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Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 17, 2025

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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

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: April 29, 2025

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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

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What to Take Away from CMMI’s Early Termination of Four Demonstration Models

On March 12, 2025, in one of the Trump Administration’s first actions with respect to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), CMMI announced that it would prematurely terminate four alternative payment model...more

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Healthcare Policy Options to Reduce the Deficit

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The Trump Administration and 119th Congress will likely be targeting trillions of dollars in savings in the year ahead. Healthcare makes up a significant portion of mandatory spending and therefore likely will be a large part...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 21, 2025

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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

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McDermott+ Check-Up: December 13, 2024

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Senate Special Committee on Aging Holds Hearing on People with Disabilities. Senators and witnesses acknowledged the significant barriers that exist for Americans with disabilities and discussed current and proposed federal...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: September 16, 2024

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Should Congress Stay or Should They Go Now? Congress has two more weeks to extend government funding past the September 30 deadline through a short-term continuing resolution (CR). So, the question isn’t really if they...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: April 8, 2024

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Neil deGrasse Tyson routinely reminds us that January 1 is “a cosmically arbitrary event, carrying no Astronomical significance,” and that bodes well for Congress, whose new year is just getting started. Sure, it’s...more

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Site Neutral Payment Considerations: Site-of-Service Patterns Vary by Geography

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Site neutral payment proposals are currently a key topic among policymakers. This +Insight explores how Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) site-of-service patterns vary across states and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Our...more

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Telehealth Policy Update

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There have been several significant developments with regard to Federal government telehealth policy. These include the recently enacted appropriations bill funding the Federal government for the balance of the fiscal year, a...more

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Health Care Update - November 2015

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Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

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Health Care Reform Implementation Update

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Over the past several days, the second open enrollment period through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) health insurance exchanges began; Republican lawmakers, now with majorities in both the House and the Senate, explored...more

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Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - September 2014, Issue 1

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In This Issue: - Top News ..The Congressional Agenda is Light as the Focus Shifts to the Midyear Elections ..Physician Supervision Requirement for Small and Rural Hospitals ..CMS Offers Hospitals...more

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Health Care Reform Implementation Update

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) received a great deal of attention this past week in Washington. The House held numerous hearings on implementation issues, including oversight of access to care for ACA enrollees and improper...more

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Health Care Reform Implementation Update - April 2014

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Last Thursday Kathleen Sebelius resigned from her post as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). On Friday President Obama nominated Sylvia Matthews Burwell, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director. As...more

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MedPAC Recommends Reduction To Hospital Outpatient Department, LTCH Payment Rates, Increases To Inpatient Acure Care Hospital...

On January 16, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) unanimously voted to recommend that Congress direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to...more

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MedPAC Votes to Reduce Payments for Certain Hospital Outpatient Services to Levels Paid at Physician Offices

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We reported in last week’s Health Headlines that the commissioners of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted unanimously on January 16, 2014 to recommend that Congress reduce hospital outpatient rates for...more

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Health Care Reform Implementation Update - December 19, 2013

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The deadline to enroll in coverage for January 1 was officially extended by a week, but the new December 23 deadline is fast approaching, and premium payments are required to be paid by the last day of 2013 for January 2014...more

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Health Care Reform Implementation Update - June 18, 2013

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Last week the House Committee on Ways & Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing on Medicare overhaul proposals affecting post-acute care; the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) wrote to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul...more

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