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HHS Proposes to Repeal Rules on Guidance Documents

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On October 20, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would repeal regulations issued in the twilight of the Trump administration that limited HHS’s use of guidance...more

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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

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 2

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In Washington: In a statement on Monday, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn and Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, responded that it was...more

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How does U.S. improve its health care if the president excuses wrongdoing?

Leave it to the extreme actions of the current White House occupant to disprove Shakespeare and the adage  that the quality of mercy cannot be strained. Some of the dozens of President Trump’s latest acts of clemency, with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Permanent Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services

On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the annual Physician Fee Schedule final rule (“Final Rule”) which, among other things, aimed to further President Trump’s October 3, 2019...more

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New Health Care Transparency Requirements: Will They Lower Cost and Improve Quality?

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On November 12, 2020, the Trump administration published its final rule on price transparency (the “Final Rule”) requiring affected entities to publicly release personalized information on out-of-pocket costs as well as...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - November 2020 #2

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This week in Washington: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced he is waiting to see who will become the next House speaker before working on another COVID-19 stimulus package; Senate Appropriations Committee releases...more

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Patients finally gaining new access to medical records and doctors’ notes

Millions of Americans may be finding that their doctors routinely refer to them with terms like SOB and BS. But patients will be better off with this knowledge, once they learn how to translate medical abbreviations....more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 9

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In Washington: President Trump said Thursday that he is willing to go higher than his current $1.8 trillion offer for the next coronavirus stimulus package as negotiations continue. “Go big or go home,” Trump told Fox...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 5

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In Washington: After halting coronavirus stimulus negotiations on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump hours later signaled he would support specific coronavirus relief measures on stimulus checks, help for the...more

Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - September 2020 #4

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - September 2020

As the November elections rapidly approach, Congress faces a number of key legislative deadlines, including the need to fund federal agencies and extend expiring federal programs at the conclusion of the current fiscal year...more

Maynard Nexsen

It’s Time for Hospitals to Prepare for Price Transparency

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In November 2019, pursuant to an Executive Order issued by President Trump in June 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Final Rule that is aimed at making hospital pricing for common services...more

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Federal Court Rejects American Hospital Association Challenge to Trump Price Transparency Rule

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On June 23, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) summary judgment motion claiming the Trump Administration had exceeded its authority and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Balancing Provider Pricing Transparency and Anti-Competitive Behavior

On November 15, 2019, CMS issued a final rule that requires hospitals to disclose to patients the hospital’s “standard charges,” which include the reimbursement rates the hospitals negotiate privately with insurers. This rule...more

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COVID-19 FEMA Funds For Nonprofit Healthcare & Higher Education: Track Your Costs Carefully And Choose Your Funding Source Wisely

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On March 13, 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a National Emergency by President Trump.This declaration set in motion the availability of FEMA Public Assistance (PA) disaster relief funds to support nonprofit healthcare...more

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CMS Updated Recommendations for Resuming Elective Surgeries and Medical Procedures

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Nearly one month after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued guidance recommending that health care providers delay elective surgeries and medical procedures, CMS, on April 19, 2020, issued the first...more

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New law allocates additional $100 billion for COVID-19 health care and testing

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Friday, April 24th, President Trump signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. Overwhelmingly approved by Congress, the Act includes $75 billion for healthcare and an additional $25...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Loosening Restrictions on Elective Surgery and Procedures – FAQs on Updated CMS, Administration and Association Guidance

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As the United States came to grips with the far-reaching impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020, many state governments put in place executive orders or other public health decrees (collectively, orders)...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The CARES Act From a Health CARE Perspective

On March 27, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act or the Act). This $2.2 trillion package is designed to provide relief to those impacted by the COVID-19...more

Baker Donelson

Health Care Providers: President Trump's Declaration of National Emergency Paves Way for Additional Regulatory Flexibility

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With the emergency declaration under the National Emergencies Act related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 13, 2020, President Trump paved the way for CMS to temporarily waive certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's...more

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Coronavirus: Implications of an Emergency Declaration

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As the situation continues to unfold, the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States is prompting increased federal and state action. There is much confusion regarding the implications of an emergency...more

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At the VA, concerns increasing about top leadership and outside meddling

One of the nation’s largest health systems faces yet more serious questions about its leadership and external meddling in the quality and safety of its care. So, once again taxpayers may be asking themselves, with anger, What...more

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

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

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Proposed Budget Would Cut Medicare and Medicaid Funding in FY 2021

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On February 10, 2020, the White House unveiled its proposed budget (the Budget) for FY 2021, which would decrease funding for HHS by 10 percent. Medicare and Medicaid would bear the brunt of these cuts. For both programs...more

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