News & Analysis as of

Health Care Providers Mental Health

Husch Blackwell LLP

Massachusetts Clarifies Licensure Reqs for PHPs, IOPs

Husch Blackwell LLP on

On August 27, 2025, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a memorandum clarifying its licensure requirements for Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), and Day Treatment...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Illinois Law Restricts Use of AI in Mental Health Therapy

Holland & Knight LLP on

Illinois has become one of the first states to formally regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in therapy and psychotherapy services. Enacted Aug. 1, 2025, the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 248: Fighting Addiction and Expanding Access to...

Maynard Nexsen on

This week on the podcast, Lynnsey and Lauren are joined by Sara Howe and Morgan Coyner of Addiction Professionals of North Carolina (APNC) for a powerful conversation about substance use treatment, patient brokering, and the...more

Baker Donelson

Illinois Passes Extensive Law Regulating AI in Behavioral Health

Baker Donelson on

On August 4, 2025, Illinois enacted the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act (HB 1806) (the Act), imposing sweeping restrictions on the use of Artificial intelligence (AI) in the delivery of therapy and...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Federal Public Benefits and Immigration Status: What HHS’s Guidance Means for Mental Health Providers

Amundsen Davis LLC on

Mental health services are often partially funded with federal money, whether through grants or federal health care plans. Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) updated its guidance clarifying how...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Illinois Enacts Act Prohibiting AI Therapy

On August 4, 2025, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act into law, which went into immediate effect, and “prohibits anyone from using AI to provide mental health and...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Risks and Regulations with the Use of AI in Behavioral Health

Quarles & Brady LLP on

As some studies estimate that nearly 23% of the adult population lives with a mental illness, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into mental health care has transformative potential in terms of accessibility,...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Navigating Pa.’s unique IBHS licensing requirement for ABA therapy providers

Per Autism Speaks’ “Autism by the Numbers: 2025 Annual Report” (see autismspeaks.org/ABN, last visited July 20, 2025), currently one in 35 children in the United States has autism....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Proposed Medicare 2026 Physician Fee Schedule: What Health Care Providers Should Know

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on July 14. The agency’s announcement emphasized “significantly cutting spending waste, enhancing quality...more

McDermott+

Back for seconds: digital health policies in the CY 2026 PFS proposed rule

McDermott+ on

It’s been more than two weeks since the release of the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. We’ve had a chance to digest our initial helping and now we’re ready for seconds. We thought we would see...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q2 2025

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market remained active in Q2 2025, with several sectors including physician practice management (PPM), clinical research, and digital health experiencing continued investment and...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review | House Ways & Means Committee Holds Hearing on Medicare Advantage; President Trump Signs Executive...

Alston & Bird on

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

Quarles & Brady LLP

Accessing Opioid Settlement Funds

Quarles & Brady LLP on

While federal funding for addiction treatment programs and research is being cut, more than $50 billion is being distributed to state and local programs from opioid-related lawsuits. There is great debate on the use of these...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Understanding the Rural Health Transformation Program

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” or OBBB. The bill is a sweeping package that includes an estimated $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid. These cuts include...more

DLA Piper

Proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Signals Support for Digital Health Advancement

DLA Piper on

On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). This client alert focuses on the proposed...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Pulse Check: How is Your California Practice Leveraging “103 NPs” – and Preparing for the Arrival of “104 NPs” in 2026?

Nearly three years ago, the passage of California Bill AB 890, effective January 1, 2023, set in motion a future pathway for qualified nurse practitioners (“NPs”) to practice independently under a new category of licensure....more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Releases CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Holland & Knight LLP on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 14, 2025, issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Proposed Rule, which proposes payment policies and other outpatient services covered under Medicare Part B. Comments are...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Gender-Affirming Care: Key Takeaways from FTC’s July 2025 Workshop on Unfair Or Deceptive Trade Practices

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On July 9, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a workshop focused on perceived “dangers” arising from unfair or deceptive trade practices in marketing a variety of health care services falling under the label of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Includes $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program

Holland & Knight LLP on

President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), into law on July 4, 2025. (For a detailed analysis of the bill, see Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Trump Signs the One Big Beautiful...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation...

Maynard Nexsen on

In this episode, hosts Lynnsey and Lauren are joined by Dr. Ecoee Rooney, Chief Nursing Officer at Indicator Sciences and a nationally recognized leader in nursing innovation. Dr. Rooney shares how her team is tackling nurse...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Nevada Passes Law Limiting AI Use for Mental and Behavioral Healthcare

On June 5, 2025, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed AB 406, a law regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for mental and behavioral healthcare. AB 406 comes as other states, such as Utah and New York, have taken...more

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,...

Can Your Therapist Opine About Your Custody Case?

Parents often tell me that their individual therapist, former marriage counselor, or even their child’s therapist should have an opinion about the outcome of their custody case. They’ll ask why the judge cannot just speak to...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Oregon Law Restricts Common Management Service Organization – Professional Entity Structure

On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law Oregon Senate Bill 951 (Oregon CPOM Law), further expanding Oregon’s prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine. The stated purpose of the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Montana Expands Health Care Privacy Law to Include Mental Health Digital Services

The Montana Legislature recently passed an update to the state’s Uniform Health Care Information Act (the Act), which creates standards for privacy and security of health care information maintained by Montana health care...more

King & Spalding

GAO Publishes Findings Regarding Prior Authorization of Behavioral Health Services

King & Spalding on

Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report determining that there is a nontrivial risk that prior authorization requirements, together with internal coverage criteria, may undermine the Medicare...more

441 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 18

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide