On Tuesday, Feb. 25, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information” (the Executive Order)....more
As we begin a year that will once again be transformative for the industry, we are excited to present our comprehensive 2024 year-in-review, highlighting all that has happened and the trends that will shape 2025. ...more
1/22/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Life Sciences ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Section 340B ,
Telehealth
On Jan. 9, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finalized a 2023 proposed rule titled “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (“Final Rule”)....more
On Friday, April 7, both the Northern District of Texas and the Eastern District of Washington issued decisions impacting the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The Texas decision...more
4/17/2023
/ Abortion ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Judicial Intervention ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Stays
On June 2, 2022, the Florida governor signed the Freedom First budget for State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (the Law), which provided over $600 million in funding to the Agency for Health Care Administration (the Agency)...more
Since the recent Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, companies have been impacted nationwide and have several new legal angles to consider as it relates to their employees and their businesses. With that in mind,...more
On Monday, July 11, 2022, the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a letter to healthcare providers regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), indicating that when a state law...more