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
Key Takeaways: - The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will create a sea change in the healthcare landscape. - This law will make significant changes to federal healthcare programs, especially Medicaid’s financing and eligibility...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the legislation commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), which includes significant changes to Medicaid, Medicare, and Affordable Care Act (ACA)...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
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), into law after lengthy consideration in both chambers of Congress. OBBBA Subtitle B—Health includes significant reforms to Medicaid,...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
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act mandates nondiscrimination in health care programs managed or funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with upcoming deadlines for compliance set for May and July...more
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
Reconciliation Watch - Reports indicate that the Senate will move as soon as Wednesday to begin advancing a unified budget plan. The Senate hopes to be able to advance the budget resolution by having the two chambers...more
Welcome to the third issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more
Last week, the Trump administration and Congress proposed spending cuts that if enacted are likely to affect federally funded health insurance programs such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These cuts could...more
In his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders and took other actions with significant implications for the life sciences and health care industries that mark substantial departures from the...more
Among the many rescissions of Biden administration Executive Orders, signed by President Trump on his administration’s first day, was a rescission of an Executive Order that encouraged Medicare to lower drug costs and makes...more
The Biden Administration wasted no time in implementing some of the new President’s campaign promises relating to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). First, on February 10 the Department of Justice filed a...more
On November 20, 2020, 60 days before the end of his Administration, President Trump announced a series of major drug pricing regulations. This Alert summarizes the Most Favored Nation Model (“MFN Model”) for Medicare Part B...more
On November 12, 2020, the Trump administration published its final rule on price transparency (the “Final Rule”) requiring affected entities to publicly release personalized information on out-of-pocket costs as well as...more
The following provides a high-level overview of how the November 3, 2020 election results will impact certain health care issues and policies. This analysis assumes that the Biden-Harris Electoral College win will be...more
Below is a broad overview of policies for which President-Elect Biden has indicated support (PDF). It is important to note that, while some of these policies fall under the President's executive power, many will require...more
Health care policy and business face consequential times ahead, with Election Day Nov. 3 and a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being heard before the Supreme Court on Nov. 10. In February 2018, two months after...more
On Thursday, Sept. 24, President Trump announced his long-awaited health care plan, the “America First Healthcare Vision,” aimed at replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reshaping our nation’s health care system. The...more
Individuals, estates, and trusts that paid significant amounts of the 3.8% net investment income tax or the 0.9% additional Medicare tax in 2016 or later years should consider filing protective claims for refund of those...more
On June 16, the D.C. Circuit Court struck down the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) rule issued in May 2019 requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose the wholesale acquisition cost of drugs over $35 in...more
DEMOCRATS PRESS FOR PRE-THANKSGIVING VOTE ON DRUG PRICING BILL - The House Ways and Means Committee last week approved an amended version of legislation that would overhaul how Medicare and private insurers reimburse for...more
The U.S. healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred...more
Recent months have seen a flurry of activity in Congress on prescription drug pricing and surprise medical bills as lawmakers seek to address rising consumer health care costs. Several House and Senate committees have...more
Starting this week in Miami, 20 Democrats over the course of two nights will try to make the case that they deserve to be elected President. Now what will they and Republicans have to say about health care, which voters have...more