Affordable Care Act, Drug Pricing, Healthcare

Analysis of Healthcare Changes Under the 2025 Tax Legislation

BakerHostetler on 8/14/2025

The Legislation combines spending and policy priorities from 11 congressional committees and will reshape federal policy across nearly every sector of the U.S. economy. With respect to healthcare, more than 35 provisions...more

Health Care Week in Review | CMS Rescinds Biden-Era EMTALA Abortion Guidance; CBO Projects 16 Million Could Lose Coverage Under...

Alston & Bird on 6/9/2025

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | March 2025 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/28/2025

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights key regulatory and enforcement activity for March 2025. This month features: - Noteworthy enforcement actions demonstrating that the Anti-Kickback Statute...more

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: March 31, 2025

McDermott+ on 4/1/2025

Reconciliation Watch - Reports indicate that the Senate will move as soon as Wednesday to begin advancing a unified budget plan. The Senate hopes to be able to advance the budget resolution by having the two chambers...more

Health Headlines: March 2025

Goodwin on 3/30/2025

Welcome to the third issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more

Better Health Care Newsletter - March 2025

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 3/6/2025

The giant firms that track trends for big businesses have glum news for all of us: Health care costs are spiking anew this year. The rise, one consultancy predicts, will be the highest in 13 years....more

Blizzard of Executive Orders Signals Trump Administration’s Healthcare Priorities

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 2/7/2025

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

Health Care: Trump Focuses on Drug Pricing Experiments, ACA and Research Grants

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2025

In his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders and took other actions with significant implications for the life sciences and health care industries that mark substantial departures from the...more

Drug Pricing and Health Care Fraud Remain Key Issues

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2025

Key Points - - It remains to be seen what priorities Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marty Makary might set if confirmed as HHS secretary and FDA commissioner, respectively. - The Trump administration will likely focus on drug...more

Health Care Week in Review: HHS Releases Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026 and CMS Identifies Drugs for Second...

Alston & Bird on 1/20/2025

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

McDermott+ Check-Up: January 17, 2025

McDermott+ on 1/17/2025

House Committees Organize, Senate Committees Begin Nomination Hearings. House healthcare committees held organizing meetings and announced subcommittee assignments, while Senate committees held nomination hearings for...more

The Trifecta: What to Expect from a Second Trump Administration and a Republican Congress

King & Spalding on 12/11/2024

Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more

Trump’s Alliance with RFK Jr. Indicates Realignment of Priorities for HHS in Second Term

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 11/7/2024

As former President Donald Trump has clinched a second term with a victory, his health care priorities will differ somewhat from his first term, which focused heavily on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA)....more

2024 Pre-Election Analysis: Health Care Issues

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 8/27/2024

In recent elections, health care has been one of the most hot-button issues with consequences for millions of Americans, and this election is no exception. The next administration and the 119th Congress have the potential to...more

Top Legal Considerations for the GCs and CFOs in the Life Sciences Industry in 2024

ArentFox Schiff on 2/22/2024

The top legal issues in 2024 for the life sciences field reflect the complex and changing legal landscape that the industry is navigating, encompassing drug pricing, regulatory challenges, and broader societal and governance...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 16, 2023

McDermott+ on 6/16/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)...more

President’s Proposed Budget Emphasizes Existing Healthcare Priorities Ahead of 2024 Election

King & Spalding on 3/15/2023

Released on March 9, 2023, President Biden’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget focuses on existing healthcare initiatives while attempting to lower healthcare costs with an emphasis on prescription drug prices, seeking to...more

Biden Reveals Health Care Priorities in FY 2024 Budget

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/10/2023

Today, Thursday, March 9, President Biden unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request, the third of his presidency. The $6.1 trillion proposal calls for $1.9 trillion in discretionary spending and $4.2 trillion in...more

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Healthcare Provisions

McDermott Will & Schulte on 9/9/2022

After almost a year of negotiations among congressional Democrats and the White House, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. It passed in the US Senate by a vote...more

Summary of Health Care Provisions in Energy & Commerce Reconciliation Bill

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 9/21/2021

This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved sweeping health care legislation as part of the Democratic Congress’ plan to enact a $3.5 trillion legislative package through budget reconciliation. The committee...more

Relevant Highlights: Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be Administrator for the Centers for Medicare...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/16/2021

This morning, the United States Senate Committee on Finance questioned Pres. Biden’s nominee, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, for Administrator for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as Andrea Palm, the nominee...more

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