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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal subsidies to reduce the number of uninsured citizens. less -
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Health Care Week in Review | Senate Parliamentarian Issues Rulings on Budget Reconciliation Provisions; Supreme Court Upholds the...

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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

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2025 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | March 2025 Recap

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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

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Health Care Week in Review | Congress Passes Government Funding Package; HHS Nominee Confirmation Process Heats Up

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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

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 11, 2025

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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Better Health Care Newsletter - March 2025

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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

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Medicare Payment Model Trends and Economic Drivers – Awaiting Direction from Trump Administration

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The Medicare program continues to face long term financial pressures associated with inflationary effects on health care costs and the growing wave of aging baby boomers. The Medicare Trust Fund, which is often viewed as a...more

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Trump Administration’s Proposed Health Care Cuts Pose Risks to Distressed Providers

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Last week, the Trump administration and Congress proposed spending cuts that if enacted are likely to affect federally funded health insurance programs such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These cuts could...more

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

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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

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OCR Shores Up Access to Healthcare with Nondiscrimination Protections

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Access to quality healthcare services has long been a priority of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) this agency has, since at least 2001, sought to provide...more

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Attention SNFs: Enhanced 855A Disclosure Requirements Have Arrived

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Against the backdrop of increasing regulatory scrutiny of private equity ownership in the healthcare space, Medicare skilled nursing and Medicaid nursing facilities (“SNF”) and private equity companies looking to acquire SNFs...more

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Watch the Clock! CMS Makes Important Changes to Medicare Overpayment Rules

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently made meaningful changes to its regulations interpreting the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) so-called “60-day Rule,” which requires Medicare providers to affirmatively...more

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CMS Finalizes Standard for Identifying Overpayments and Grace Period for Investigations of Related Overpayments

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As part of its 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (PFS Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized two crucial updates to federal Medicare overpayments regulations (sometimes referred to as the...more

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Health Dose: Post-Election Edition

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Holland & Knight's Healthcare & Life Sciences Policy Team regularly provides updates through our weekly Health Dose. This special Health Dose: Post-Election Edition is intended to outline the short- and long-term potential...more

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CMS Extends Deadline for All Skilled Nursing Facilities to Complete Required Off-Cycle Revalidation

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Update: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for skilled nursing facilities to submit information for the required off-cycle revalidation to May 1, 2025, regardless of when the facility...more

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The Wait Is Over: Revised CMS Enrollment Form Puts SNF Ownership and Management Under a Microscope

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With the release of an updated CMS-855A enrollment form (855A), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will be required to identify substantially more detailed ownership and control information to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more

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CMMI’s Accountable Care Strategy: A Perspective

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McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. October 10, 2024 – For several years, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid...more

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CMS Releases First Annual Evaluation Report for Kidney Care Choices Model

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CMS recently published the First Annual Evaluation Report (the “Report”) highlighting its most significant observations in the first year following implementation of the Kidney Care Choices Model (the “KCC Model”). By way of...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Biden Administration Announces $100 Million for ACA Marketplace Navigators and $81.3 Million for...

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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

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CMS Proposes Significant Changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and 60-Day Rule

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Under the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, CMS proposes several modifications to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) that would become effective in performance year 2025. CMS also proposed...more

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What the Supreme Court's "Chevron Deference" Ruling Could Mean for Health Care Law

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Baker Donelson recently published Anticipating SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Deference – What to Know and Five Ways to Prepare explaining the United States Supreme Court's upcoming ruling which is expected to impact the regulatory...more

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HHS Finalizes Health Care Nondiscrimination Provisions in Section 1557 Final Regulation

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the Secretary (collectively, HHS) released the agencies' Final Rule governing the implementation of Section 1557 of...more

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Final Medicaid Managed Care Rule Updates Requirements Regarding Access, Finance, and Quality

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On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance and Quality Final Rule, a final rule that updates several...more

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CMS Issues Guidance on Usage of AI in Making Coverage Determinations

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On February 6, 2024, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter to all Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations and Medicare-Medicaid plans. The letter covered frequently asked questions and answers...more

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Highlights from the Inaugural Hot Topics in Health Care Law

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The Miles & Stockbridge Health Care Practice Group hosted its inaugural Hot Topics in Health Care Law seminar last month for clients from Maryland and beyond. Miles & Stockbridge health care lawyers kicked off the seminar...more

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