Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: Hospices Fare Well in Federal Court
HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
Podcast - Innovations and Insights in the Palliative Care Space
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: David Beats Goliath
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
UPIC Audits
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 10: Anti-Kickback Compliance for Hospice and Skilled Nursing Providers
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
Hospice Insights Podcast - One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Figuring Out What is Your Hospice+
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 27: U.S. Healthcare Reimbursement Guidance for Foreign Life Sciences Companies
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 8: Hospice Special Focus Program: Pumping the Brakes
Hospice Insights Podcast - Meet the New Laws, Same as the Old Laws: Overpayment Recoupment Update
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How the Demise of Chevron Deference and Other Litigation May Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Are Payers Responding to the IRA?
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Rise in Medicare Deactivations: Tips for Avoiding This Financial Pain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 187: South Carolina Hospitals and Healthcare Industry Trends with Thornton Kirby, SCHA President
A Fond Farewell: Musings on the End of the Medicare Advantage Hospice Carve-In Demonstration
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 173: Improving rural health care with Dr. Kevin Bennett, the Director of the Research Center for Transforming Health and the
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. August 28, 2025 – For some of us (like me and my colleague Kristen O’Brien), this week marks the end of summer vacation and...more
Congress continues a quiet recess. Lawmakers will be back on September 2, 2025. CMS releases final FY 2026 payment regulations. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated payment rates in the final fiscal year...more
On May 12, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients.” In part, the EO revisits previous efforts during Trump's...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
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published the calendar year (“CY”) 2026 proposed rule for Medicare payment for services provided in hospital outpatient departments under the Outpatient Prospective...more
The Administration issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14293: Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines on May 5, 2025...more
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) passed by U.S. Congress and signed into law, Congress now has less than three weeks that it will be in session before government funding expires on Sept. 30, 2025. Appropriators will...more
THIS WEEK’S DOSE - - President Trumps signs OBBBA into law. After months of debate, Congress passed and President Trump signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), into law on July 4, 2025. - Senate HELP...more
Whistleblower Watch is a comprehensive source for all False Claims Act (FCA) news and information. Every quarter, Cozen O’Connor will provide in-house counsel and compliance professionals with a summary of the most notable...more
The U.S. Senate is in session for three days this week while the U.S. House of Representatives is in recess all week. Both chambers will return for a week before breaking for the July 4 recess. Negotiations on the...more
THIS WEEK’S DOSE - - Reconciliation Moves Forward. Senate committees continue to release their reconciliation provisions. - NIH Director Testifies on FY 2026 Budget. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Bhattacharya...more
On May 12, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) on drug pricing: “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients.” The EO requires a 30-day government negotiation with drug companies...more
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare....more
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
Senate Prepares to Take Up Reconciliation Bill. Discussions about the bill’s real-world implications continued during this week’s recess....more
Attend ACI's 19th Annual BIG FOUR Pharmaceutical Pricing Boot Camp for an intensive online bootcamp that will provide you with a thorough understanding of essential government contracting processes and pricing concepts for...more
As part of a broader resurgence in pharmaceutical pricing reform and manufacturing policies in 2025, President Donald Trump and bipartisan congressional leaders have introduced contemporaneous proposals to lower prescription...more
THIS WEEK’S DOSE - - Key House Health Committees Advance Reconciliation, Bill Held Up in Budget Committee. The Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee passed their recommendations for reconciliation out of...more
On May 12, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the “Executive Order”) directing executive agencies and, imminently, pharmaceutical manufacturers to take steps to deliver most-favored-nation (“MFN”) prescription...more
In the past month, President Trump signed two executive orders concerning drug access and affordability, including for biologics and biosimilar drugs. On April 15, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order No. 14273 (“EO...more
While much of Washington, DC’s attention this week has been focused on congressional action around budget reconciliation, including proposed changes to the Medicaid program, the White House also made news with release of a...more
After significant fanfare and anticipation, President Trump issued his “Delivering Most-Favored Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients” Executive Order (Executive Order) this week. The Executive Order seeks to...more
President Donald Trump on May 12, 2025, issued an executive order (EO) titled "Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients" and an accompanying Fact Sheet, "President Donald J. Trump...more