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Healthcare Trend Report: A Review of the Pharmacy and Drug Supply Chain Sectors
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AGG Talks: Government Insight for Life Sciences Leaders | Patient Assistance Programs and the False Claims Act: Enforcement Trends and Compliance Risks for Life Sciences Companies
Health-e Law Episode 19: From AI to OBBBA: Healthcare Law Insights from the 2025 WHLC Leadership Summit with Amy Dilcher and Chi Huynh, WHLC Co-Chairs
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Concierge Practices: Understanding the Model and Its Unique Challenges
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - How to Build Compliant and Effective Peer Review Processes into Your Bylaws, Part 2
The FDA released updates to two guidance documents on January 6: General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk Devices (General Wellness) and Clinical Decision Support Software (CDS). FDA did not issue a traditional press release;...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare may have reached an inflection point in 2025. After being defined by proofs of concept and isolated pilots for more than a decade, recent advances signal that AI is moving decisively...more
2025 was an important year for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that pay state-licensed agents and brokers to market their plans and engage in lead generation, subject to complex federal regulations. As we previously discussed...more
Our Drug Pricing and Market Access team tracks recent developments in healthcare reform, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the 340B Program, Medicare, and state law....more
On February 5, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter to the food industry announcing a new enforcement discretion policy for “no artificial colors” labeling claims. The agency states that it “does...more
The submission of an attestation to a hospital’s and its off-campus outpatient department’s compliance with Medicare’s provider-based rules has long been voluntary under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (“CMS’”)...more
Congress passed a package that funds the US Department of Health and Human Services through fiscal year 2026 and includes health extenders and additional bipartisan health policies....more
On February 3, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued new Medicare Advantage Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (MA ICPG) for the MA industry and...more
On January 20, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul introduced legislation that would significantly modify New York’s material transaction notice requirements for certain healthcare transactions....more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its “Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2027 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies” on...more
Renewed Openness to Merger Settlements Creates Greater Deal Certainty. Unlike the Biden Administration, both the DOJ and FTC leadership under Trump have indicated a clear willingness to negotiate merger remedies to resolve...more
Every sector of the healthcare industry relies upon laboratory testing. Lab tests are used to diagnose virtually all illnesses and conditions ranging from the common flu to cancer. The average American receives their first...more
News Briefs - Physicians Seeing Major Benefits to Using Ambient AI Scribes - Ambient AI scribes are being hailed by physicians as a game changer that helps free them to focus on their patients rather than their computer...more
During January 28, 2026, remarks at the American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brenna Jenny, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) top civil...more
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion 26-01, offering clarity as to whether a manufacturer may waive patient cost-sharing amounts for...more
Welcome to Alston & Bird’s introduction to biological products regulation. In this five-part intro-level series, we provide answers to a number of questions drug developers may have about the regulation and regulatory pathway...more
The Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued its annual statistics and press release on False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments for fiscal year 2025 covering the period Oct. 1, 2024 to...more
On January 16, 2026, DOJ released its annual report on FCA enforcement statistics for the 2025 fiscal year. The report reveals over $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments—the highest single‑year total and over double the...more
In United States v. Keegan (Dec. 17, 2025), the Eleventh Circuit addressed a defense attempt to use Federal Rule of Evidence 803(4)—the hearsay exception for statements “made for—and … reasonably pertinent to—medical...more
On February 2, 2026, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a request for public comment entitled, Request for Public Comment on the Updated Criteria for Determining Maternity Care Health...more
Why Now? The Rising Cyber Threats Driving HIPAA Reform- In December 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposed the first significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule...more
On December 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion No. 25-12 (AO 25-12) concerning home care agencies’ proposal to market compensation...more
The Massachusetts Legislature is considering companion legislation, H.3218 and S.1960, in its attempt to 1) recognize and address healthcare workforce shortages throughout the Commonwealth and 2) encourage health...more
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to resolve a question of patent infringement liability: can advertising a product as a “generic”—without more details—give rise to liability for induced infringement? The...more
A legislator on February 4, 2026, introduced HB5000, an amendment to Illinois' healthcare reporting statute that would broaden the types of transactions subject to the existing 30-day reporting process and ensure that certain...more
