As harsh winter weather swept the nation’s capital, President Donald Trump commenced his second term by signing a blizzard of Executive Orders (EOs) that span many hot-button issues. Several of the EOs signal President...more
Just over four weeks after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the American Healthcare Act (AHCA), the bill passed by a narrow margin in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate released ‘The...more
6/23/2017
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Affordable Care Act ,
American Health Care Act (AHCA) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Health Insurance ,
Individual Mandate ,
Medicaid ,
Planned Parenthood ,
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Public Health Insurance Marketplace ,
Repeal ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration
Perhaps the high fives in the Rose Garden of the White House a few weeks ago may have been a bit premature. On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the revised...more
To great fanfare by both the leadership of the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives (the House) and President Trump, on May 4, 2017, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the proposed successor/replacement to the...more
In early July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking, amending the Physician Self-Referral Prohibitions, or Stark law. 80 Fed. Reg. 41,909-930 (July 15, 2015). The...more
7/23/2015
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Healthcare ,
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Medicaid ,
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Physicians ,
Stark Law ,
Timeshare
As we look into our crystal balls, we do not expect a lot of new issues in 2015. Rather, we believe that most of the significant issues will be a continuation of issues that arose in 2014 or earlier. ...more
1/9/2015
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Joint Venture ,
King v Burwell ,
Medicaid ,
Medicaid Expansion ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHI ,
Quality of Care Standards ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Subsidies
The past year was one of the most eventful in recent memory for healthcare policy. As the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") continued its inexorable, albeit at times wobbly, march towards implementation, the headlines became more...more
1/16/2014
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Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare.gov ,
Transparency
Current events were top-of-mind last Friday, November 15, 2013, as Akerman LLP's Healthcare Practice Group and Wells Fargo invited clients and industry professionals to engage in a thoughtful discussion on healthcare reform...more