“Agreement”) with CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (“CHI”) to ensure there are effective communication...more