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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
On February 23, 2026, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released findings from its audit of 30 selected Indian Health Service (“IHS”) and rural providers that received Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) payments during the...more
In January 2026, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy / Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ASTP/ONC”) published a Request...more
On March 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a sweeping reorganization under the Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative. The plan consolidates 28 divisions...more
During the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, Democrats discussed guardrails for artificial intelligence (AI) use in healthcare and legislative solutions that would use technology to...more
In early March, word came that Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is investigating New York’s Medicaid program—claiming it is riddled with fraud and waste....more
In this episode, Limo Cherian, Rebecca Schaefer, and Clarita Sullivan break down the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent Request for Information on Accelerating the Adoption and Use of Artificial...more
On February 13, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a new program to implement and enforce federal requirements that protect the confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD)...more
On March 3, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) issued a seismic ruling effectively vacating several components of Health Resources and Services Administration’s (“HRSA”) 340B registration...more
On Friday February 13, 2026, the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) unit working within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released to the public...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published Medicare Advantage Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (“Guidance”). OIG described the Guidance as...more
PYA and Foley & Lardner hosted the 8th Annual “Let’s Talk Compliance” conference on January 22, 2026. Panelists included Foley attorneys and PYA subject matter experts. The event was hosted by Foley partner, Jana Kolarik, and...more
This is the sixth installment in our 2026 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting one additional installment in the series on...more
U.S. Congress returns to session this week after the U.S. military launched strikes against Iran and defended against retaliatory actions against U.S. military personnel and presences across the Middle East. Both the U.S....more
Fiscal year (FY) 2025 was a consequential enforcement year for the False Claims Act (FCA), according to a recent United States Department of Justice (DOJ) release. Settlements and judgments exceeded $6.8 billion, more than...more
Substance use disorder (SUD) providers who are subject to the federal Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations, commonly referred to as the “Part 2 Regulations,” are officially subject to a new...more
A new bipartisan bill, the "Break Up Big Medicine Act," takes aim at the ownership structures fueling health care's vertical integration, but ambiguities in its text risk forcing divestitures beyond the conglomerates it...more
Senate HELP Committee holds surgeon general nomination hearing. Casey Means, MD, testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) as the nominee for US surgeon general....more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is the largest inspector general’s office in the federal government and is tasked with providing oversight to more than 100 federal...more
This issue of McDermott Will & Schulte’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2026. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued two...more
HHS Ramps Up Enforcement Against Information Blocking- 2025 marks a significant turning point in federal enforcement against “information blocking” in healthcare. In a series of announcements this September, the U.S....more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Federal Register notice imposing a six-month nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for seven types of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics,...more
Each year, CMS issues key documents that issuers rely on to develop plans and rates for the upcoming plan year. This week, CMS released three operational and technical guidance documents that include helpful information that...more