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Holland & Knight Health Dose: April 29, 2025

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U.S. Congress returns from a two-week recess this week and has lofty goals to draft, mark up and pass a reconciliation bill by Memorial Day 2025. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, which was...more

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Healthcare Policy Options to Reduce the Deficit

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The Trump Administration and 119th Congress will likely be targeting trillions of dollars in savings in the year ahead. Healthcare makes up a significant portion of mandatory spending and therefore likely will be a large part...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 21, 2025

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 17, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 10, 2024

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2024 Guide to the IRA and Other Drug Pricing Initiatives: Impact on Life Sciences Investments

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022, and includes key sections addressing climate and clean energy, corporate taxes and health care. The health care provisions...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: April 9, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 19, 2024

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President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget: What’s NOT in It?

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Earlier this week, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget. As a reminder, every year, the White House releases a budget that serves as its official funding request to Congress for the following...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 5, 2024

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CMS Issues Final Rule Remedying Underpayments to 340B Covered Entities

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule on Nov. 2, 2023, detailing how the agency will remedy underpayments from 2018 to 2022 for drugs acquired via the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The final...more

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CMS Proposes Returning $9 Billion to More Than 1,600 Hospitals

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for 340B-Acquired Drugs Purchased in Cost Years 2018-2022 Proposed Rule on July 7, 2023. CMS has published...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 21, 2023

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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

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Drug Pricing Déjà Vu: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Doubles Down on Inflation Reduction Act Reforms;...

Are Accelerated Approval Drugs a New Target for Cost Reductions? As outlined in our prior analysis, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included sweeping drug pricing reforms for the Medicare program and the Biden-Harris...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 17, 2023

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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

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CMS Finalizes 340b Payment Provisions in 2023 OPPS Final Rule

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Consistent with the US Supreme Court’s ruling in AHA v. Becerra and its statements in the 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its...more

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Telehealth Flexibilities Extended to Late 2022 and Likely Beyond

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Recent legislative changes indicate that Congress is committed to continuing to allow patients to access telehealth services after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, but it is gathering more information before...more

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Biden Administration’s Drug Pricing Plan Calls for Bold Action by Congress

It’s finally here – the Drug Pricing Plan that President Biden ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce by the end of August (the “Plan”) was released publicly by the Administration on September 9,...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - June 2021 #3

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

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Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 11. News Briefs: March 2021 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 11 (March 22, 2021) - University Medical Center of Southern Nevada has agreed to pay $128,820 in a civil monetary penalty settlement that stemmed from a self-disclosure. According to...more

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Site-Neutral Payments Stand: D.C. Court of Appeals Overturns Ruling and Allows Lower Payments to Off-Campus Provider-Based...

On July 17, 2020, in a blow to health care providers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned a lower court’s more favorable ruling and held that the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”)...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - July 2020 #2

This week in Washington: Both the House and Senate return to session, discussions on the next COVID-19 package begin....more

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2020 Healthcare Authority: January 2020 #3

Investor Interest in Health IT Expected to Remain Strong in 2020 - After three years of strong growth in healthcare technology funding, investor interest in the space has not abated....more

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Administration Drug Pricing Proposals Could Reduce Provider Payments

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As the Trump Administration moves forward with proposed policy changes to address high drug prices, a common theme is emerging: a number of the proposals have the potential to reduce Medicare reimbursement to hospitals and...more

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OIG Report: CMS Paid Practitioners for Telehealth Services That Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) just published a new report on OIG’s review of Medicare payments for telehealth services. The objective of the OIG review was to...more

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