Innovation in Compliance: Unpacking Healthcare Compliance with Maria Villanueva
False Claims Act Insights - Physician, Refer Thyself: How Stark Law and FCA Intersect
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 190: Healthcare Tech and Human Resources with Shannon Frazier, HR Executive Director at Lenovo
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Greetings and Felicitations: The Future of Healthcare…Is Now: Part 3 – The Specifics of Managing Obesity
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 153: William Kenley, CEO, and Juana Slade, Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Language Services, AnMed Health
Greetings and Felicitations: The Future of Healthcare…Is Now: Part 2- Revolutionizing Healthcare: Personalized Medicine
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #6 What’s the Best Order to Sell?
Episode 152: Matt Littlejohn, CEO, MUSC Health Midlands
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #4 Optimizing Total Asset Value
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 151: Erin Ford, EVP & COO, and David Stefanich, Board Chair, SCBIO
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #3 Real Estate Valuations Explained
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice - Reimbursement Audits and Appeals
Podcast - Counsel That Cares - The Value of Value-Based Cancer Care
Episode 150 - Jane Pine Wood, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, BioReference
Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare
Strategies to Manage Costs of Medical Care in a PA Workers’ Compensation Claim
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 149: Patrick Goodwill, CEO, Magnetic Insight
Podcast - Noteworthy Value-Based Care Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 146: Ann Lewis, CEO, CareSouth
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
In recent elections, health care has been one of the most hot-button issues with consequences for millions of Americans, and this election is no exception. The next administration and the 119th Congress have the potential to...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final regulations on the nondiscrimination rules set forth in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The new rules apply to certain group health plans, as...more
Employers must check its employees, contractors and vendors to see if an individual or organization is excluded from participating in federal and/or state programs. While there are a variety of exclusion programs at the...more
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance and Quality Final Rule, a final rule that updates several...more
On March 28, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury collectively issued final rules with respect to short-term and limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans in an effort to reduce healthcare...more
Braidwood v. Becerra represents a significant legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) preventive services coverage provision, which requires private health insurance to cover various clinical preventive services,...more
On January 18th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new demonstration model called the Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model, which is designed to improve outcomes for adults with mental...more
The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)...more
Prenatal vaccines—those administered during a pregnancy—provide crucial protections to pregnant women and/or newborns against communicable diseases such as whooping cough and influenza. Additional prenatal vaccines are in...more
Released on March 9, 2023, President Biden’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget focuses on existing healthcare initiatives while attempting to lower healthcare costs with an emphasis on prescription drug prices, seeking to...more
Today, Thursday, March 9, President Biden unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request, the third of his presidency. The $6.1 trillion proposal calls for $1.9 trillion in discretionary spending and $4.2 trillion in...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services continues to take unprecedented steps to “improve the quality and care available at nursing homes.” The newest rule enforces portions of Section 6101(a) of the Affordable Care...more
"Rather than reacting, you must be proactive and preventive. By doing this, you will not only be prepared for the potential obstacles that face your company, but you will most likely eliminate obstacles before they appear." ...more
On October 3, 2022, the Attorneys General for California, New York, and Massachusetts, in collaboration with Attorneys General from 18 other states and the District of Columbia (State Attorneys General) submitted a comment...more
On April 5, President Biden held an event at the White House celebrating coverage gains since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Joined by Vice President Harris and former President Obama, President Biden...more
Continuing the theme of increased transparency of ownership of nursing homes included in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the White House issued a Fact Sheet titled “Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving...more
Last week, President Biden presented an outline of a $1.75 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) social spending reconciliation framework resulting from months of negotiations with House and Senate Democrats. Congressional...more
This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved sweeping health care legislation as part of the Democratic Congress’ plan to enact a $3.5 trillion legislative package through budget reconciliation. The committee...more
This morning, the United States Senate Committee on Finance questioned Pres. Biden’s nominee, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, for Administrator for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as Andrea Palm, the nominee...more
Although politicians have obsessed for a decade about affordable health insurance, frustrated patients have seen little or no relief on another crucial concern — the skyrocketing costs of medical services. What policy paths...more
As of January 1, 2021, almost all hospitals in the United States will have to comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Additionally, the government has been open about...more
Sitting in the dark before 6 am in my Los Angeles house with my face lit up by yet another Zoom screen, wearing a stylish combination of sweatpants, dress shirt and last year’s JPM conference badge dangling around my neck for...more
A lot of people in health care across the country are firing up their computers to dig into long-sought, confidential information from hospitals about their prices and deals they cut on them with an array of parties....more
The nation has gotten some long-desired, important health care economic news: The country has “bent the cost curve,” seeing 2020 as the first year in at least six decades in which America’s health care spending went down....more