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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 +

Navigating the New Normal: Top Employee Benefits Risks for Healthcare Employers in 2025

Saul Ewing LLP on 8/11/2025

As the healthcare industry grapples with the impact of the 2025 Comprehensive Reform Act, which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, offering benefits to its own employees continues to be both a tool for employee retention...more

Benesch Market Intelligence: Health Care Quarterly Report - Q1 2018

Benesch on 4/27/2018

Access and Assisted Living - Senior housing occupancy levels could stabilize in 2018 - According to a new report from investment bank and advisory company Lancaster Pollard, the downward trend in senior living...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

"DOJ Continues Streak of Successful Merger Challenges With Blocked Aetna-Humana, Anthem-Cigna Deals"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/14/2017

In a continuation of recent Department of Justice (DOJ) successes challenging mergers, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently enjoined two more proposed mergers brought and litigated under the Obama...more

The AHA’s Letter to Santa Claus

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 1/10/2017

The American Hospital Association, after having been “nice” all year, penned its letter to Santa Claus with its wish list for Christmas. Its four page letter (actually addressed to President-Elect Donald Trump at 1717...more

Aetna and Humana Go to Battle With Regulators Over Multi-Billion Dollar Merger

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 12/6/2016

The trial over Aetna and Humana's $37 billion proposed merger kicked off today in a Washington, D.C. federal court. At issue is whether the companies' merger would substantially lessen competition in the market for...more

Health Insurance Merger Challenges: Of Antitrust and the Affordable Care Act

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 7/27/2016

The Department of Justice and attorneys general from multiple states last week sued to halt two health insurance mergers, each worth billions of dollars. The challenged deals are Anthem’s planned merger with Cigna and...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/29/2015

This Week: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Focuses on Health Insurers Merger... Arkansas to Delay Setting Up Its Own State Exchange...The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Medicare Advantage...more

FTC and DOJ Host Workshop Examining Health Care Competition - Updated 2015

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/3/2015

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) held a public workshop on February 24–25, 2015, to examine recent trends and developments in health care provider...more

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