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
/ Compliance ,
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
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Beneficiaries ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Marketing ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Open Enrollment ,
PACE ,
Proposed Rules ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration