On May 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced plans to substantially increase both the pace and the scale of Risk Adjustment Data Validation (“RADV”) audits of the Medicare Advantage (“MA”)...more
On May 9, 2025, New York State (“NYS”) Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation enacting the State Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget into law. Notably omitted from the final budget legislation was Part S of the Health and Mental...more
This month, nearly two years after the passage of New York’s health care transaction law, N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4550 et seq. (described in our previous Alert), the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) released...more
On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Controlling Opinions, life sciences regulatory and compliance partner Josh Oyster and counsel Beth Weinman are joined by health care partner Brett Friedman and litigation and...more
2/11/2025
/ Cannabis Products ,
Controlled Substances ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
DEA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Life Sciences ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telemedicine ,
Trump Administration
On January 22, 2025, the New York State Assembly and Senate rapidly passed the wide-ranging New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NY HIPA”). If not vetoed by Governor Kathy Hochul, NY HIPA would be the fourth enacted...more
2/5/2025
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Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
On November 26, 2024, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule revising the Medicare Advantage (“MA”) Program (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Part D), Medicare Cost Plan...more
12/10/2024
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Beneficiaries ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Marketing ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Open Enrollment ,
PACE ,
Proposed Rules ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration