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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: July 21, 2025

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Two long weeks until August recess - This is the last week with both chambers in session until September, and things are relatively slow as lawmakers count down the days to the month-long August recess. With reconciliation...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up – July 18, 2025

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THIS WEEK’S DOSE - - OBBBA implementation begins. While the administration focuses on implementing the new law, some lawmakers are already discussing adjustments to health provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...more

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OIG Green Lights MSO Model Arrangement for Telehealth Platforms in New Advisory Opinion

On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03 (the Advisory Opinion), in which OIG approved of a proposed arrangement under which a management...more

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A Deep Dive Into the CMS Program Management FY 2026 Budget Request

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As discussed in last week’s Regs & Eggs blog post, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released additional budget documents to support the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary request....more

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Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Spring 2025

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Welcome to Vital Signs, a curated compilation of the latest legal and regulatory developments in digital health....more

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Executive Orders and Policy Updates

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Since President Trump's inauguration, the Trump administration has issued a number of executive orders and policy actions with potential impacts for the life sciences industry. Notable actions include rescinding Biden-era...more

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DEA Telemedicine Rules Further Delayed Until (Nearly) 2026

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Those waiting anxiously for the rules expanding the prescribing of buprenorphine via telemedicine and the controlled substance prescribing for patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs to officially go into effect will...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up: March 21, 2025

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Government Is Funded, Congress at Home for the Week. On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed a continuing resolution (CR) into law that funds the government and provides short-term extensions of certain healthcare programs...more

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2025 #1

News Briefs - Trump Signs Executive Order to Improve Health Price Transparency - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to improve price transparency on healthcare costs by directing federal agencies to...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: March 3, 2025

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Attention Turns to Government Funding - Last week, after some drama on the floor, the House passed its version of a budget resolution in a 217 – 215 vote, a week after the Senate passed its “skinny” resolution. For the...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary; Congress Begins Budget Reconciliation Process

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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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DEA and HHS Propose Telemedicine Special Registration and Finalize Buprenorphine Telemedicine Prescribing Rules

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On January 17, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules regarding telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances: a proposed rule...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: January 6, 2025

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A lot has happened in the last three weeks, so here’s a high-level recap: Congress successfully, albeit rockily, passed a continuing resolution that will fund the government through March 14, 2025. That legislation...more

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Deadline Approaches for Expiring Medicare Telehealth Waivers: What Providers Should Know

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, both federal and state governments enacted a host of laws and implemented flexibilities to ensure health care providers, hospitals, and health systems could move traditional brick-and-mortar care...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: December 2, 2024

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Watchful Waiting: Three Weeks Left in Lame Duck - Congress returns on Tuesday to begin the remaining three weeks of the lame duck session. Lawmakers have a packed agenda, and they have 18 days to pass a bill funding the...more

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DEA and HHS Issue Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing of Controlled Substances

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On November 15, 2024, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly issued the third temporary extension of telemedicine flexibilities instituted during the...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: November 19, 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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Election Implications for Telehealth, Health Equity, AI and Life Sciences

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In 2025, Republicans will hold the majority in both chambers of Congress, and the incoming Trump Administration will preside over the executive branch. For healthcare issues at the intersection of access and equity, this...more

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Third Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Controlled Substances: Ensuring Access and Preparing for Future...

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As expected, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just released a new rule temporarily extending flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine....more

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DEA Issues Third Extension to Public Health Emergency Telemedicine Prescribing Flexibilities, Through 2025

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On Friday, November 15, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) and Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) filed a Third Temporary Extension of the COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of...more

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DEA and HHS Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Prescribing Flexibilities Again

The federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have extended COVID-19 telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances. Until December 31, 2025, a...more

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DEA Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescribing Through December 31, 2025

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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) further extended flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without first performing an in-person visit. The flexibilities were...more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 7, November 2024

Welcome to our seventh issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. This will be our final issue of 2024. When we started this publication earlier this year, our goal was to provide our clients,...more

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Telemental Health Laws: 2024 Overview

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Since 2016, Epstein Becker Green (EBG) attorneys have researched, compiled, and analyzed state-specific content relating to the regulatory requirements for professional mental/behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders...more

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Hospital and Health Systems Reimbursement Check - NOVEMBER 2024

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Ropes & Gray attorneys share their analysis of administrative and court litigation, regulatory developments, key developments affecting federal program payments to hospitals and health systems, and other reimbursement-related...more

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