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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 +

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | June 2025 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 7/28/2025

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for June 2025, including a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) innovation model; proposed rules with significant...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

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 Law Review: Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/11/2019

The U.S. healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred...more

2017 – The Health Law Year in Review

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/25/2018

Uncertain. What better word to describe a year in which a new administration came to power and began to chart a new course for health policy, the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) hung in the balance, and courts grappled...more

New OIG Rules Change Patient Incentive Program Landscape: Where Are the Limits Now?

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/11/2017

With health care becoming more consumer-driven, health care providers and health plans are wrestling with how to incentivize patients to participate in health promotion programs and treatment plans. As payments are...more

2010’s Health Care Reform Refresher: Revisiting Day-to-Day Provider Obligations that Stem from the Patient Protection and...

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 2/8/2017

President Donald Trump’s action to repeal 2010’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) should not be a surprise. After all, President Trump, along with many other candidates for office, made repeal of the ACA a...more

Health Law Insights: January Newsletter

Roetzel & Andress on 1/27/2017

ALERT: Health Reform Outlook for 2017: A Year of Major Uncertainty - Fulfilling their promises, Congressional Republicans moved to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the first day of the new Congress when Senate...more

HHS OIG Finalizes New Exclusion Rules as Administration Exits

Hogan Lovells on 1/13/2017

With just a week left before a new administration takes office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized changes to the regulations authorizing OIG to exclude...more

OIG Report Examines Minimum Loss Ratio Impact on South Carolina Medicaid Managed Care

King & Spalding on 1/9/2017

OIG recently issued a report determining that South Carolina’s Medicaid Managed Care program would not have realized any savings if the state agency implemented a minimum Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) similar to the current...more

2014 – The Health Law Year in Review

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/31/2014

Each year brings significant changes and challenges in the laws governing the health care industry, and 2014 proved to be no exception. What the year may have lacked in the high drama that accompanies comprehensive health...more

Key Takeaways from OIG’s 2015 Work Plan

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 11/5/2014

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Fiscal Year 2015 Work Plan on October 31. The Work Plan provides the OIG’s planned reviews and activities with respect to...more

OIG Proposes Updates to Exclusion and CMP Authority

Baker Donelson on 6/3/2014

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a pair of proposed regulations to update its exclusion and civil monetary penalty (CMP) authority. The proposed regulations...more

Health Care Update

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 3/18/2014

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Upcoming Hearings and Markups. Excerpt from Implementation of the Affordable Care...more

OIG Releases Fiscal Year 2014 Work Plan

King & Spalding on 2/4/2014

On January 31, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its work plan for fiscal year 2014. The work plan identifies the programs OIG will review in the upcoming year. The...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - January 2014, Issue 1

Polsinelli on 1/24/2014

In This Issue: - Top News ..Congress Approves Budget Deal with Short-Term ‘Doc Fix' ..CMS “Two-Midnight” Rule delayed until March 31, 2014 ..Individuals with Canceled Insurance Policies May Apply for...more

2013 Healthcare Year In Review

Burr & Forman on 12/12/2013

Bob Dylan's quote from 1964 -- "The Times They Are A-Changin" -- could equally apply to the healthcare industry in 2013. This was the year that the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") came into full public view with the start of the...more

Dodging the AKS: Marketplace Plans Are Not "Federal Health Care Programs"

Baker Donelson on 11/8/2013

In an October 30th letter addressed to Congressman Jim McDermott, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, left little to interpretation: Qualified health plans (QHPs) purchased through...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - July 2013

Polsinelli on 7/11/2013

In This Issue: - Top News ..Obama Administration Delays Employer Mandate One Year ..House Energy and Commerce Committee Releases Draft Legislation for SGR Fix ..CMS Proposes Payment Changes for Medicare...more

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