Medicaid, Medical Devices, Affordable Care Act

Health Care Week in Review: Biden Administration Announces $100 Million for ACA Marketplace Navigators and $81.3 Million for...

Alston & Bird on 9/3/2024

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

FDA Publishes Enforcement Policies to Address Coronavirus Personal Protective Equipment Shortages

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/7/2020

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA has sought to expand the availability of needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for the general public and healthcare professionals. Recently, for example, FDA published two...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 1/8/2019

Highlights this week: how the partial government shutdown is affecting operations at the FDA; House Democrats take steps to defend the ACA; the House votes this week to renew emergency health response programs; new senators...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods Consulting on 12/24/2018

This Week: To shut down or not to shut down the issue as Congress tries to wrap up and leave; opioids back in the news; Alexander says he will not run for reelection in 2020. ...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods Consulting on 12/18/2018

This Week: The Affordable Care Act was found unconstitutional, but nothing will change as it winds through the courts. As the 115th Congress comes to a close, last-minute bills are introduced, some healthcare legislation...more

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/13/2018

A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/31/2018

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

Congress Delays the “Cadillac Tax” and Other ACA-Related Taxes and Fees

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 1/26/2018

On January 22, 2018 Congress passed (and the President signed) the Federal Register Printing Savings Act (the “Act”), which temporarily (until February 8, 2018) continued funding federal government activity and appropriates...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 1/3/2018

Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week ahead of more self-imposed deadlines to resolve a series of thorny healthcare policies, including funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the rest of the...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 2/27/2017

Meeting privately with Senate Republicans to discuss next steps on the ACA was among the first actions taken last week by the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tom Price. But GOP senators left...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - December 2016

Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/21/2016

This month Richard Zall, Chair of Proskauer's Health Care Department, explores developments likely to occur with respect to the Affordable Care Act as a result of the new administration. In our Rulings, Filings and...more

Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act, Adding $6.3 Billion For Medical Research

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/16/2016

The Cures Act aims to increase the speed by which new drugs are brought to market by streamlining clinical trials, allowing the use of patient data in the regulatory review process, and modernizing U.S. Food and Drug...more

Repealing and Replacing the ACA: Five Developments Likely to Occur in the Years Ahead

Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/7/2016

On the back of the 2016 United States presidential election results, the health care industry ponders how a Republican president and Congress will transform the business environment. The health care industry has a number of...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 12/2/2016

After months of debate and partisan wrangling, the House on Wednesday voted 392-26 to pass the “21st Century Cures” bill designed to accelerate the development of new drugs and medical devices as well as increase federal...more

Health Update - July 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/28/2016

The Vulnerability of Healthcare Information - According to a report the Brookings Institute issued in May 2016, 23% of all data breaches occur in the healthcare industry. Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations had some...more

OIG Mid-Year Updated Provides Insight To Its Concerns

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 6/20/2016

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its mid-year update of its Fiscal Year Work Plan for 2016. The Work Plan summarizes new and ongoing reviews and activities that the OIG plans to pursue. Not...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 4/21/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On April 15, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule entitled, “Applications for Approval and Combinations of Active Ingredients Under Consideration for...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 4/8/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On April 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Final Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Medicare Advantage (MA) and...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 3/25/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 24, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance entitled, “Draft Guidance for Industry: General Principles for Evaluating the Abuse Deterrence of Generic...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 3/18/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued voluntary guidelines entitled, “CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 3/11/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 8, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Drug Payment Model.” The proposed rule seeks...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/8/2016

This Week: The President took a victory lap in Wisconsin, announcing that 20 million people have gained health insurance through the Affordable Care Act... That figure includes people newly covered through insurance...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 2/26/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On February 24, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a guidance entitled, “Special Enrollment Confirmation Process” that will enhance program integrity...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 2/2/2016

This Week: Because of the Blizzard of 2016—also known as “Snowzilla”—in Washington, D.C., and other parts of the East Coast, this is a combined issue... The House of Representatives opted not to come back to town until next...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 11/25/2015

This Week: Congress tries to put together a tax extender package, which may provide an opportunity for some Affordable Care Act changes... HHS releases final rule on bundled payment for Joint Replacement Comprehensive Care...more

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