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California Reintroduces Legislation to Restrict Private Equity Management of Health Care Providers

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The California legislature has introduced a bill that would implement some of the same restrictions on private equity health care investments as last year’s AB 3129....more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Medicare Advantage Plans Onerous Prior Authorizations Requirements & Negative Impacts on Skilled Nursing Facilities

Traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C, including additional vision, dental, and hearing benefits) plans aim to provide comprehensive medical benefits to American Seniors and adults with...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order to Advance “Large-Scale” Reductions in Federal Workforce

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It remains unclear the extent to which the order will impact agencies like FDA. On February 11, 2025, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce the size of the federal workforce, President Trump issued an executive order...more

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Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools (Trump EO Tracker)

The order establishes a federal policy that prohibits the use of discretionary federal funds to support or subsidize educational institutions that require COVID-19 vaccinations for in-person attendance. It directs the...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Ohio Commercial Activity Tax: Gross receipts from dialysis services are sitused entirely to the location where the treatment is...

Gross receipts from healthcare services delivered to dialysis patients were properly sourced to Ohio where the treatments were performed. Accordingly, the patients received the benefit of the dialysis services at the...more

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Special Report: Examining Group Health Coverage Alternatives for Small Employers

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Small employers seeking to offer robust major medical coverage to employees and their dependents face daunting price and transparency hurdles. Employers with 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees, so-called “small...more

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SB 951 Revives Restrictive Oregon Law on Corporate Practice of Medicine

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On January 10, 2025, the Oregon Legislative Counsel introduced Senate Bill (SB) 951, aiming to modernize Oregon’s corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine. If enacted, SB 951would prohibit management services...more

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Make America Healthy Again Commission Aims To Combat Chronic Disease and Reform Health Policies

On February 13, 2025, at the swearing-in of Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump signed Executive Order “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again...more

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President Trump Establishes the Make America Healthy Again Commission

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Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Shortly after his confirmation, President Trump issued an Executive Order establishing the Make...more

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The Federal Funding Freeze and its Effect on Health Equity Programs

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A string of executive orders and an OMB memorandum from the Trump Administration left the status of almost all federal funding in a state of limbo. In particular, funding from the National Institutes of Health and for Health...more

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Update: Overview of Trump’s Executive Order on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria Matters

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Navigating the Trump administration executive order impacting pediatric gender dysphoria evidence, coverage, disclosures, regulation, legislation, and enforcement as well as grants to certain medical institutions, including...more

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Two Federal Courts Issue Injunctions Temporarily Blocking Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Access to Gender Affirming Care

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On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14187, directed at limiting gender-affirming care provided to children and teenagers under the age of nineteen, alerting that the federal government “will not fund,...more

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FDA Approves Third Actemra® Biosimilar, Celltrion’s Avtozma® (tocilizumab-anoh)

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On January 24, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Avtozma® (tocilizumab-anoh), in intravenous and subcutaneous formulations, as the third biosimilar of Genentech’s Actemra® (tocilizumab)...more

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Dr. Reddy’s Secures License from Henlius to Market Daratumumab Biosimilar in the U.S. and Europe

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On February 6, 2025, Dr, Reddy’s Laboratories SA (“Dr. Reddy’s”) announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (“Henlius”) for the development and commercialization of Henlius’s...more

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New York City to Require Employers to Physically and Electronically Post Lactation Room Accommodation Policy

New York City employers will be required to physically and electronically post a copy of their written lactation room accommodation policy under recent amendments to New York City’s lactation accommodations law set to take...more

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Pounding the Compounders: FDA’s “No Compound” Lists

Novo Nordisk recently made headlines petitioning FDA to stop the compounding of its blockbuster GLP-1 products so it can sell its patented semaglutide drugs exclusively. Compounding is the practice of creating new drug...more

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The State AG Report – 02.13.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: ·Republican AGs Have Beef with Nutritional Standards Report...more

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Co-Parenting a Child with Medical Issues Post-Divorce

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Divorce is challenging under any circumstances, but when a child has medical issues, teamwork is key. Effective co-parenting is crucial to ensure your child’s health and emotional well-being while navigating medical...more

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Investigations Newsletter: President Trump Puts a “Pause” on FCPA Enforcement

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President Trump Puts a “Pause” on FCPA Enforcement - On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) pausing the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). According to the EO, the pause will...more

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New York Proposes Expansion of Disclosure Requirements for Material Health Care Transactions

Governor Kathy Hochul released the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 New York State Executive Budget on January 21, 2025 (FY 26 Executive Budget). The FY 26 Executive Budget contains an amendment to Article 45-A of New York’s Public...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary; Congress Begins Budget Reconciliation Process

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Regulatory and Legal Implications of the Surgeon General’s Call For Cancer Warning On Alcohol Labels

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On January 3, 2025, outgoing US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new advisory outlining the alleged causal link between alcohol consumption and cancer, claiming “numerous high-quality observational studies and...more

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Four Changes Employers in Bahrain Should Know About

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The Bahraini government has taken a number of actions recently that directly affect employers with a presence in Bahrain....more

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Final and Proposed Regulations for Retirement and Health Plans

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Prior to the end of the Biden administration, a number of proposed and final regulations were issued that impact retirement and welfare benefit plans. The final regulations are effective in 2025, and the proposed regulations,...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up: February 14, 2025

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RFK Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary. In a 52 – 48 Senate vote, Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. was confirmed as the next HHS secretary. All Democrats voted no, and Sen. McConnell (R-KY) was the only Republican to join them. He...more

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