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Healthcare Organizations are Facing Increased Scrutiny – Here's What You Need to Know

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2024 is shaping up to be a very active year for regulatory and enforcement developments in the healthcare industry – developments that concern not just hospitals and nursing facilities, but many non-healthcare companies as...more

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President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget: What’s NOT in It?

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Earlier this week, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget. As a reminder, every year, the White House releases a budget that serves as its official funding request to Congress for the following...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Department of Justice Designates First Chief AI Officer

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Department of Justice Designates First Chief AI Officer - On February 22, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) designated Jonathan Mayer as the DOJ’s first “Chief Science Technology Advisor and Chief Artificial Intelligence...more

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Akin Intelligence - November 2023

Welcome to the November edition of Akin Intelligence. Looking back, October 2023 may be remembered as the month when the U.S. government tried to assume the mantle of global leadership on responsible artificial intelligence...more

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CMMI Announces Medicare Dementia Care Model

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The GUIDE Model is an eight-year model that will test an alternative payment for participants that delivers key supportive services to people with dementia, including comprehensive, person-centered assessments and care plans,...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - October 2022 #2

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2022 Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit Concludes: The annual Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit took place Oct. 12-14 in Chicago. Latham partner Christopher H. Schott spoke at two sessions: the panel “Ask the Attorneys:...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: October 18, 2022

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 21, 2022

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Holland & Knight Health Dose Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This...more

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HHS Issues Guidance to Pharmacies Regarding Access to Reproductive Health Care

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Following President Biden’s Executive Order on ensuring access to reproductive health care, on July 13, 2022, HHS issued guidance to U.S. retail pharmacies regarding their obligations under federal civil rights laws. This...more

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2023 Payment Rule’s Nondiscrimination Provisions and Anticipation of New Section 1557 Rules

On January 5, 2022, we discussed the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). On April 28, 2022, CMS issued the NBPP 2023 Final Rule. CMS...more

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CMS Outlines Strategy to Advance Health Equity

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Pursuant to Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, federal agencies and departments, including HHS, have recently released their plans to advance...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Treasury Releases Proposal to Address ‘Family Glitch’ as Biden Administration Touts Coverage Gains

On April 5, President Biden held an event at the White House celebrating coverage gains since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Joined by Vice President Harris and former President Obama, President Biden...more

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Connecticut Health Care Vaccine Mandates – Federal and State Update

January 27, 2022 marks the deadline for Connecticut health facilities to have policies and procedures in place to satisfy federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulations mandating vaccines of their...more

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Hospital and Health System Affiliation Transactions: Critical Legal and Business Issues

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We continue to see affiliation activity among hospitals and health systems, albeit at a slower pace than previously experienced, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting slow down in elective care, staffing...more

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A Dizzying Map of Federal Vaccination Mandates, Injunctions and Stays

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Keeping track of a dizzying number of injunctions and stays by multiple federal district courts and courts of appeal involving three separate federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates with a couple exceptions is no small task....more

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Red Light – Green Light: CMS Vaccination Mandate is On Again in 26 States?

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The CMS vaccine rule -- which applies to the staff of many Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, home-health agencies, and hospices (“covered entities”), and which has...more

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Breaking News on the CMS Vaccination Rule: Less Than 24 Hours After Being Shelved in 10 States, the Rule Is Sidelined Nationwide

In a November 30, 2021, order, a federal judge sitting in Louisiana entered a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interim final rule entitled...more

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CMS Announces Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Facilities

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On Thursday, November 4, 2021, contemporaneous with the announcement of the new Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) requiring COVID-19 vaccination or testing for...more

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CMS Vaccine Mandate Update: Biden Administration Modifies Healthcare Rules for Medicare and Medicaid Facilities

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When the federal government issued its new COVID-19 vaccine mandates on November 5th for employers with 100 or more employees, the rules implemented by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") received most...more

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CMS’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: What Health Care Providers Need to Know

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published their much-anticipated rules mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more

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The Biden Administration Expands Staff Vaccination Requirement to All Medicare & Medicaid Participating Providers/Suppliers.

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The Biden Administration, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and via Interim Final Rulemaking (“IFR”), has expanded vaccination requirements in many health care settings. Effective November 5,...more

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Biden Administration Releases New Vaccine Mandate Rules Impacting Employers

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On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced two new rules which implement vaccine mandates in the workplace. OSHA Rule Impacting Employers with 100 or more Employees The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...more

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Texas Governor Issues "No-Mandate Mandate" On COVID-19 Vaccines

Oh, what a difference a few months makes. Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued Executive Order GA 40, which prohibits any entity in Texas, including private businesses, from requiring that employees or customers...more

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If You Do Business With the Federal Government, it May Be Time for Your Unvaccinated Employees to Roll Up Their Sleeves

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If your company does business with the federal government or subcontractors of the federal government, you may have to require that your employees become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. On...more

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HHS Report Reiterates Biden Administration Support for Wide-Ranging Action to Address Drug Prices

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On September 9, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") released its widely anticipated "Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Prices." The HHS report supports far-reaching legislative and...more

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