Medicaid, Pending Legislation

Holland Knight Health Dose: September 17, 2024

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/20/2024

Holland & Knight Health Dose 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....more

Dental/DSO Intelligence Monthly Report: July/August 2024

Benesch on 8/23/2024

Background on Indiana’s “Baby HSR” Law - Indiana passed Senate Bill 9 in March 2024, which requires an Indiana healthcare entity involved in a merger or acquisition with another healthcare entity with a value of at least...more

Fiscal Intermediaries Sue NYDOH Over CDPAP Reimbursement Changes

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/30/2024

A group of fiscal intermediaries (FIs) on July 22, 2024, filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and its commissioner, Dr. James McDonald, alleging that the defendants disregarded established...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 12, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/15/2023

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....more

The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023

Quarles & Brady LLP on 12/15/2023

The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023, passed by the House 320-71 on Monday, December 11, 2023, would institute new transparency and pricing rules on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and hospitals. The bill would...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 7, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/9/2023

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

CAA 2023 Includes HSA Telehealth Relief, MHPAEA, Medicare, and Medicaid Changes

Groom Law Group, Chartered on 12/26/2022

Last week the Senate passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA23”). The House of Representatives will likely consider the measure today, and President Biden is expected to sign the bipartisan measure into law...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: November 29, 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/1/2022

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

U.S. Senate Passes Significant Drug Pricing Reform in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Goodwin on 8/10/2022

On August 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes some of the most significant drug pricing-related changes since the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement...more

Build Back Better: All Eyes on the Senate

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/8/2021

The Big Picture - On November 19, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act (BBB) (H.R. 5376) by a vote of 220–213. The BBB contains a number of health and social policy priorities that are widely viewed...more

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Summary

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/11/2021

The U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, 2021, passed the Senate-amended H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The ARP provides $1.9 trillion in additional relief to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more

House Passes Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief Bill

ArentFox Schiff on 3/16/2020

Congressional leaders in Washington are halfway towards passing a second comprehensive spending package in response to the coronavirus outbreak. After several tense days of negotiations between Democrats in the House of...more

Vermont Health Care Update 01-13-2020 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 1/16/2020

DVHA presents budget adjustment proposal - The House Health Care Committee heard from Department of Vermont Health Access Commissioner Cory Gustafson on Tuesday on his department’s 2020 budget adjustment. ...more

ML Strategies Update - The IMPROVE Act Summary

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 12/19/2018

Yesterday (December 11, 2018), the House passed H.R. 7217, the Improving Medicaid Programs and Opportunities for Eligible Beneficiaries (IMPROVE) Act. The Senate is expected to vote on the IMPROVE Act sometime next week. A...more

Senate Passes VA MISSION Act; Eliminates Federal Contractor Status for Some Long-Term Care Providers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/4/2018

On May 23, 2018, the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive bill called the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or the VA MISSION Act of 2018...more

Vermont Legislative Update 5-4-18 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 5/9/2018

Medical Monitoring Bill Moves On - The House Judiciary Committee sent a version of S.197 to the Senate floor that eliminates the Senate-passed provisions creating strict, joint and several liability for release of harmful...more

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act - A Bipartisan Bill

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/7/2018

On February 15, 2018, representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15), John Shimkus (IL-15), Scott Peters (CA-52), Erik Paulson (MN-03), and Juan Vargas (CA-51), introduced the Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act (H.R....more

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #3

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 2/7/2018

All eyes are on the Amended FY 2018 Budget this week under the Gold Dome. By a vote of 167 to 8, the House adopted its Appropriations Committee’s recommendations for the Amended Budget, sending the funding proposition to the...more

Senate GOP’s Health Care Plan Reshapes House’s Bill to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/23/2017

When the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), and shipped it across the Capitol for the Senate’s consideration, key senators said they intended to write their own bill...more

CBO Score of Final House Bill Reveals Threats to Insurance Market Stability

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/26/2017

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on May 24 released its much-anticipated score of the House Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), officially known as H.R. 1628, the American Health Care...more

Legislative Solutions: 2017 Virginia Legislative Recap

Williams Mullen on 4/7/2017

The following is a summary of key legislation impacting the health care industry in Virginia. Reforming or Repealing Virginia’s Certificate of Public Need Program - The study of the COPN process continues - ...more

Provider Payments Under a Medicaid Per Capita Cap

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 3/16/2017

In a February 24th blog post, we described Medicaid block grants and per capita caps in terms of A x B = C to demonstrate how those payment policies work. ‘A’ is the amount a state is paid per beneficiary, ‘B’ is the number...more

And . . . the . . . CBO . . . Scooooores!

Balch & Bingham LLP on 3/14/2017

Here are the highlights we took (quickly) from yesterday afternoon’s Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate for the American Health Care Act. The AHCA “would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the 2017-2026...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/28/2017

Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/13/2017

The Agency of Transportation has submitted a proposal to the House Transportation Committee that would allow the agency to seek damages from a utility that fails to move or adjust a utility line that is in a state or local...more

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