Welcome to the fifth issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more
5/1/2025
/ Congressional Committees ,
Drug Pricing ,
Executive Orders ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Proposed Legislation
Welcome to the third issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more
3/30/2025
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Annual Reports ,
Caremark claim ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
CVS ,
Drug Pricing ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Price Transparency ,
Proposed Rules ,
Trump Administration
In February 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the US Department of Health and Human Services issued favorable advisory opinions Advisory Opinion 24-10 and Advisory Opinion 24-12, providing additional guidance on...more
As of January 1, 2025, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy (the Board) is accepting applications for nonresident pharmacy licenses. Massachusetts law has mandated licensure of out-of-state pharmacies...more
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a series of rules relating to the telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances, including a proposed...more
On November 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule that will require skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to disclose an expanded array of ownership, managerial, and control information...more
12/1/2023
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Change of Ownership ,
Data Collection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Effective Date ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Private Equity Firms ,
REIT ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Stark Law
On November 1, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) co-hosted a roundtable discussion on the cybersecurity challenges that the US...more