Federal regulators recently indicated they will not enforce parts of the final regulations issued in September 2024 under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and may soon propose new rules altogether....more
The Trump administration continues to rollback policies on DEI and banking regulation while facing various lawsuits over its personnel, spending, and immigration actions....more
Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 12, 2025, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the implementation, application or enforcement of the National Institutes...more
Only weeks after the principal effective date for the final 2024 federal mental health parity rules for employer-sponsored health benefit plans, those rules—and specifically some key features that are frustrating...more
The proposed cuts would place a 15% indirect cost rate on all new and existing grant awards received by research institutions and universities....more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Trump Administration as a whole, has placed a particular focus on the promotion of price transparency as a tool to control the costs of healthcare. In June, the...more