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Biden Administration Issues Final Reg on Mental Health Parity Requirements McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts....more
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held the second annual CMS Health Equity Conference. The event drew several hundred in-person attendees, including my colleague Kayla Holgash, and thousands of...more
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule (CMS-2439-F), effective July 9, 2024, aimed at advancing healthcare access,...more
House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Legislative Hearing on Improving Medicaid Access. Daniel Tsai, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), testified. Members...more
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality final rule. CMS finalized several substantial...more
Only a few days remain for stakeholders—which includes drug manufacturers, patients, health care providers, pharmacies and others— to take advantage of a rare opportunity to influence the statutory contours of the 340B Drug...more
On December 6, the Biden administration released its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. A unified agenda is issued in the spring and fall each year; it outlines federal agencies' areas of focus...more
NEXT UP: SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON - The House officially has a speaker: Mike Johnson (R-LA). On October 25, Rep. Johnson became Speaker Johnson with a final vote on the first ballot of 220–209. Speaker Johnson, a...more
From the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) to the overturning of Roe v. Wade to the skyrocketing growth of virtual care, multiple forces are converging to remap the health care landscape. In a new webinar,...more
Unexpected events last month re-energized two key policy debates. In early May, a leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito showed that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade in its decision of Dobbs v....more
On February 17, 2021, it was reported that President Biden would nominate Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the largest operating division of the U.S. Department of...more
On February 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released complementary proposed rules to promote the sharing of...more
Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our second “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. Please...more
This Week: GOP Post-King Contingency Bills Released in Both the House and the Senate... House E&C Committee Draft LDT Bill – Creates FDA In Vitro Center, Sets Agency Review Timeline and Defines Risk Categories... CMS...more