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Health Care Executive Orders And Legal Actions: Part Three

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US Administration’s Executive Orders and Actions’ Impact on Group Health Plans

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders (EOs) and actions that may have an impact on group health plans. These EOs provide insight into the US administration’s policies and outline...more

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Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Mandating Implementation and Enforcement of Health Care Pricing Transparency

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On February 25, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled “Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information” (the “2025 Order”)...more

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Trump Prioritizes Health Care Pricing Transparency in New Executive Order

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On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), “Making America Healthy Again By Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information.” The EO aims to improve...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up: January 31, 2025

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Senate Finance, HELP Committees Hold RFK Jr. Nomination Hearings. RFK Jr., nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), testified before the Senate Finance Committee on January 29 and before the Senate Health,...more

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President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget: What’s NOT in It?

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Earlier this week, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget. As a reminder, every year, the White House releases a budget that serves as its official funding request to Congress for the following...more

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New Federal Requirements for AI and IT System Implementation in Healthcare

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On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “Executive Order”). As detailed in our previously published...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS, ONC HTI-1 Final Rule Introduces New Transparency Requirements for Artificial Intelligence in Certified Health IT

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was tasked with coordinating efforts to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in health care under the November 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy...more

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Congress and White House Press Ahead on AI in Health Care & Life Sciences

Last year, both Congress and the Biden-Harris administration noticeably increased their attention on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Key congressional committees explored AI implications for health care & life sciences, and the...more

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Federal Government Addresses AI Transparency and Safety in Healthcare

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On Oct. 30, President Biden signed an executive order calling for a coordinated government approach to establish new safeguards for AI safety and security in healthcare. In response to the executive order, on Dec. 14 the...more

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Biden Executive Order Calls for HHS to Establish Health Care-Specific Artificial Intelligence Programs and Policies

On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration released and signed an Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (Executive Order) that articulates White House...more

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Biden Administration Executive Order On Promoting Competition In The American Economy: Drug Pricing And Healthcare Industry...

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden enacted a sweeping executive order creating a “whole‑of-government competition policy.” Morrison & Foerster outlined the administration’s policy in a recent client alert that provides a...more

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Secret Rules and Hidden Penalties: Biden Executive Order Takes Aim at the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Limit HHS’s Use of...

Executive Orders and the Biden Administration’s promises to postpone or withdraw certain last-minute, so-called “midnight rules” promulgated by the Trump Administration are currently grabbing everyone’s attention, especially...more

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Transparency in Coverage Final Rule Requires Insurance Disclosure to Consumers

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On October 29, 2020, HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Treasury (the Departments) jointly issued a final rule requiring health plans to disclose price and cost-sharing information to participants,...more

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Health Plan Transparency Final Rule Requires New Health Plan Disclosures

On October 29, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Department of Labor (DOL) issued the final rule on transparency in health plan coverage. The final rule imposes...more

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Federal Departments Release Transparency in Coverage Final Rule

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On October 29, 2020 the United States Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury (the Departments) issued a final rule entitled Transparency in Coverage (the Rule). The Rule continues on the Trump...more

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CMS Finalizes Rule to Require Hospitals to Disclose Negotiated Rates

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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

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Federal and New Mexico Surprise Billing Protections

Surprise billing protections are part of both state and national policy agendas this year in an effort to provide health-care transparency and consumer transparency. New Mexico’s new law now protects consumers by specifically...more

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White House Issues Executive Order to Increase Transparency in American Healthcare

On June 24, 2019, President Donald Trump issued an “Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First” (the Order). The Order requires multiple federal agencies to issue...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Will Hospitals and Insurers Have to Disclose Their Contracted Rates to Consumers Under Executive Order?

US President Donald Trump issued the Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First on June 24, another in a long line of recent executive and legislative branch...more

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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Increased Transparency and Upfront Disclosure of Hospital Charges and Out-of-Pocket Costs

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On Monday, June 24, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order requiring HHS and other agencies to propose regulations designed to promote transparency and upfront disclosure by hospitals to patients of the charge prices...more

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Healthcare Transparency: What Did the Executive Order Do?

President Trump signed an executive order on June 23, 2019, to increase healthcare transparency. The order requires negotiated rates to be posted in a consumer-friendly way, increases access to de-identified claims data,...more

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Healthcare Executive Order Suggests Changes Are Coming

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On June 24, 2019, President Trump issued the “Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First” (the Order). The Order directs several executive agencies to issue...more

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