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Da Brat and The Latest (Rap) Battle: FDA Expected to Drop Sperm Donation Ban for Gay Men

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Under current US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance, sexually active gay and bisexual men are prohibited from anonymously donating sperm. The FDA is expected to reverse this longstanding practice and adopt a system...more

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AMA Augmented Intelligence Research - Physician sentiments around the use of AI in heath care: motivations, opportunities, risks,...

Background and Objectives • In August 2023, the American Medical Association conducted a comprehensive study of physician’s sentiments towards the use of augmented intelligence (AI) in health care including current use...more

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Health Care Providers Navigate Fallout of Major Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

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Change Healthcare, an affiliate of Optum and UnitedHealth Group, processes more than 15 billion health care transactions annually and touches one of every three patient records. On February 21, Change disconnected its...more

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Improving Access to Care for Pregnant and Postpartum People with Opioid Use Disorder: Recommendations for Policymakers

Introduction - Over the past several years, the American Medical Association (AMA) and Manatt Health have partnered on recommendations that inform policymakers of best practices to eliminate barriers to care for opioid...more

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State telehealth policy trends 2023 year in review

Background Three years following the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), states across the United States continue to enact permanent changes to telehealth laws that impact how physicians and other health care...more

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Remote Monitoring and Digital Therapies: CMS Updates Coverage and Payment Policies

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In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded payment for remote monitoring services in an effort to pay for non-face-to-face services that improve care coordination for Medicare...more

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What Does Wisconsin Medical Examining Board’s New Chaperone Rule Mean for Hospitals?  Not Much.

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The new rules about chaperones for physicians in private practice (not hospitals or hospital-employed physicians) go into effect October 1, 2023. The rule is promulgated by the Medical Examining Board (MEB), which does not...more

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Prior Authorization Reform in Healthcare: Winds of Change?

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Bob Dylan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest American songwriters of all time, has effectively used wind as a metaphor in a number of songs he has written, each with its own distinct message....more

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5 Questions with Erin Trish: Surprise Billing in Healthcare

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5 Questions is a periodic feature produced by Cornerstone Research, which asks our professionals, senior advisors, or affiliated experts to answer five questions. We interview Professor Erin Trish, of the Schaeffer Center...more

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It’s a Congressional Hearing Bonanza! A Series of Healthcare Hearings with Regulatory Implications (September 21, 2023)

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Given the number of healthcare-related congressional hearings this past week, you would think there was a legislative requirement to hold them all at once! There were at least five major healthcare hearings on Tuesday alone...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Access to Care for Justice-Involved Pregnant People With a Substance Use Disorder

There is a critical need to increase access to evidence-based care for justice-involved pregnant people with a substance use disorder (SUD)—and connect them to continued coverage and care upon release—according to national...more

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AI’s Increasing Role in the Health Care Delivery System: Key Legal Considerations

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No personal services are more important than health care. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), involving machines to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, is leading to an expansion of the term “personal.”...more

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - April 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more

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Hot Topics in Health Care - November 2022

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Physician Groups Voice Strong Opposition to Proposed Expanded Scope of Practice for Non-Physician Practitioners - The American Medical Association and over 80 other physician industry groups have come out in strong...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Telehealth Model Legislation—A Comparison of AMA, FSMB and ULC Model Bills and Guidelines

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a drastic increase in telehealth utilization across the country, which meaningfully changed the way providers deliver care and illuminated novel state telehealth policy design...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Accelerating and Enhancing Behavioral Health Integration Through Digitally Enabled Care: Opportunities and Challenges

The American Medical Association (AMA) and Manatt Health Strategies (Manatt Health) gathered a diverse working group of stakeholders representative of physician practices and health systems, large employers, health plans and...more

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2022 Medicare Remote Therapeutic Monitoring FAQs: CMS Final Rule

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Continuing the trend of expanded Medicare reimbursement for remote monitoring, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule final rule on its new Remote Therapeutic Monitoring...more

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Private Practice Can Mean Job Safety For Physicians

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More and more physicians are opting to leave private practice (or to skip it altogether) for the perceived job security and hopefully steady paycheck of hospital employment. According to a study conducted by the American...more

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Personalized Medicine Coalition Releases Spring 2020 Newsletter Amid the Coronavirus

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...The Personalized Medicine Coalition (“PMC”) recently published its 2020 Spring Newsletter that examines the landscape and outlook for personalized medicine as COVID-19 prompts new discussions about the effect of COVID-19...more

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Healthcare Executives and Physician Leaders Discuss Latest Trends and Challenges in Delivering High-Quality Patient Care at AMGA’s...

Healthcare in the United States is at a crossroads, with technology, new market “disrupters,” and seemingly intractable problems converging. At least that was the central theme we observed at the annual meeting of the...more

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Congress Takes Long Look at Proposed Health Insurance Mergers

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While the Department of Justice Antitrust Division is responsible for reviewing the proposed Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers for any potential competitive concerns, Congress jumped into the process with both feet in...more

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Navigating the Diagnostic Commercialization Process

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Guest Post By: Perry Dimas, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Premier Source, part of AmerisourceBergen The 2015 Business of Personalized Medicine Summit was an inspiring day with talented professionals. One...more

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Yep, There’s a Billing Code for That

If you think you’re waiting even longer at your doctor’s office these days, you might be right. And it might be due to the overhaul of the medical billing code system that requires providers to enter an alphanumeric...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Legislation to Strengthen Medicaid Program Integrity and Fraud Controls... Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced to Stop Anti-Competitive “Pay-For-Delay”...more

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Send Lawyers, Guns and Money:* Providers Lining Up Against Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana Mergers

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In the wake of Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana, providers are lining up to be heard. Take the American Medical Association (AMA), for example, which is urging federal and...more

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