Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Proposed Legislation

Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 12, 2024

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/14/2024

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: December 1, 2023

McDermott+ on 12/4/2023

CONGRESS - House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Examines AI. The hearing explored the transformative potential of AI in healthcare, acknowledging its promise in enhancing efficiency, improving patient care and...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 27, 2023

McDermott+ on 10/30/2023

CONGRESS - House Republicans Elect New Speaker. After weeks of turmoil, the House elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the new Speaker of the House on Wednesday with 220 votes secured on the floor. The House is now able to...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 16, 2023

McDermott+ on 6/16/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 19, 2023

McDermott+ on 5/19/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 6, 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/7/2022

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include: -...more

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - July 2022 #2

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/20/2022

Drug Pricing Initiatives: Democrats renewed their efforts to pass drug pricing reform measures in the form of a revised H.R. 5376 (the Build Back Better Act, or BBBA). Democrats intend to adopt the BBBA as part of the budget...more

2022 Congressional Outlook and Top 10 Federal Health Policy Issues to Watch

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/7/2022

As Congress reconvenes, it faces a packed agenda in a legislative year that will be shortened by the upcoming midterm elections and remains buffeted by the persistent coronavirus pandemic. The list of healthcare priorities is...more

HHS Releases Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters 2023 Proposed Rule

King & Spalding on 1/7/2022

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

Changes Coming to North Carolina Medicaid in 2019

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 4/12/2019

Background - Even without expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, North Carolina has over 2.1 million residents who are Medicaid beneficiaries, and a half million of these have complex behavioral health needs....more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – March 2019 #2

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 3/29/2019

This week, House Democrats will unveil a sweeping health care bill aimed at lowering premiums and out-of-pocket costs, and to target actions taken by the Administration to undermine the individual market. This comes on the...more

Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 pt 2

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/16/2018

Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health Care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

Will the Massachusetts Proposed Legislation on Hospital Outpatient Facility Fees Have a Nationwide Impact?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/1/2017

In some states, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, “site neutrality” for outpatient hospital reimbursement is factoring into state-specific health reform and cost containment initiatives. This potentially goes...more

CBO/JCT/CMS Release Analyses of House-Passed AHCA; Senate Timeline Remains Unclear

Baker Donelson on 6/22/2017

On May 24, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released much-anticipated analysis of the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA). Overall, CBO projected that the AHCA would reduce...more

Trump Administration FY 2018 Budget and Healthcare Programs

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/29/2017

The Trump Administration released on May 23, 2017, its full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget request, titled "A New Foundation for American Greatness." President Donald Trump's request builds off of the administration's March 16...more

Health Care Reform Weekly Roundup – Issue 2

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 5/25/2017

Below are key health care reform developments from the week of May 15th: ACA Repeal Efforts. Efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue despite slowing down as the House of Representatives’...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 4/10/2017

House Republicans of all ideological stripes say they are committed to rekindling interest in the American Health Care Act (AHCA), but while the interest is real, so too are the policy and political divisions that thwarted...more

Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap, March 2017 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/31/2017

Arkansas - Governor Proposes Changes to Medicaid Expansion Waiver as House Passes Bill to Cap Expansion Enrollment - Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) released a proposal to amend the State's Medicaid expansion waiver by...more

What Trump’s HHS Secretary Appointment Could Mean for Healthcare Providers

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 12/2/2016

President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 28, 2016, that current House Budget Chair Representative Tom Price is his choice for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. Many providers are wondering what health care...more

ColoradoCare Stands to Significantly Alter Health Care Services

Polsinelli on 7/15/2016

In November, Colorado voters will cast ballots on Amendment 69, also known as ColoradoCare. ColoradoCare is an ambitious, far-reaching plan to amend the Colorado constitution which would establish a statewide universal...more

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 10 - June 2016

McCarter & English, LLP on 6/15/2016

McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 10 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. NATIONAL - Drug Diversion Case Raises Red Flags for...more

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 7 - March 2016

McCarter & English, LLP on 3/24/2016

McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 7 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. NATIONAL - Providers’ Obligation to Report Medicare...more

Health Care Update - February 2016 #3

Mintz - ML Strategies on 2/17/2016

The Administration is Ramping Up Drug Pricing Response - The President’s budget makes clear for all to see that the Administration wants to do something related to drug pricing. Unfortunately for the Administration,...more

Health Care Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/4/2015

Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

Health Care Update - August 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 8/4/2015

CMS Releases Final Payment Rules (IPPS, IRF, LTCHs, Hospice, and Psych): At the end of last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a set of final 2016 payment rules affecting acute care hospitals...more

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