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Same-Sex Marriage › Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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Same-sex marriage refers to marriage between two individuals of the same sex. Historically, such marriages have not been legally recognized. However, there has been a growing trend to expand marriage rights to same-sex couples. The United States Supreme Court addressed aspects of this issue in Windsor v. United States and Hollingsworth v. Perry. less -

CMS Unexpectedly Withdraws Three Proposed Rules

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 10/4/2017

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the withdrawal of three proposed rules that, in one case, had been pending since 2014. The first proposed rule that CMS decided to scrap was proposed in...more

Health Headlines: Also in the News - December 2014 #3

King & Spalding on 12/22/2014

ONC Issues New Federal Health IT Strategic Plan –On December 8, 2014, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020 (Plan). The Plan...more

CMS Proposes Recognition of Same-Sex Spouses

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/17/2014

On December 12, 2014, CMS issued proposed regulations that would add recognition of same-sex spouses to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) relevant to patients in hospitals, ambulatory...more

Hospitals and Health Insurers Prodded on Same-Sex and Transgender Issues

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/15/2014

In separate actions yesterday, CMS and the New York State insurance regulatory authority took steps to (a) assure equal treatment of same-sex spouses by hospitals and (b) insurance coverage of medically necessary transgender...more

Health Headlines: Also in the News - September 2014 #3

King & Spalding on 9/26/2014

Congressman Sends Letter to Secretary of HHS Urging Her to Retract CMS’s Global Settlement Offer – On September 15, 2014, Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Tex), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, sent a...more

Post-DOMA, IRS and CMS issue further guidance regarding same-sex spouses

McAfee & Taft on 4/9/2014

Last September, three months after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in United States v. Windsor, the IRS issued some much-anticipated guidance regarding the treatment of same-sex spouses. For employers who...more

Monthly Benefits Update

Franczek P.C. on 4/3/2014

As expected, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS (the “Agencies”) finalized the employer information reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) earlier this month. The final rules, which are...more

HHS Guidance Clarifies that Insurance Companies Must Make Available Health Insurance Coverage for Same-Sex Spouses

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/2/2014

On March 14, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance clarifying the final regulations implementing Section 2702 of the Public Health Service Act...more

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Same-Sex Marriage › Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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