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One Big Beautiful Bill: Slashed Budgets Will Disrupt the Medicaid Program

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The new federal budget law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act), enacted on July 4, 2025, makes dramatic changes to the Medicaid program. Health care providers, plans, patients, and other stakeholders that work with...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Pennsylvania Federal Court Holds Notice of Intent to File Third-Party Complaint Constitutes a “Claim”

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law, has held that a letter notifying the insured of the sender’s intent to file a joinder complaint, i.e., a third-party claim,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Blue Cross Found to Be Behind the Times: Fifth Circuit Finds Blue Cross’ Proton Beam Treatment Guidelines Are Outdated, Superseded...

Background - Revisiting the topic from an article published earlier this year, another plaintiff has successfully challenged a commercial insurer’s internal Proton Beam Radiation Treatment (“PBT”) policy. PBT is a proven...more

Goodwin

R&W Insurance Coverage for Healthcare Services Transactions

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After being squeezed out of the R&W insurance market in 2021, deals in the healthcare services sector have regained interest from insurers and are seeing lower rates and greater competition....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

OCR Enforces Patient’s Right To Religious Visits and Services

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On July 21, 2020, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced settlement of a patient complaint with the Prince George’s Hospital Center of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) that enforces a patient’s right to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

ERISA Preemption — The Courts of Appeal Continue to Rule As They Await Further Supreme Court Attempts To Define, Once and for All,...

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Synopsis: Two Courts of Appeal reach opposite results on ERISA preemption, thus continuing the judicial quest for a definitive meaning of ERISA preemption. Stay tuned for more such decisions, and yet more Supreme Court...more

White and Williams LLP

Another Court Broadly Construes “Interrelated Wrongful Acts” Provision

A key component to any claims-made policy is the existence of an “interrelated wrongful acts” provision. Claims-made policies typically provide coverage only for claims first made during the given policy period. Interrelated...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Short-Term Care Insurance: An Alternative to the Long-Term Care Variety

A little-known insurance option can be an answer for some people who might need care but are unable to buy long-term care insurance. Short-term care insurance provides coverage for nursing home or home care for one year or...more

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