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Manufacturer Rebate Models: The Next 340B Program Battleground

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The 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B Program”) space continues to be a hive of activity. While 340B stakeholders continue to litigate ongoing manufacturer contract pharmacy restrictions, states legislatures are enacting...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Agencies issued Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act final rules;...

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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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The Regulatory Race Is On: The Biden Administration Sprints to Issue Key Health Policies

The upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process and even the guidance process. From now through the November election, the...more

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Last Call for Comments on Bipartisan Discussion Draft SUSTAIN Act: Shaping 340B for the Future

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Only a few days remain for stakeholders—which includes drug manufacturers, patients, health care providers, pharmacies and others— to take advantage of a rare opportunity to influence the statutory contours of the 340B Drug...more

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Health Care Week in Review: House Passes Appropriations Bill and Senate Expected to Vote Shortly, CMS Unveils the ACO Primary Care...

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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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ACA-Required Coverage of Contraceptive Care Remains Agency Focus

Once again, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued guidance on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) required coverage of contraception without cost sharing, clarifying the permitted...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Leqembi Approval, Administration Issues Proposed Rules

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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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Whither Insurance Coverage for Preventive Health Services? District Court Decision Striking Down Affordable Care Act’s Preventive...

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On May 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed a district-court ruling that struck down a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As a result of the stay, the ACA’s health insurance coverage requirements for...more

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Federal District Court’s Ruling on Affordable Care Act Preventive Care Eases Employer Burden—at Least for Now

Employers, at least for now, may have some relief from some of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements to cover preventive care services without cost sharing under a nationwide injunction issued March 30, 2023, by a...more

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FAQs Provide Guidance on Preventive Care

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Summary - The Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services have jointly issued FAQs that address the requirement to cover the full cost of certain preventive care services in view of the recent ruling...more

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Approves Updates to the List of Preventive Items and Services to be Covered Without...

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Revisions to preventive care and screening guidelines will require health plans and health insurance policies to provide 100 percent coverage for additional services for women, adolescents, children, and infants, following an...more

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Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Diagnostic Testing

Over a year after the declaration of a nationwide public health emergency due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, providers are in a position to offer patients a variety of COVID-19 medical services,...more

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COVID-19 Testing: Who Pays?

As COVID-19 testing continues to increase throughout the nation, providers and patients alike are faced with the issue of who is responsible for covering the cost of testing. Whether a payor will reimburse for a COVID-19 test...more

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Trump Administration Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Budget and Healthcare Programs

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The Trump Administration on Feb. 12 released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, titled "An American Budget." Unlike last year's budget, which was released in late May, the release of this budget conforms to the typical...more

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FY 2018 President’s Budget May Signal Challenges for Health Programs on the Horizon

Eric Zimmerman, along with McDermott+Consulting Vice Presidents Adaeze Enekwechi and Piper Su, wrote this +Insights publication detailing the possible effects of the Trump Administration's 2018 budget on health programs and...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On April 15, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule entitled, “Applications for Approval and Combinations of Active Ingredients Under Consideration for...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued voluntary guidelines entitled, “CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United...more

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New FAQs on Preventive Services, Wellness Program Rewards and Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment: McGuireWoods Healthcare...

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This is the 54th in a series of WorkCite articles concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion statute, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (referred to collectively as the...more

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Recent Government-Issued FAQs Cause Plan Sponsors to Clarify Preventive Care and Wellness in Health Plan Communications

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On October 23, 2015, the U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the implementation of preventive care and wellness provisions of the...more

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Tenth Circuit Rules in Favor of Religious For-Profit Corporations in Birth Control Litigation under the Affordable Care Act

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In Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. et al. v. Sebelius, et al.,1 an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and Mardel Inc., two for-profit corporations owned and operated by...more

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