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Holland & Knight Health Dose: May 6, 2025

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Reconciliation markups in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, as well as the House Committee on Ways and Means, were expected to be held this week but have been postponed until next week at the...more

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HHS Begins Department Reorganization and Reduction in Force

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New rounds of cuts and organizational shifts for HHS staff and operating divisions could dramatically impact the healthcare and life sciences industry....more

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HHS Announces Employee Reduction Amid Downsizing and Restructuring Plans

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On March 27, 2025, HHS announced a downsizing and restructuring plan that combines personnel cuts, centralization of functions, and consolidation of HHS divisions. Among other things, the plan aims to cut the HHS workforce by...more

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Major Restructuring of the US Department of Health and Human Services

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On March 27, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a significant restructuring initiative in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s Department of Government...more

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White House Establishes MAHA Commission Under Leadership of New HHS Secretary Kennedy

On Feb. 13, moments after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as secretary of health and human services, President Donald Trump issued his first health care Executive Order (EO) under new leadership, laying the groundwork to...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Senate Finance Committee Advances HHS Secretary Nominee RFK, Jr. to the Full Senate; President Trump...

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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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HHS Acting Secretary Fink Issues Memo to Pause Federal Health Communications

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On January 21, 2025, according to a memo made available by news outlets, Acting Secretary of HHS, Dr. Dorthy Fink, issued a memo directing the agency’s operating divisions to refrain from most external correspondence,...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: October 18, 2022

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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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The Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Are Barely Hanging On

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The vaccine mandates President Biden announced on September 9 have not aged well. Two are enjoined nationwide and a skeptical Supreme Court so undermined one that the government withdrew it, at least for the immediate future....more

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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Seeking Information on Strengthening Community Health Through Technology

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In a request for information issued on January 5, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced that it is seeking input from stakeholders across the healthcare spectrum on how digital health...more

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Employer Primer on COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

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The Supreme Court is currently considering the validity of two rules promulgated by federal agencies in the past months regarding vaccines and testing in the workplace. Whether those rules—OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard...more

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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Reinstates OSHA ETS

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WHAT: On December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the stay of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (OSHA and the ETS) previously ordered...more

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CMS Vaccine Mandates on Participating Providers: How to Reconcile State Requirements

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On Friday, November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a comprehensive interim final rule, the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination rule, which requires all Medicare and Medicaid...more

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Will Biden's Vaccine Mandate Survive In The Courts?

Who knows? Last week, President Biden issued several directives concerning mandatory vaccination. The media reports are of wildly varying accuracy, and the political hype is impressive, to say the least...more

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New Jersey: Vaccines Or Testing For Workers In Healthcare And High-Risk Congregate Settings

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New Jersey is requiring employers in covered healthcare and high-risk congregate settings (“covered settings”) to establish a policy that: (1) mandates vaccinations or weekly testing for workers; (2) creates a system to track...more

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