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Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 10, 2024

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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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Employee benefit rules: The gifts that keep on giving

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As employers look back at 2023 and ahead to 2024, there are so many compliance-related items to consider relating to their employee benefit plans.  The rules employers are supposed to be complying with keep growing and...more

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CMS Releases CY 2024 OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1786-P),...more

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With Inflation Reduction Act Signed, Other Health Policy Issues Ahead for Congress

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Congress ended a busy work period after passing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last week. This Holland & Knight alert summarizes the healthcare provisions in the IRA and provides an outlook on health policy issues that may...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

State Toolkit to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic: Leading-Edge Actions and Strategies to Remove Barriers to Evidence-based...

With drug overdose deaths reaching record numbers, policymakers and other stakeholders must increase their efforts to end the nation’s drug overdose epidemic with targeted, evidence-based interventions and emerging best...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - January 2022 #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

Perkins Coie

Ringing in the New Year: Key Developments for Health Plan Sponsors

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There are many new and expanding legal requirements for group health plans and issuers of group health plan coverage to pay attention to this year. Many of these requirements were enacted as part of the Consolidated...more

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[Event] 2022 Managed Care Compliance Conference - January 30th - February 1st, Phoenix, AZ

Attend our annual event for those who manage compliance at health plan providers. Explore topics and issues that are pertinent to industry professionals like you. Learn the latest practices, share strategies, and connect with...more

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What the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Affordable Care Act Means for Employers

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During the last administration, Texas joined by a number of other states filed suit seeking to overturn the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) because the individual mandate penalty in such law had its penalty...more

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[Webinar] National Roadmap on State-Level Efforts to End the Drug Overdose Epidemic - February 9th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

How Can Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Parity Laws Help Battle the Overdose Epidemic? Learn the Answers—and Catch Up on the Most Recent State and Federal Developments—at a New Webinar from the AMA and Manatt. ...more

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Consolidated Appropriations Act Requirements to Increase Health Plan Transparency

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, which was signed into law December 27, 2020, includes provisions designed to increase transparency in employee health benefit plans in four key areas. Removal of Gag Clauses...more

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Pros & Cons of Behavioral Health Sector Investing

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Investing in the behavioral health industry presents both opportunities and challenges for private equity investors. One benefit to investors are the statutory and regulatory changes over the last 12 years — including The...more

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A Whole Employer Approach to the Opioid Epidemic

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Addressing the opioid epidemic challenges employers due to the many overlapping laws and its many varied facets. One survey reported that 70% of employers have felt some impact from drug abuse, such as absenteeism, use of...more

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Finding Common Ground in the Healthcare Debate: Federal, State, and Local Governments Respond to the Opioid Epidemic

As stories and statistics of the opioid crisis become increasingly prevalent in our national discourse, we are seeing a stronger, more innovative, and more aligned push for interventions across communities, government...more

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21st Century Cures Act Includes Several Noteworthy Mental Health and Substance Use Provisions

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The 21st Century Cures Act (Act), enacted in December 2016, has received widespread coverage for funding biomedical research and streamlining the drug approval process. The Act also includes the Helping Families in Mental...more

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

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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

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Guidance Addresses Mental Health Parity

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The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers that, among other things, implement certain of the recommendations included in a report...more

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Trustee Alert – Final Mental Health Parity Rules

The Mental Health Parity rules require group health plans that offer mental health and substance use disorder benefits to cover those benefits on terms that are no more restrictive than those applied to comparable medical and...more

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