The State of Healthcare Enforcement
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Medicaid Cuts: Potential Challenges and Legal Implications for Long-Term Care Facilities — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation
Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
UPIC Audits
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 8: Hospice Special Focus Program: Pumping the Brakes
Hospice Insights Podcast - Upping the Ante: Will CMS’s Enhanced Oversight Efforts Cause Hospices to Fold?
Podcast — Drug Pricing: What’s in the New CMS Medicaid Final Rule?
Hospice Insights Podcast - What a Difference No Deference Makes: Courts No Longer Bow to Administrative Agencies
Preparing for CMS Staffing Mandates — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Hospice Insights Podcast - Meet the New Laws, Same as the Old Laws: Overpayment Recoupment Update
Podcast — Drug Pricing: Takeaways From the Chicago Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How the Demise of Chevron Deference and Other Litigation May Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry
The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Are Payers Responding to the IRA?
Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report
A Fond Farewell: Musings on the End of the Medicare Advantage Hospice Carve-In Demonstration
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed physician fee schedule (PFS) rule. After five years of Medicare reimbursement reductions, CMS proposes a 3.8% increase in physician...more
The $100B+ Weight-Loss Drug Market Is Red Hot—But So Are the Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Risks. As the GLP-1 revolution reshapes the future of metabolic health, life sciences companies face mounting scrutiny from...more
Welcome to our fifth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the effect tariffs could have on pharmaceuticals, the rise in healthcare facilities as the...more
News Briefs - 2024 Healthcare Bankruptcies Down, Still Second Highest on Record - Senior care, pharmaceutical companies, and physician practices led healthcare provider bankruptcies in 2024 despite an overall dip in Chapter...more
On November 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its proposal to extend virtual direct supervision—i.e., the ability to provide direct supervision through real-time, audio-visual technology (rather...more
Ropes & Gray attorneys share their analysis of administrative and court litigation, regulatory developments, key developments affecting federal program payments to hospitals and health systems, and other reimbursement-related...more
News Briefs - 75% of Hospitals Spending More on Tech to Boost Cybersecurity - Three-quarters of hospitals and health systems spent more on information technology last year and many will continue to do so, with greater focus...more
News Briefs - HHS Drops Appeal of Court's Ruling in Hospital Web Tracking Case - The Department of Health and Human Services is dropping its appeal of a June U.S. District Court ruling that vacated the government's...more
News Briefs - Physicians Responsible for Meeting CMS Information Blocking Rules - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that...more
Mintz’s PBM practice is pleased to present a 2024 year-to-date PBM Policy and Legislative Update. This edition builds upon prior issues and summarizes activity from January through June that impacts the PBM industry. It...more
Every year, the New Jersey legislature passes statutes that impact healthcare beyond rate increases under the Medicaid program. Last year was no different, and the discussion below highlights some of those statutes, such as...more
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
News Briefs - Telehealth Access Challenged as Internet Subsidy Program Ends - More than 23 million low-income households -- urban, suburban, rural, and tribal -- are enrolled in the federal discount program Congress created...more
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
News Briefs - FDA Gives First Approval of Mass Canadian Drug Imports - The Food and Drug Administration has allowed Florida to import millions of dollars' worth of medications from Canada at far lower prices than in the...more
As 2023 comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on all the regulations and policies we reviewed this year (and those that we’ll continue to handle next week before the year actually ends). There were some tasty eggs with...more
Senate Finance Committee Examines Drug Shortages. The hearing addressed concerns and explored potential solutions related to drug shortages in the United States, particularly focusing on essential medications. The hearing...more
News Briefs - Drugmakers Prepare for Legal Battle Over Drug Price Negotiations - Major drugmakers have tailored a legal crusade against the Biden administration's drug price negotiation program that legal scholars say appears...more
News Briefs - SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling May Impact Healthcare Sector - Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the diversity of doctors and other care...more
The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)...more
Congress ended a busy work period after passing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last week. This Holland & Knight alert summarizes the healthcare provisions in the IRA and provides an outlook on health policy issues that may...more
The end of 2021 brings positive indications of the continued acceptance of telehealth as an important clinical care approach post public health emergency (“PHE”). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), like...more
As Congress reconvenes, it faces a packed agenda in a legislative year that will be shortened by the upcoming midterm elections and remains buffeted by the persistent coronavirus pandemic. The list of healthcare priorities is...more
This week in Washington: House passes budget resolution with compromise, setting up a September deadline for infrastructure bill vote....more