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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Congressional Appropriations Riders Suspended Affordable Care Act Mandates On Risk Corridors Program

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/19/2018

In a decision last week that could affect $12 billion that insurers assert is owed by the federal government, the Federal Circuit decided that HHS was not required to pay amounts required by statute because Congress had...more

Community Health Center Fund: A Minibus Rider

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 9/1/2017

Over the past month, we provided additional details on the structure, funding, and evaluation of the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood, Home Visiting (MIECHV) program and Medicare Therapy Caps. In this post we will go into...more

Congress Returns for June Session to Face AHCA, User Fees and More

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 6/5/2017

Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess to four full weeks of legislative activity. The drama of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) now hangs over the Senate. The House will return to its regular work once they advance...more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – May 2017

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 5/23/2017

We are half way through May – are we having fun yet? There is a lot of activity this week in addition to ongoing talks in the Senate regarding their version of the American Health Care Act. The reauthorization of FDA User...more

MIECHV: A Minibus Rider

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 5/11/2017

In a recent post we noted that the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood, Home Visiting (MIECHV) program is one of the many potential riders on the health care minibus. In contrast to an omnibus bill, the “minibus” refers to a...more

The Health Care Minibus

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/19/2017

Welcome to Spring Break! That time of the year where college kids head to a beach somewhere, families pack up for some tourist trap to spend lots of money, and Congress gets out of DC and goes back home. This is also a time...more

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