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10-for-1 Deregulation Executive Order: Key Health Policy Issues to Watch

On January 31, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14192 which is formally titled, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,” but could gain notoriety as the “10 for 1 Order.” The Order has several parallels to a...more

2/12/2025 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Deregulation , Executive Orders , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Healthcare , Medicaid , Medicare , Medicare Advantage , Regulatory Agenda

Assessing the Impact of a Revoked Executive Order on a Medicaid Drug Demonstration Project

Of the scores of day-one executive orders (EOs) issued by President Trump, the order rescinding a Biden administration executive order on lowering prescription drug costs is receiving much attention, given implications the...more

1/27/2025 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Executive Orders , Health Insurance , Medicaid , Medicare , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs

The Congressional Review Act: A Tool Democrats May Use to Overturn Recently Promulgated HHS Regulations

With Democrats having slight majorities in the House and Senate and Joe Biden in the White House, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) becomes an available tool to potentially vacate certain regulations that the outgoing Trump...more

1/20/2021 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Congressional Review Act , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Trump Administration

Considerations for Entry or Reentry Into the Individual Health Insurance Market

Many health insurers and HMOs may be considering entering or reentering the individual health insurance market, either on or off a federal or state-based health insurance marketplace. Over the last two years, the individual...more

6/10/2020 / Affordable Care Act , Cost-Sharing , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Insurance , Insurance Industry

The CARES Act: Relief for Health Care Providers

The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, contains significant relief to assist health care providers faced with the double burden of an onslaught of...more

4/8/2020 / CARES Act , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , Relief Measures

Executive Order on Health Care Prescribes Change Ahead for Providers and Insurers

President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) aimed at improving health care price and quality transparency. While it requires few immediate changes, it foreshadows future requirements for health care providers and health...more

6/26/2019 / Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Executive Orders , Health Care Providers , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Requiring a Price Tag in Drug Commercials: Furthering Consumer Transparency or Government Overreach?

The Trump Administration released a draft regulation published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2018, which proposes to require drug manufacturers to include a drug’s list price in its direct-to-consumer (DTC)...more

10/19/2018 / Advertising , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Comment Period , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Direct to Consumer Sales , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Television Commercials , Trump Administration

Tricia Beckmann

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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