News & Analysis as of

Prescription Drugs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA)

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Continues to Focus Medicare Plans on Preventing Opioid Abuse

As we highlighted earlier this month, CMS released both the Contract Year 2019 Final Rules for Medicare Advantage and Part D (Final Rules) and the 2019 Call Letter. These documents are not typically released at the same time,...more

BakerHostetler

CMS Aims to Decrease Burdens and Increase Innovation in Medicare Parts C and D With New April 2018 Guidance

BakerHostetler on

In regulations published on April 16, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two new documents containing guidance primarily on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program and on the Medicare prescription...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Opioid Crisis Proposals and Funding

Holland & Knight LLP on

Opioid Funding Overview - In 2016, through the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and the 21st Century Cures Act, Congress authorized roughly $1.4 billion in spending to combat the opioid crisis....more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: The Opioid Epidemic: DEA’s Role in Regulating Individuals and Entities Handling Controlled Substances

K&L Gates LLP on

In the fifth episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Hilary Bowman discusses the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) role in regulating individuals and entities handling controlled substances, including...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

DEA Implements CARA, Enlisting Mid-Level Practitioners in the War on Opioid Addiction

Prior to the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) only “physicians” could dispense and prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance and detoxification treatment. CARA expanded who may prescribe for maintenance...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Proposed Medicare Advantage and Part D Regulations for CY 2019 – CMS Takes on the Opioid Epidemic

Americans today are facing an opioid epidemic that stems in part from the misuse of prescription drugs. CMS takes aim at this crisis in its CY 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule (Proposed Rules) by setting out a...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Wide-Ranging Proposed Rule on Medicare Managed Care (Part C) and Prescription Drug Plans (Part D)

King & Spalding on

On November 16, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(“CMS”) published for public inspection a proposed rule that would impact a variety of Medicare Part C and Part D program provisions. The proposed rule, ...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Releases CY 2019 Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Part D

Last Thursday, November 17, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed contract year 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D regulations. The proposed rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide