Polsinelli Podcasts - Confusion to Clarity on the Future of the 340B Program
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, his signature policy legislation. Two aspects of this legislation are particularly relevant for drug pricing....more
With the reconciliation package signed into law, the U.S. House of Representatives is in recess and will return on July 14, 2025. In the interim, the U.S. Senate will focus on the appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY)...more
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
This week in Washington: The House and Senate will be in recess the week of Feb. 17 in observation of Presidents Day....more
This week in Washington: Senate to hold hearing on home healthcare in rural America, House to hold hearing on protecting women's access to reproductive healthcare....more
This week in Washington: The House of Representatives passes legislation on fentanyl analogues; Senate continues impeachment trial....more
This week in Washington: The House is not in session. The Senate will resume the impeachment trial on Tuesday....more
This Week in Washington: The House and Senate are out of session until the new year. Congress - House - House Passes USMCA Trade Deal ...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Healthcare Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
This Week: Congress focuses on organizing for the next Congress and the continuing resolution; previews of drug pricing legislation for the next Congress; CMS issues controversial guidance concerning how states can use...more
Administration - Trump Administration Announces HRA Regulatory Proposal to Prevent Adverse Selection - The Trump administration announced a regulatory proposal to permit employees to go to the individual market to...more
HOUSE TO VOTE ON DOZENS OF OPIOID BILLS WHILE SENATE READIES COMPREHENSIVE MEASURE - The House this week will begin considering some of the 70 different opioid bills that have been approved by eight different committees,...more
Note: All fiscal estimates cited over a ten-year budget window refer to the Fiscal Year 2019-2028 budget window. The President's fiscal year 2019 (FY19) budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
The Trump Administration on Feb. 12 released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, titled "An American Budget." Unlike last year's budget, which was released in late May, the release of this budget conforms to the typical...more
Delayed Senate Health Vote Boon to GOP or Just Prolonging the Inevitable? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would delay a key procedural vote scheduled for this week on the Republicans’...more
Senate Republicans return to Washington this week after a 10-day recess facing a key inflection point in their effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as GOP leaders will outline policy options they hope...more
On Tuesday, May 23, the White House released the President's fiscal year 2018 (FY18) budget, launching a contentious and consequential debate that is expected to last through the end of the fiscal year and possibly beyond....more
The Trump Administration released on May 23, 2017, its full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget request, titled "A New Foundation for American Greatness." President Donald Trump's request builds off of the administration's March 16...more
A poet from West London once wrote, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss," a frustrated statement lamenting that the status quo in any system tends to prevail despite calls for revolution. If one judges the potential for...more