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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 +

Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 29, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/30/2025

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will be out of session, as the chamber has adjourned for the August 2025 district work period. The U.S. Senate remains in session and continues to consider nominations to lead...more

One Big Beautiful Bill: Slashed Budgets Will Disrupt the Medicaid Program

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/18/2025

The new federal budget law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act), enacted on July 4, 2025, makes dramatic changes to the Medicaid program. Health care providers, plans, patients, and other stakeholders that work with...more

President Trump Signs Budget Reconciliation Bill with Significant Medicaid Changes into Law

King & Spalding on 7/14/2025

On the afternoon of July 4, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – comprehensive budget reconciliation legislation that represents the core of President’s second-term domestic agenda and...more

Gender-Affirming Care: What the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Skrmetti Means for Health Care Providers Nationwide

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/2/2025

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major decision in United States v. Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect. The ruling reflects a substantial realignment in...more

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2025 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/28/2025

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

New Illinois Protections Against Patient Medical Debt May Also Help Reduce Hospital Bad Debt

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/4/2023

Starting in mid-2024, Illinois hospitals will be required to take a much more active role in limiting consumers’ medical debt by screening all consenting uninsured patients for both public health insurance program coverage...more

What risks do employers face by excluding coverage for gender affirming care in their health plans?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/3/2023

In recent years, courts have ruled upon a growing number of cases arising from delivery of and payment for gender affirming care. At the same time, state legislatures have passed a variety of laws aimed at such services. ...more

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/17/2018

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act, Adding $6.3 Billion For Medical Research

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/16/2016

The Cures Act aims to increase the speed by which new drugs are brought to market by streamlining clinical trials, allowing the use of patient data in the regulatory review process, and modernizing U.S. Food and Drug...more

Health Care Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/4/2015

Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

SGR Law Brings Changes to CMP Prohibition on Gainsharing

K&L Gates LLP on 4/20/2015

On April 16, President Barack Obama signed into law the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015,” ending a perennial struggle over the Medicare reimbursement formula for physicians. Although the law is most...more

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