On January 23, 2023, CMS published in the Federal Register its first proposed rulemaking to implement the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the “Negotiation Program”), which is included in the Inflation Reduction Act...more
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has clarified that a Medicare beneficiary may challenge a Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD) without first having to exhaust the lengthy...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health has published its comprehensive CMS Framework for Health Equity 2022–2032 (Framework). CMS’s Framework arose in response to the Biden...more
On July 13, 2021, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management (collectively, “Departments”) published their highly anticipated interim final rule (“First...more
On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a proposed rule titled “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities” (“Proposed Rule”)[1] to implement the nondiscrimination...more
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