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On April 29, 2025, a pharmaceutical company filed the latest constitutional challenge to the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) when it appealed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit a...more
On July 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa issued a comprehensive preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of key provisions of Iowa Senate File 383 (the Act), a sweeping law aimed at...more
Reproductive health privacy is once again in the legal spotlight with a recent federal district court decision that struck down nearly all of a recent rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...more
On June 26, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid providers and beneficiaries lack the ability to enforce the Medicaid Act’s “any‑qualified‑provider” clause in federal court. In Medina v. Planned Parenthood, the Court...more
Last week, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a Fifth Circuit decision holding that HHS-appointed United States Preventative Task Force (USPTF) members are inferior officers that do not need to be approved by the...more
In a closely watched decision, the Supreme Court has upheld the authority of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force), preserving the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that health plans cover preventive...more
Welcome to the seventh issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 383 into law, placing new restrictions on pharmacy benefit...more
TheraPsil, a patient advocacy organization, and 73 healthcare practitioners (HCPs) have succeeded in the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) to overturn the refusal of the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate...more
On June 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction in San Francisco A.I.D.S. Foundation, et. al. v. Trump, 25-cv-01824-JST (N.D. Cal.), enjoining three of the nine...more
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Medicaid Act’s any-qualified-provider provision does not confer individual rights enforceable under 42 U.S.C. §1983. This decision reverses the Fourth Circuit’s...more
I. Key Takeaways - Federal enforcement under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) may be changing after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded guidance issued under the Biden...more
To anyone who has followed the case of United States v. Skrmetti, especially those who attended or listened to the oral argument, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6–3 holding that a Tennessee law prohibiting certain medical...more
In a widely awaited for decision, the Supreme Court in a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Roberts held that a Tennessee law which prohibits certain medical treatments (puberty blockers and hormones) for transgender minors,...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today: United States v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477: This case addresses a constitutional challenge to Tennessee’s Prohibition on Medical Procedures Performed on Minors...more
As expected, the lawsuits have commenced following the enactment of the Arkansas legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBM’s) from owning or operating actual pharmacies within the state. Michigan has filed its...more
On April 22, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi released a memorandum outlining new Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement measures aimed at limiting gender-affirming care for transgender youth (the Memorandum).1 The AG...more
On May 14, 2025, Pennsylvania State Sen. Tim Kearney and State Rep. Lisa Borowski introduced legislation addressing private equity and corporate interests in healthcare. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is touting the companion...more
The Supreme Court last week granted the stay requested by the Government enjoining the enforcement of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s orders involving President Trump’s firing of members of the National...more
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has endorsed the constitutionality of British Columbia (BC) legislation empowering the province to seek recovery of opioid epidemic healthcare costs in a proposed class action brought on...more
On January 28, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14187 (the “EO”), which directed the federal government to take steps to ensure that the federal government does not “sponsor, promote, assist, or support” the...more
The contentious Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule (Rule), which established minimum staffing requirements for federally funded long-term care facilities (LTC) such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for Medicare and...more
On March 31, 2025, a judge in the Eastern District of Texas struck down a 2024 Final Rule (the "Final Rule") by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") that exerted jurisdiction over the regulation of laboratory-developed...more
In a potential watershed decision issued on February 26, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled, in U.S. ex rel. Taylor v. Healthcare Associates of Texas, that the civil penalties...more
President Trump issued a Memorandum on April 6 directing the heads of all executive departments and agencies to identify on a fast-track basis (60 days) certain categories of “unlawful and potentially unlawful” regulations...more
As previously discussed, in Engesser v. McDonald, a class of Medicaid beneficiaries who receive personal care and home care services through New York’s CDPA Program (Consumers), and two independent living centers...more