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Courts Invalidate ACA Regulations Following Demise of Chevron Deference

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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn its landmark 1984 Chevron decision, three district courts have struck down provisions in nondiscrimination regulations under the Affordable Care Act that prohibit...more

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Loper Bright Leads to Section 1557 Stay

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On July 3, 2024, Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. of the federal district court in Mississippi issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from “enforcing, relying on,...more

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Federal District Court Certifies Transgender Discrimination Class Action Against Third-Party Administrator Under the Affordable...

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Earlier this month, the US District Court for the Western District of Washington certified a class of individuals who were denied gender-affirming care by a third-party administrator, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois...more

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Federal Judge Blocks Implementation of 340B ADR Final Rule

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On March 16, 2021, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking HHS from implementing the 340B administrative dispute resolution final rule (the Final Rule) released in December 2020. The blocked Final Rule would...more

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Health Resources and Services Administration Enjoined from Implementing the 340B Dispute Resolution Rule

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US District Court for Southern District of Indiana granted plaintiffs Eli Lilly and Company and Lilly USA a preliminary injunction barring HRSA from implementing the final Administrative Dispute Resolution rule that was to...more

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Federal Court Judge Block Blocks Temporarily HHS’s Enforcement of Revised ACA Anti-Sex Discrimination Rules, Restores ACA...

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On August 17, 2020 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N.Y. preliminarily enjoined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) from enforcing provisions of its June 2020 final Section 1557...more

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Post-Bostock Ruling Does Little to Resolve Health Plan Uncertainty

A federal court ruling staying key parts of new Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations in light of the landmark Supreme Court of the United States ruling on sexual orientation and gender identity will provide little certainty...more

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“Because of Bostock” – Court Delays HHS Rule Re-interpreting Section 1557 Discrimination “Because of Sex”

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One day before an updated rule of the US Department of Health and Human Services regarding Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act took effect, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds HHS Authority on Abortion Gag Rule

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On February 24, 2020, the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, upheld the Trump administration’s regulation that prohibits grantees under Title X of the Public Health Service Act from referring patients for, or otherwise...more

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Legal Developments to Keep an Eye Out for in 2020

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Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: Federal Circuit Decisions on Bevacizumab and Trastuzumab Preliminary Injunctions: Appeals are pending on the District of Delaware’s...more

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Religious Institutions Update: December 2019 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Key Cases - School States Claim Against State Superintendent for Unconstitutional Discrimination In Bethel Ministries, Inc. v. Salmon, No. SAG-19-01853, 2019 WL 6034988 (D. Md. Nov. 14, 2019), the court denied Maryland...more

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Third Circuit Upholds Decision Blocking Trump Administration’s Birth Control Rules

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A Third Circuit appeals panel upheld the lower court ruling in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. President United States of America et al. No. 17-3752. This ruling grants a nationwide preliminary injunction against the...more

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Updated Procedural History of UPMC – Highmark Litigation

Below is a summary of UPMC-Highmark dispute as of March 4, 2019. This information is limited to litigation proceedings with no discussion about prior contracts or negotiations....more

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Recent Developments in the Battle over the Affordable Care Act’s Contraception Mandate

The Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) requires most health plans to provide first dollar coverage of FDA-approved contraception methods. Nearly nine years after the ACA’s enactment, this contraception mandate continues to be...more

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Pennsylvania Federal Judge Blocks Religious and Moral Exceptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Contraceptive Mandate

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A Pennsylvania federal judge granted Pennsylvania and New Jersey a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking two Trump administration final rules. The two final rules create exemptions for moral and religious objections to...more

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A Momentary Victory for the ACA: Federal Judge Issues a Nationwide Injunction against Trump Administration’s Contraceptive...

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On January 14, 2019, US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s carveouts to the...more

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Nationwide Injunction Halts Exemptions and Accommodations to the ACA Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

On January 14, 2019, a district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the application of final regulations governing religious and moral-based exemptions from the...more

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Religious Institutions Update: January 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Timely Topics - By Shannon B. Hartsfield - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Jan. 18, 2018, the creation of a new division within its Office for Civil Rights (OCR). OCR is described as...more

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President Trump Once Again Attempts To Dismantle The Affordable Care Act

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After multiple failed attempts by Congress to reform the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump announced several weeks ago that the federal government would stop making subsidy payments to insurers who sell coverage...more

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The Legality of Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Under the ACA

Health insurers may have experienced uncertainty in 2017 when they were setting 2018 rates for individual plans sold on federal and state exchanges pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One reason may have been the...more

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Court Throws Monkey Wrench Into Wellness Programs

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the EEOC to reconsider its final regulations on the extent to which an employer may offer incentives to participate in a wellness program without violating the...more

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Transgender Benefits Revisited?

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In a series of tweets published on July 26, 2017, President Trump announced a ban on transgender service in the armed forces. In the wake of this reversal of government policy, employers may question the current state of...more

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March 2017: The 15 Biggest Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While it always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, the last few months have seen an unprecedented number of changes. March 2017 was another month...more

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ERISA Newsletter - First Quarter 2017

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After a brief hiatus, Proskauer's ERISA Newsletter is back with a brand new look. We hope you like it and find it is easier to navigate. In addition to implementing our new format, we have moved to a quarterly publication...more

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Health Law Insights: January Newsletter

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ALERT: Health Reform Outlook for 2017: A Year of Major Uncertainty - Fulfilling their promises, Congressional Republicans moved to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the first day of the new Congress when Senate...more

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