Medicaid, Federal Budget, Pharmaceutical Industry

Healthcare Life Sciences Drug Pricing Digest - May 2025

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/6/2025

Our Drug Pricing and Market Access team tracks recent developments in healthcare reform, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the 340B Program, Medicare, and state law....more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: April 29, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/29/2025

U.S. Congress returns from a two-week recess this week and has lofty goals to draft, mark up and pass a reconciliation bill by Memorial Day 2025. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, which was...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 19, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/20/2025

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

McDermott+ Check-Up: January 24, 2025

McDermott+ on 1/27/2025

Senate Committees Continue Nomination Hearings. The Senate VA Committee held a hearing for VA secretary nominee Doug Collins and subsequently voted for his confirmation with broad bipartisan support. His confirmation vote...more

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - April 2022

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/14/2022

Biden Administration Releases FY 2023 Budget - The Biden Administration’s proposed Budget of the U.S. Government for FY 2023 (see also the accompanying fact sheet) includes proposals relevant to drug manufacturers....more

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Potential Impact on Healthcare Policy and Spending

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/25/2021

On August 10, 2021, the Senate passed H.R. 3684, a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill (the “Infrastructure Bill”) that authorizes funds for federal-aid highways, transit, broadband access and other infrastructure...more

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - July 2021 #2

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/19/2021

CMS Releases Proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2022: On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2022 (link). Among other issues, the PFS...more

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - June 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/7/2021

Biden Releases Federal Budget Proposal for 2022: On May 28, 2021, President Biden released the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022, which would increase health spending by 23%. The proposal urges Congress to enact drug...more

Analysis of Health Care Provisions Included in Biden Administration FY 2022 Budget Request

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 6/1/2021

Today, Friday May 28, President Joe Biden unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget request, the first of his presidency. The $6 trillion proposal calls for $1.7 trillion in discretionary spending and $4.0 trillion in...more

Federal Government Funded for Fiscal Year 2020; Surprise Billing and Comprehensive Drug Pricing Legislation Postponed Until 2020

King & Spalding on 12/31/2019

Last Friday, President Trump signed into law two bipartisan legislative packages that included all twelve Fiscal Year 2020 funding bills. Comprehensive surprise billing and drug pricing legislation were not included in the...more

Will counter-factual claims and Big Pharma cash sway critical midterm votes?

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/22/2018

At a time when Americans experience high anxiety and financial insecurity due to medical costs — with more than 20 percent of those with health insurance experiencing trouble paying for necessities, more than a quarter of...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 39

Clark Hill PLC on 10/1/2018

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Kavanaugh Vote. The Senate was previously planning to tee up the final vote on Kavanaugh over the weekend, but the vote on the floor has been delayed a week to accommodate a...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 33

Clark Hill PLC on 8/20/2018

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Senate Appropriations. The Senate is planning to begin work today on its minibus package that contains the defense and labor, health, and education appropriations bills. ...more

What's New In Washington - March 2018

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/7/2018

Washington saw a flurry of bipartisan activity over the last few weeks. Most notably, Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a long-awaited deal on sequestration budget caps. The compromise, announced on February 7 as...more

White House Unveils Proposal on Drug Pricing

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/13/2018

On Feb. 9, 2018, the Trump Administration released a 30-page report analyzing domestic and global factors influencing drug pricing. The report by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is expected to inform the HHS' Fiscal...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/27/2015

Elections for Speaker of the House and Potential Changes at Ways and Means Committee - Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced Tuesday (Oct. 20) that he will run for the House Speaker position if the major House Republican...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 2/10/2015

This Week: President’s FY2016 Budget Request... FDA Commissioner Hamburg to step down... Tennessee Medicaid expansion plan rejected by legislature. 1. Congress House House Ways and Means Committee Hosts Hearing...more

Significant Proposed Changes for Federal Health Care Programs in President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Plan

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/19/2013

On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2014 (the Budget). The President reiterated his long-standing goal of reducing the deficit by $4.3 trillion over 10 years and his...more

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