Medicaid, Health Care Providers, Pending Legislation

The Dome Report: Cross Over Day at the 2025 Session of the West Virginia Legislature

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/8/2025

Cross Over Day at the West Virginia Legislature separates the living bills from those that are most likely dead for the session. At the conclusion of the floor sessions on April 2, all bills have to be out of their house of...more

Holland Knight Health Dose: September 17, 2024

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/20/2024

Holland & Knight Health Dose 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

Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 12, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/15/2023

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

The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023

Quarles & Brady LLP on 12/15/2023

The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023, passed by the House 320-71 on Monday, December 11, 2023, would institute new transparency and pricing rules on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and hospitals. The bill would...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 7, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/9/2023

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. This week's topics include ... ...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: November 29, 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/1/2022

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. This week's topics include . . ....more

Senate Passes VA MISSION Act; Eliminates Federal Contractor Status for Some Long-Term Care Providers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/4/2018

On May 23, 2018, the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive bill called the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or the VA MISSION Act of 2018...more

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act - A Bipartisan Bill

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/7/2018

On February 15, 2018, representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15), John Shimkus (IL-15), Scott Peters (CA-52), Erik Paulson (MN-03), and Juan Vargas (CA-51), introduced the Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act (H.R....more

Legislative Solutions: 2017 Virginia Legislative Recap

Williams Mullen on 4/7/2017

The following is a summary of key legislation impacting the health care industry in Virginia. Reforming or Repealing Virginia’s Certificate of Public Need Program - The study of the COPN process continues - ...more

Provider Payments Under a Medicaid Per Capita Cap

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 3/16/2017

In a February 24th blog post, we described Medicaid block grants and per capita caps in terms of A x B = C to demonstrate how those payment policies work. ‘A’ is the amount a state is paid per beneficiary, ‘B’ is the number...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/28/2017

Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/13/2017

The Agency of Transportation has submitted a proposal to the House Transportation Committee that would allow the agency to seek damages from a utility that fails to move or adjust a utility line that is in a state or local...more

MA Health Policy Updates – Moves to Strengthen HPC and Expand Telemedicine

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 11/2/2015

In a recent Alert, the Mintz Levin Health Law Practice and ML Strategies provided a comprehensive look at recent developments in Massachusetts health policy. In addition to a detailed report on recent Health Policy Commission...more

Congress Take Step Toward Site-Neutral Medicare Payments in Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/30/2015

On October 28, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that, if enacted, would, among other things, substantially alter how and how much Medicare pays for outpatient services furnished by hospitals. The...more

Recent Developments in Massachusetts Health Policy

Mintz - ML Strategies on 10/26/2015

Building on the momentum of early October hearings on the state’s growing health care expenditures, the Health Policy Commission (HPC), the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Governor Charlie Baker, and others spent...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/15/2015

This Week: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Legislation to Strengthen Medicaid Program Integrity and Fraud Controls... Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced to Stop Anti-Competitive “Pay-For-Delay”...more

Telehealth Commercial Coverage and Parity Laws: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/1/2015

There will always be differences among state laws on telehealth coverage, but what is remarkable is the rapidly increasing pace at which states have been adopting coverage statutes in the last few years, with currently 29...more

Health Care Update - August 2015 #2

Mintz - ML Strategies on 8/11/2015

Major Medicaid Drug Payment Rule Under OMB Review: Last week a highly anticipated rule that could set the standards for the Medicaid Drug Rebate program arrived at the White House for final review. The Medicaid Outpatient...more

Also In The News - Health Headlines - July 2015 #3

King & Spalding on 7/28/2015

New Five-Star Rating System Released for Home Health Agencies – On July 16, 2015, CMS released a new five-star rating system for home health agencies, applying the new quality measure to over 9,000 agencies based on whether...more

Health Care Update - July 2015 #2

Mintz - ML Strategies on 7/21/2015

Congress Slowly Works on Budget Reconciliation; ACA Reform Proposals Still Up in the Air - The FY 2016 budget resolution, which was agreed to by Congress this past April, included broad reconciliation instructions...more

Congress Wows With Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015, But Will It Succeed?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/15/2015

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and co-sponsors Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), Rep. Diane Black (R-TN), and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) announced, on July 7, 2015, the introduction of the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015,...more

Telehealth Roundup: Federal Bill Seeks to Expand Medicare Use of Telehealth; Delaware and Connecticut Update Telemedicine Laws

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/14/2015

On July 7th, the House introduced much anticipated bipartisan telehealth legislation. The Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015, introduced by Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) and co-sponsored by Representatives Gregg...more

Bill Would Extend CMPs to Federal Grants

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/8/2015

The bill known as the “21st Century Cures,” H.R.6, would extend Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) to cover false claims and false statements relating to grants, contracts, and other agreements funded by the Department of Health...more

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