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Hospital and Health Systems Reimbursement Check July 2025

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In the early days of the second Trump Administration, several federal funding agencies announced caps to indirect cost (“IDC”) rates for federally funded research awards. In many cases, these caps would substantially reduce...more

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Health Care Stakeholders Support Passage of The Value in Health Care Act

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Seventeen healthcare stakeholder groups have come together to support The Value in Health Care Act, a bill that a bipartisan coalition reintroduced in Congress this summer. The bill supports a shift in the medical care...more

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Texas ER Physicians Sue Insurer for Underpayment – Thousands of Claims at Stake

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An appeal brought before the Texas Supreme Court could unleash a wave of legal action by out-of-network ER physicians pursuing insurers for underpayment of claims. Unlike in-network providers who negotiate reimbursement...more

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Don’t Be Surprised – The No Surprises Act Takes Effect January 1, 2022

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The No Surprises Act (the Act), enacted December 27, 2021, will take effect on January 1, 2022. The No Surprises Act puts into place important patient protections from surprise medical bills, while imposing significant...more

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The LHD/ERISA Advisor: Eighth Circuit Upholds Payment for Out-of-Network Air Ambulance Flight at 150 Percent of Medicare Rates

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In Mitchell v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.D., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8818 (8th Cir. Mar. 20, 2020), the Eighth Circuit upheld the payment of 150% of Medicare rates for an out-of-network air ambulance flight, although the...more

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Public Policy August Recess Health Care Newsletter

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Foley’s Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our Public Policy August Recess Health Care Newsletter in which we compiled the top health care policy news and legislation from this month. The House was not in...more

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California: Proposed Legislation Regulating Health Care Rates for Payors and Providers

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An ambitious California proposal to regulate health care rates and curb long-term health care spending was unveiled last week in Assembly Bill 3087 (Proposed Legislation). The key concept in the Proposed Legislation is the...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Triage in 2018: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

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We expect 2018 to be another year of rapid change within the health care industry. In this episode, Mary Beth Johnston highlights some of the key topics that the health care practice group will monitor in the coming year,...more

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2016 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

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Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

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Health Care Institutions

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Originally published in Haig, Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Fourth Edition §§ 87:1 et seq. © 2016 American Bar Association. This chapter discusses federal court litigation relating to health care...more

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California Clamps Down On Surprise Out-Of-Network Bills

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On September 23, 2016, Governor Brown signed AB 72, California’s surprise out-of-network law. The bill protects patients who seek care at an in-network facility from balance billing by individual health care providers who are...more

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