Last week, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a Fifth Circuit decision holding that HHS-appointed United States Preventative Task Force (USPTF) members are inferior officers that do not need to be approved by the...more
A case pending before the Supreme Court could jeopardize the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) mandate that certain preventive services be provided on a first dollar coverage basis to plan members. Kennedy v. Braidwood Management...more
HHS, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (collectively, the Departments) issued a proposed rule on July 7, 2023, aimed at shoring up consumer protections...more
The D.C. Circuit Court overturned UnitedHealthcare’s victory in the lower court that resulted in vacatur of the Medicare Advantage 60-day overpayment rule (the Overpayment Rule). Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court held that...more
Last week, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley wrote a letter to the United States Senate Committee on Finance (the Letter) concentrating on nonprofit hospitals’ debt collection and financial assistance practices and price...more
Last Friday, President Trump signed into law two bipartisan legislative packages that included all twelve Fiscal Year 2020 funding bills. Comprehensive surprise billing and drug pricing legislation were not included in the...more
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A Pennsylvania federal judge granted Pennsylvania and New Jersey a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking two Trump administration final rules. The two final rules create exemptions for moral and religious objections to...more