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Filling in More Puzzle Pieces with HHS’s Newly Released Budget Documents

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McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. June 5, 2025 – On May 30, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 3, 2025

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Looking Ahead: Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate return to Capitol Hill following the Memorial Day recess. The Senate is expected to begin work behind the scenes on...more

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Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests in APAC

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Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) are critical for diagnosing rare diseases and addressing unmet clinical needs. They are developed, manufactured, and used within a single licensed clinical laboratory for purposes of clinical...more

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Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®

On March 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacks the statutory authority to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). The court’s judgment...more

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The Effects of HHS Workforce Reductions, Tariffs on Pharma, the ‘Pill Penalty’ and More

With the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, staying on top of the latest updates is crucial for companies in biopharma and medical devices. In this briefing, we highlight recent regulatory and legislative developments...more

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HHS Restructuring and Workforce Reductions – Key Implications for the Health Care Industry

As spring arrived in the mid-Atlantic region, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. followed through with a previously announced Reduction in Force (RIF) that reduced the department’s...more

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HHS’s Restructuring: What Happens Next?

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Last week, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will undergo a major restructuring and plans to eliminate 10,000 employees on top of 10,000 HHS employees who have already departed (20,000...more

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HHS Under the Second Trump Administration

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On February 11, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14210, Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative, which instructed the newly formed Department of...more

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HHS Job Cuts: FDA, CDC, NIH and CMS Impacted Amidst Significant Restructurings

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On March 27, 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a “dramatic restructuring” that will result in a reduction in agency workforce combined with significant internal restructuring. The...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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Health Care Week in Review | HHS and DEA Postpone Final Telemedicine Rule; HHS Continues Defense of 340B Rebate Model Authority

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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 Reverses Its Longstanding Policy and Limits Public Participation in Rulemaking

On March 3, 2025, the Secretary of Health and Human Services published a policy statement in the Federal Register that reverses a policy adopted over 50 years ago that was intended to expand public participation in the...more

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HHS Issues Policy Statement to Expand Use of Rulemaking Without Notice and Comment

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The policy statement aims to bring more rapid action on personnel and management decisions and empowers HHS and each of its offices and subagencies to promulgate or rescind certain rules without a period of notice and comment...more

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Health Care Week in Review | The House of Representatives Approved a Budget Resolution and President Trump Signed an EO on...

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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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McDermott+ Check-Up: February 21, 2025

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Senate Passes Budget Resolution. Last week, the Senate and House Budget Committees each passed separate, and very different, budget resolutions as their first steps toward negotiating a unified budget resolution that must...more

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Under RFK Jr., US Health Policy and FDA Operations May See Major Shifts

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has been confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this capacity, RFK Jr. will oversee 13 agencies that are critical to U.S. health policy,...more

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CMS's New TCET Pathway Expedites Medicare Coverage for FDA Breakthrough Devices

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published a final notice outlining the processes and procedures for the Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies ("TCET") pathway, a Medicare coverage pathway...more

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Drug Pricing and Health Care Fraud Remain Key Issues

Key Points - - It remains to be seen what priorities Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marty Makary might set if confirmed as HHS secretary and FDA commissioner, respectively. - The Trump administration will likely focus on drug...more

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Adapting to the IRA: Early Lessons Learned on the IRA’s Impact on Deal-Making, Drug Economics, and Business Strategy

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More than two years after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS’”) rapid implementation of the drug price negotiation program, the life sciences industry...more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 3, July 2024

Welcome to our third issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! We are winding down the summer with our talented group of law students and they have continued to research and write, shadow...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: May 14, 2024

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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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2024 Chart of Additional Healthcare Regulations

During this election year, McDermottPlus is actively monitoring annual regulations that federal agencies are expected to release, as well as “ad hoc” regulations that will be released at the discretion of federal agencies. ...more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q2 2024 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2024 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new Innovation in...more

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