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Vermont Enacts Two Landmark Health Care Laws Targeting Drug Prices and Hospital Oversight

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On June 12, 2025, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law two major healthcare reform bills — H.266 and S.126 — marking a coordinated legislative effort to curb healthcare spending and enhance regulatory oversight in the...more

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Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Data Dashboard

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Updated to include Medicare claims data thru Q4 2024. What is the cost of a knee implant in the inpatient setting? How much does Medicare pay for different types of cardiac valve procedures? How have Medicare inpatient...more

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California’s Bold Experiment with Whole-Person Centered Care: Has it Worked?

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CalAIM is an initiative of the California Department of Health Care Services (the Department) to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of Medi-Cal members by implementing delivery system, program, and payment...more

J.S. Held

All Is Not What It Seems, Or When Is A Dollar A Dime?

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Welcome to the strange and mysterious world of medical billing. If ever there was an industry in which the charges and the payments have no correlation, the medical industry is it. Medical billing can indeed be quite...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

California Agency Cracks Down on High-Cost Hospitals

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California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is moving beyond broader policy-setting and into direct intervention at the provider level — a shift all hospitals and health systems across the state should take...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2025 #4

News Briefs - High Court to Hear Case Challenging ACA Free Preventive Care - The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover...more

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Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Data Dashboard

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Updated to include Medicare claims data thru Q3 2024. What is the cost of a knee implant in the inpatient setting? How much does Medicare pay for different types of cardiac valve procedures? How have Medicare inpatient...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

[Event] Hot Topics in Health Care Law - April 9th, Baltimore, MD

Join Miles & Stockbridge and health care industry peers for an exclusive event focused on the rapidly evolving health care landscape. This evening will offer valuable insights into the latest policies, regulations and legal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization (Trump EO Tracker)

This order makes it the policy of the Administration to ensure reliable access to IVF treatment, including by easing unnecessary statutory or regulatory burdens to make IVF treatment more affordable. Within 90 days of the...more

BakerHostetler

OHCA Proposes Material Updates to CMIR Regulations

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California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) released a set of proposed revisions to its sweeping Cost & Market Impact Review (CMIR) regulations yesterday afternoon. ...more

Jones Day

California Health Care Providers to Face Greater Headwinds as State Implements Health Care Cost Targets

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Pursuant to California's Health Care Quality and Affordability Act (the "HCQA"), the newly created Office of Health Care Affordability ("OHCA") recently proposed statewide health care cost targets and standards and goals for...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Places Checks on PBM Contracts in Support of 340B Covered Entities

On June 27, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-171“An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting Unnecessary Health Care Costs” (Act), which includes changes to the state’s implementation of the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Health Law Diagnosis - July 2023

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Connecticut Governor Signs Health Care Bill Revising Connecticut’s Facility Fee Law - On June 27, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-171 entitled “An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Health Care Bill Revises Provider-Payor Contracting Requirements to Address Competitive Concerns

On June 7, 2023, the Connecticut Legislature passed HB6669, “An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting Unnecessary Health Care Costs” (“the Act”), which includes a prohibition on certain contractual clauses in agreements...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Investing in Commercial-Stage Healthcare Companies in Canada: A Recap of BBHIC 2023

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The one-and-only Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference (BBHIC) took place in Toronto last week. Investors and healthcare companies from around the world gathered to discuss the state of the market, meet one-on-one...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 117: Chris Severn, Co-Founder & CEO, Turquoise Health

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This week, Chris Severn of Turquoise Health joins Matthew and Tina for the 2nd time on Taking the Pulse to give us an update on all things price transparency. Chris provides insight on the market’s reaction to the price...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 115: Dr. Michael Havig, CEO, HealthMe

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Matthew and Amanda welcome Dr. Michael Havig, HealthMe founder and CEO, to episode 115. Michael is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist who created HealthMe to help patients find the best health care and save...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - July 2022

The 21st century American reality is if you get sick, really sick,you're in for a money nightmare on top of the emotional and physical toll of serious disease. Medical costs keep skyrocketing with no sign of easing....more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Expands OHS Authority

As we have previously written on, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law the state’s budget as Public Act 22-118 (Act), which makes various changes to the Connecticut statutes. Among the changes, the Act...more

McAfee & Taft

No Surprises Act – Overview of IDR process

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The No Surprises Act (NSA) became effective on January 1, 2022. It prohibits surprise billing in certain circumstances. Surprise billing occurs when a patient receives an unexpected bill, often for a large amount, from an...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

UPDATE: No Surprises Here – Portions of the No Surprises Act Regulations Invalidated

The No Surprises Act (the Act) continues to bump through its initial implementation phase. As we discussed in our prior blog, out-of-network physicians and facilities (OON Providers), and their allies, are pushing back...more

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Healthcare Price Transparency Empowers Employees and Employers

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As healthcare costs increase, how are employers and employees expected to keep up? It’s no secret that healthcare premiums are on the rise. PwC’s Health Research Institute found that medical costs rose 7% in 2021 and are...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

The Federal No Surprises Act: 10 Things Connecticut Providers Should Know Now

The Federal No Surprises Act (42 USC §300gg-111 et seq.), effective for plan years beginning January 1, 2022, restricts surprise bills for patients with job-based or individual health care coverage who receive...more

Payne & Fears

The Many Unpleasant Surprises in the No Surprises Act Regulations

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The Federal No Surprises Act (“Act”), which goes into effect on January 1, 2022, contains provisions designed to protect insured patients from unexpected hospital and physician bills when they receive emergency services in an...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Providers Get Unpleasant Surprise from Latest Provisions to the No Surprises Act

Efforts to stop surprise medical costs are continuing to evolve. The Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Labor, and Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”), and the Office of Personnel Management issued an...more

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