Affordable Care Act, State and Local Government

Podcast: Reflections on Insurance Regulation: A Conversation with McGlinchey’s Newest Member, Former Commissioner Donelon, Part 1...

McGlinchey Stafford on 9/5/2024

In this installment of the More with McGlinchey Podcast, Insurance Regulatory Member Lauren Ybarra interviews Member and Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon. They reflect on Jim’s tenure as Louisiana’s...more

Opening Week of Iowa Session

Dentons on 1/10/2022

The Iowa legislature convened for the 2022 Legislative session on Monday, January 10. Monday consisted of short organizing sessions in the House and Senate and speeches by leadership in both parties. Priorities set by the...more

Prop 22 and Minimum Wage Hikes: What the Election Results Mean for Employers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/12/2020

In true 2020 style, this year’s general election was one for the history books. While the presidential race has been called in favor of President-Elect Joe Biden, the inevitable legal challenges are looming. Meanwhile,...more

Trump Administration Approves Georgia’s Limited Expansion of Medicaid and Work Requiremen

King & Spalding on 10/23/2020

CMS approved Georgia’s Section 1115 demonstration project to partially expand Medicaid coverage for adults not otherwise eligible for Medicaid coverage with incomes up to 95 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL)—short of...more

California v. Texas, the New Supreme Court, and the Future of the Affordable Care Act

Foley Hoag LLP on 9/29/2020

On November 10, 2020, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hold oral argument in California v. Texas (Dkt. No. 19-840), a case in which the Trump administration and several Republican-led states have asked the...more

Looking Around the Corner: Colorado’s Public Option Waits in the Wings

Polsinelli on 8/26/2020

As recently as March, 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic upended public life, the Colorado legislature was poised to enact significant new health care reforms. ...more

Hospital Price Transparency Rule Upheld

Rivkin Radler LLP on 6/24/2020

On June 23, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled against the American Hospital Association and other associations and individual hospitals that had sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...more

Will COVID-19 Prompt “Holdout States” to Reconsider Medicaid Expansion?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/27/2020

In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court in NFIB v. Sebelius struck down a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) which, for all intents and purposes, made the expansion of the Medicaid program...more

COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Medicaid, Grants, & Stark Law Waivers)

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/16/2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more

HHS Issues Advisory Opinion on PREP Act: Immunity May Extend Beyond Actual Covered Persons and Approved Countermeasures

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/15/2020

With crisis comes uncertainty, and even the best-intentioned regulations can leave those combating the current COVID-19 public-health emergency out in the cold. Many have asked whether the recent Declaration under the...more

A Review of the Affordable Care Act at 10 Years, Part 2: Medicaid Expansion

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/9/2020

This post is the second installment in our blog series looking back on the 10-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and will examine Medicaid expansion under the ACA. Medicaid is joint federal-state program that...more

CMS Announces New Priorities for Facility Surveys and Inspections

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/25/2020

In light of findings from the COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will suspend all routine facility inspections and surveys...more

2020 Legislative Session –A Sampling of Health Related Bills Filed

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 12/10/2019

The 2020 Legislative Session will begin its 60-day trek to completion on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The following is a sample of bills that have been filed. We encourage you to review these bills, and contact us with specific...more

Dear Littler: Do We Have to Provide the Kitchen Sink (Literally!) to Lactating Employees?

Littler on 9/17/2019

Dear Littler: A long-term San Francisco-based employee with our company is returning soon from maternity leave. In discussing her return date, she requested accommodations for expressing breast milk at work. After working...more

NC Politics in the News - September 2019 #2

McGuireWoods Consulting on 9/17/2019

Agriculture - CNBC: 'We lost everything': Dorian closes in on North Carolina farmers still recovering from Florence Days after devastating the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian pounded the North Carolina coast Friday, terrifying...more

New York and New Jersey Consider Health Insurance Reforms

Troutman Pepper on 6/4/2019

Increasing uncertainty and hostility surrounding the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) have resulted in a burst of health insurance reforms at the state level. For example, Washington recently passed a law creating a public...more

Washington Becomes First State to Create Public Option Health Insurance

Troutman Pepper on 5/16/2019

On May 13, 2019, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5526 into law, creating the first public option health insurance product for the individual market in the United States. ...more

Year in Review/Year Ahead: Medicaid Expansion: An Unanswered Call in 2018

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 1/30/2019

The Akerman Healthcare Practice Group, as part of its ongoing informational blogs and Practice Updates, will be publishing a series of articles, each outlining a significant healthcare industry issue from 2018, with an eye...more

With the ACA Individual Mandate in Question, States Consider Adopting Their Own

Troutman Pepper on 1/29/2019

A task force led by Democratic lawmakers in Delaware has recommended that the state adopt its own individual mandate to bolster the financial stability of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange marketplace....more

2018 State AG Round-Up & Trends For 2019

Cozen O'Connor on 1/25/2019

In 2018, the Cozen O’Connor State Attorneys General Practice reported on a variety of significant investigations and enforcement actions conducted by state attorneys general (“AGs”) through the course of the year. Here, we...more

Recent State Action Relating to Medicaid Expansion

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 12/13/2018

As of December 2018, 37 states (including DC) have adopted Medicaid expansion. Of the remaining 14 states, some are considering expanding Medicaid. States with recent activity relating to Medicaid expansion include – Florida,...more

Post-Election Update 2018

Bracewell LLP on 11/9/2018

2018 MIDTERMS: The Power of Women, Possibility, and Partisan Rancor - The 2018 midterm elections showcased the power of women, both as candidates and as a key voting demographic. The elections represented a new political...more

Top 10 Things Employers Need To Know About Midterm Election Results

Fisher Phillips on 11/7/2018

As many predicted, Democrats recaptured the House for the first time in eight years in yesterday’s midterm elections, while Republicans retained and strengthened their grip on the Senate. That will lead to a dynamic in...more

New Lactation Room Laws In New York City

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/6/2018

The New York City Council just passed two bills that will require employers to provide lactation rooms to breastfeeding employees, as well as develop a lactation policy and processes for employees to request accommodations...more

Iowa Farm Bureau Health Plans to Deny Coverage for Preexisting Conditions

Troutman Pepper on 10/12/2018

As litigation surrounding the Affordable Care Act and its mandates abounds, the Iowa Farm Bureau announced three new health plans that will deny coverage to individuals with preexisting conditions (a denial prohibited under...more

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