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Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney...

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In this powerful episode, hosts Heather and Matthew are joined by Sydney Severance, a young woman and former competitive athlete whose life changed dramatically when she unexpectedly became wheelchair-bound. After a...more

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New Mexico Becomes Third State in the U.S. to Legalize Access to Psilocybin

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On April 7, 2025, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law SB-219, the Medical Psilocybin Act (the Act), making New Mexico the third state in the country to create a legal pathway for patients to access...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - March 2025

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As Medicare physician reimbursement continues in 2025 to suffer from damaging shortfalls due to budget neutrality and lack of an inflation adjuster, steps are being taken in Congress to address the issue. On January 31, the...more

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Your Practice and Telemedicine

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The COVID-19 pandemic gave way to a rapid increase in virtual care for patients. Now nearly three years on, the American Medical Association found in a recent study that eighty-five percent (85%) of physicians continue to...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and PSYPACT to Debut in Connecticut: New Laws Meant to Streamline Physician Licensure and...

Having learned some difficult lessons from the clinical shortages that have accompanied the Covid-19 pandemic, Connecticut’s General Assembly passed two important pieces of legislation last session to provide physicians with...more

Nossaman LLP

Anticipating AB 890’s Implementation: Now is a Good Time for Medical Staffs to Get Their Ducks in a Row

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Given California’s shortage of primary care providers, nurse practitioners (“NPs”) are increasingly being asked to fill gaps in provider coverage.  With that background, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 890 (“AB 890”)...more

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Effective July 11 Alabama Has New Telehealth Rules: What Physicians Need To Know

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Telehealth is not new, but during the pandemic, it has received renewed attention and support because of its ability to expand access to health care. On April 12, 2022, Governor Ivey signed Act 2022-302 that repealed existing...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Medical Records Ownership and the Information Blocking Rules

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Patients may think they own their medical records. While patients certainly have the right to access and, in many cases, control how their health information is used and disclosed, medical records ownership can be murky....more

Polsinelli

Telehealth: Key Takeaways From The CY2022 PFS Final Rule

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In November 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (“Final Rule”) which includes several telehealth policy updates that will go into effect in calendar year...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

North Carolina’s New “No Patient Left Alone Act” Mandates Patient Visitation Rights

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On Oct. 15, 2021, Governor Roy Cooper signed Senate Bill 191, “The No Patient Left Alone Act,” into law.  The law expressly provides that patient visitation rights in health care facilities will not be impacted during...more

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Jenner & Block Amicus Brief Urges US Supreme Court to Strike Down Mississippi’s Abortion Ban

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A Jenner & Block team has filed an amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the US Supreme Court case considering a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The brief urges the...more

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All U.S. patients need a primary care doctor, panel of top experts recommends

The U.S. health system is in dire need of dramatic reforms to put patients first, most notably by ensuring that everyone in this country has a formally designated primary care physician to help monitor, navigate, and oversee...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Denver, CO - October 16th, 8:25 am - 5:00 pm MDT

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Regulatory Developments Brewing in Telehealth

Two federal agencies – the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) – announced separate initiatives last week that stand to increase patient access to telehealth...more

Verrill

"Right to Try" Comes to the Federal Stage: What Stakeholders Should Do Now

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On May 30, 2018, surrounded by patients directly impacted by tragic and intractable diseases, President Trump signed into law the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Patients Stand To Lose if Amendment 7 Goes to Polls

Protecting Hospitals — Sacrificing Patients - Patient Access to Adverse-Incident Reports Threatened - Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission has on its 2018 agenda a proposal to amend a provision that gives parties...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA Simplifies and Clarifies Expanded Access Program

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Last week, FDA announced via a blog post simplifications and clarifications to its expanded access program. Under FDA’s expanded access program, physicians may request that patients with a serious condition receive treatment...more

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California HMO Timely Access Report Available

California became the first state to set limits on how long HMO patients must wait to see a physician when the California Department of Managed Health Care (“DMHC”) adopted certain “timely access” regulations in 2010, based...more

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