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McDermott’s Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly - Q1 2022

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The healthcare enforcement landscape is shifting quickly. This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly examines emerging trends and key issues for organizations that may become subject to enforcement scrutiny,...more

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Price Transparency in Hospitals – Is Hospital Pricing Data a Protected Trade Secret?

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By this point, it's no secret the cost of healthcare services can vary dramatically between different providers of the same services. The Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations all pushed for price transparency in...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

CMS Begins Internal Purge of Trump-Era Medicaid Policies

While CMS has been relatively quiet as of late from a public-facing perspective as it waits for new political leadership to arrive (including newly announced CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure), a recent review by your...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

President Biden Takes First Step Towards Reversing Trump Era Medicaid Policies

On January 28th, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.” The E.O. states that the Biden Administration will promote policies that “protect and strengthen Medicaid and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Outgoing HHS Secretary Files Supreme Court Brief Supporting Medicaid Work Requirements

On December 4, 2020, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments to decide the legality of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’s) authorization for states to incorporate work requirements into their Medicaid...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Congressional Review Act: A Tool Democrats May Use to Overturn Recently Promulgated HHS Regulations

With Democrats having slight majorities in the House and Senate and Joe Biden in the White House, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) becomes an available tool to potentially vacate certain regulations that the outgoing Trump...more

Epstein Becker & Green

How the Biden Administration Can Reverse Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirements

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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the federal government can approve state programs that force Medicaid participants to work, go to school, or volunteer to get benefits. Both Arkansas and the Justice Department...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Trump Administration Issues COVID-19 Vaccine and Transparency Rules

In late October, the Trump Administration, through the Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Treasury, and Labor (“Departments”), issued two different rules — one implementing the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Medicaid Provisions in COVID-19 Relief Package

Here at the Medicaid and the Law Blog, we spent part of our holiday break reading through the most recent COVID-19 relief package that was finally signed into law by President Trump amid a not-insignificant amount of drama. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Medicare Part B Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Model: New Rules, New Lawsuits, New Tweets

On September 13, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the “Executive Order”) directing the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to issue regulations instituting two most-favored-nations (“MFN”) payment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Permanent Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services

On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the annual Physician Fee Schedule final rule (“Final Rule”) which, among other things, aimed to further President Trump’s October 3, 2019...more

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Trump Administration Issues Flurry of Last Minute Healthcare Regulations: What Will the Incoming Administration Do Next?

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On 20 November 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General finalized several rules from President Trump’s health care agenda...more

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Summary of Trump Administration Drug Pricing and AKS Rulemakings and Implications for Life Sciences Companies and Health Care...

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On Friday, November 20, 2020, 60 calendar days prior to the inauguration of President-Elect Biden, the Trump administration released three rulemakings with significant implications for life sciences companies and healthcare...more

King & Spalding

He Actually Did It: Trump Administration Implements Medicare Part B “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Reform

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On November 20, 2020, 60 days before the end of his Administration, President Trump announced a series of major drug pricing regulations. This Alert summarizes the Most Favored Nation Model (“MFN Model”) for Medicare Part B...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Friday Evening Health Care Regulatory Blitz!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. In a pre-holiday flurry, the Trump Administration has released four long-awaited health care policies impacting a wide range of health industry participants. On the drug pricing front, the...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

President Trump Finalizes Rebate Rule and Most-Favored Nation Model for Medicare Part B

On Friday, Nov. 20, President Trump, alongside Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, announced the finalization of...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - November 2020 #2

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This week in Washington: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced he is waiting to see who will become the next House speaker before working on another COVID-19 stimulus package; Senate Appropriations Committee releases...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - October 2020 #3

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House - Democrats Ask GAO to Investigate Legality of President Trump’s Medicare Drug Gift Cards - On Oct. 13, House Energy & Commerce Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ), House Ways & Means Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) and Senate...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - October 2020 #1

This week in Washington: The Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government until Dec. 11 was signed by President Trump; House passes COVID-19 stimulus bill....more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - September 2020 #2

This week in Washington: House passes bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) to avoid government shutdown; Senate set to pass the CR this Tuesday....more

Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - September 2020 #4

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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

McDermott Will & Emery

White House Directs HHS to Model “Most-Favored-Nation” Price Caps for Part B and D Drugs

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On September 13, 2020, the White House issued an Executive Order titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First” (the Executive Order), which directed the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services...more

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Trump Administration Takes Aim at Drug Prices Again

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The White House released a new Executive Order on September 13, 2020, related to drug prices titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First” the September Order), whose stated purpose is to address reimbursement for...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

President Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to Link U.S. Drug Reimbursement to Foreign Prices

The Big Picture - In the latest election year action to address politically salient concerns with high drug costs, President Trump on Sunday signed an “Executive Order on Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First.”...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

End-of-Term Retrospective on the Trump Administration’s 1115 Waiver Priorities

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act permits states to waive certain Medicaid statutory requirements through demonstration projects that advance state policy priorities and test innovations in their Medicaid programs....more

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