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Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Nationwide Injunction on ACA’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandates

On June 21, 2024, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in Braidwood Management Inc. et al. v. Xavier Becerra et al. reversing an injunction entered by the lower...more

OCR Issues Revised Guidance on Use of Online Tracking Technologies as AHA Lawsuit Looms

On March 18, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated the guidance first issued in December 2022 regarding the use of online tracking technologies in the...more

HHS Releases Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters 2023 Proposed Rule

On December 28, 2021, HHS released a proposed rule governing plans issued in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces beginning with the 2023 plan year (the Proposed Rule). Among other changes to the...more

HHS Launches New Reimbursement Program for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Fees Not Covered by Insurance

On May 3, 2021, HHS announced a new program to cover the costs of COVID-19 vaccination for patients enrolled in health plans that either do not cover vaccinations generally, or cover them but with patient cost-sharing...more

HHS Extends Comment Period on Proposed HIPAA Rule

On January 21, 2021, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) proposing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to address standards that might impede the transition...more

Senate GOP Unveils HEALS Act Coronavirus Relief Plan

On July 27, 2020, Senate Republicans released their plan for the next phase of coronavirus relief. Instead of a single bill, the Senate plan (dubbed the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act, or...more

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements

On February 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Gresham et al. v. Azar et al., Case No. 19-5094, a case challenging HHS’s Medicaid waiver that allowed...more

CMS Proposes New Radiation Oncology Model

On July 10, 2019, CMS announced a new proposal for episode-based payment for radiation oncology services. The aim of this new proposal is to determine whether episode-based payment to hospitals, physician groups, and...more

Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Increased Transparency and Upfront Disclosure of Hospital Charges and Out-of-Pocket Costs

On Monday, June 24, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order requiring HHS and other agencies to propose regulations designed to promote transparency and upfront disclosure by hospitals to patients of the charge prices...more

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