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NAAG 2025 Presidential Initiative Summit: Building on Opioid Litigation Success to Tackle Evolving Drug Threats

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This year’s NAAG Presidential Initiative Summit held August 5-6, 2025 in Portsmouth, NH, was hosted by New Hampshire AG and NAAG President John Formella, brought together state AGs, law enforcement officials, federal...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Highlights from the 2025 NAAG Presidential Summit

In early August, the National Association of Attorneys General, led by its 2025 President, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, hosted the Presidential Initiative Summit in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. General...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Accessing Opioid Settlement Funds

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While federal funding for addiction treatment programs and research is being cut, more than $50 billion is being distributed to state and local programs from opioid-related lawsuits. There is great debate on the use of these...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Extending and Enduring

In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Final 2025 Calendar Year Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

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On November 1, 2024, CMS issued a rule finalizing changes to Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B policies effective on or after January 1, 2025 (the Final Rule). Section 1848 of...more

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CMS Issues CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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On July 10, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule that identifies and seeks public comments on a broad array of proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B payments (the Proposed Rule) for...more

McAfee & Taft

2024 Oklahoma legislative session in review: Healthcare edition

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By Cori H. Loomis While the healthcare industry was not a specific area of focus for this year’s Oklahoma legislative session as it has been in previous years when Medicaid reform and managed care were addressed, a number of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

SAMHSA Final Rule Regarding OTPs Expands Access, Increases Flexibility for Patients

On February 1, 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a final rule revising 42 CFR Part 8, which regulates opioid treatment programs (OTPs). The final rule is the first update to...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 2.8.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican AGs Express Concern over Potential for...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

New 2025 Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule Further Scrutinizes Marketing Practices, Expands Behavioral Health, and Promotes Health...

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On November 15, CMS published a proposed rule, which, as currently written, has potentially significant implications for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (PDP) plans in Contract...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 9, 2023

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On June 3, President Biden signed the debt limit legislation into law, averting default and allowing Congress to return to regularly scheduled business. However, that return was short-lived in the House when a small group of...more

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FDA and SAMHSA Issue Joint Statement in Support of Reducing Barriers to Evidence Based Treatments

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On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a joint statement regarding both agencies’ commitment to providing evidence-based...more

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Forty-Five Attorneys General Urge Permanent Nationwide Telehealth Access for Opioid Treatment

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Recently, 45 state attorneys general sent a joint letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, requesting the permanent extension of nationwide “telemedicine” prescriptions for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Issues 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule on Nov. 1, 2022, which impacts Medicare Part B payments starting on Jan. 1, 2023....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Big Strides for Behavioral Health

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On November 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (Final Rule) for calendar year (CY) 2023. CMS finalized several noteworthy updates specific to...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 10.20.2022

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Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG Coalition Challenges Proposed Emissions...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Outlook for Action on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Initiatives

Prompted by rising rates of overdose deaths, suicides and incidence of mental illness in at-risk populations, such as children, Congress has spent the better part of the year working in a bipartisan manner to develop and...more

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CMS Releases CY 2023 Outpatient and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1772-P),...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 105: Sara Goldsby, Director, DAODAS

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On this episode of Taking the Pulse we welcome Sara Goldsby, Director of DAODAS. She answers questions about how the pandemic has impacted substance abuse disorders and their treatment, and offers insight into some of the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

An Opportunity for Bipartisan Action: Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration Respond to Growing Mental Health and Substance...

In October of 2018, Congress passed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271). The comprehensive opioid treatment law passed both chambers of Congress with large bipartisan support and tackled many aspects...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 15 2022

The General Assembly took a half day on Friday after a full week of floor debates and committee proceedings. Although the House and Senate addressed a collective six measures on their floors, legislators made quick work of...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - January 2022

If you’re already committed to a path to an Olympic gold medal or a marathon run, good for you! For the rest of us, there's this practical evidence-based advice for our New Year resolutions -- to feel better and fitter...more

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New York Establishes an Opioid Settlement Fund

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By legislation enacted last month, on June 9, 2021, amending the New York Finance Law, Mental Hygiene Law and Executive Law, New York State established an opioid settlement fund (“OSF”).  Finance Law §99-nn(1).  The purpose...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Tennessee Health Care Legislation 2021 Update — General Assembly Passes CON Reform Bill

During the recently concluded 2021 legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly passed several significant bills that will affect health care practices in Tennessee. The bills passed include a fairly significant update...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 25th Annual Compliance Institute - April 19th - 22nd, 9:30 am - 4:35 pm CDT

The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more

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