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Time to Revisit Your HIPAA Documents After Reproductive Health Privacy Rule Vacated

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/25/2025

In the wake of a recent federal District Court decision, the reproductive health care HIPAA Privacy rules finalized during the Biden Administration have been vacated and plan sponsors should re-evaluate the language included...more

Health Headlines: May 2025

Goodwin on 5/30/2025

On May 14, 2025, Pennsylvania State Sen. Tim Kearney and State Rep. Lisa Borowski introduced legislation addressing private equity and corporate interests in healthcare. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is touting the companion...more

CareYaya: A Revolutionary Approach to Elder Care

Offit Kurman on 5/15/2025

In this episode of the Sandwich Generation Survival Guide, host Candace Dellacona is joined by Neal Shah and Sydney Rosbury from CareYaya, an innovative platform transforming the elder care industry. Neal shares his journey...more

New German government: Key plans for the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector

A&O Shearman on 4/29/2025

Following the election in February, the party leaderships of CDU, CSU and SPD have agreed on a coalition agreement titled “Responsibility for Germany”. The 146-page document also sets out aspects regarding the healthcare and...more

Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q1 2025

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 4/17/2025

The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market began 2025 with a slower start than expected given the easing headwinds and building momentum at the end of last year, with the number of deals reported in Q1 lower than...more

Executive Orders and Policy Updates

Jones Day on 4/3/2025

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

Massachusetts Enacts Drug Pricing Legislation: Introducing PBM Licensure, Mandatory Cost Reporting, and Consumer Cost-Sharing...

ArentFox Schiff on 2/28/2025

On January 8, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy signed into law “An Act Relative To Pharmaceutical Access, Costs And Transparency.” The Act will have a profound impact on all parties involved in setting and applying drug...more

Election 2024: Healthcare Innovation in the US

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/22/2024

How would a Harris-Walz administration affect clients in your practice? Bottom line: It would likely put to rest or delay debates about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), allowing health policy and legislation to focus on other...more

Regs, Regs and More Regs: The Biden Administration Releases Spring 2024 Unified Agenda

McDermott+ on 7/11/2024

We are in the midst of a storm of regulations that are being released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more

Judge Denies FTC’s Request to Enjoin Sale of Two Hospitals in North Carolina

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 6/12/2024

Last week, a federal judge in North Carolina declined to preliminarily enjoin Novant Health, Inc.’s (“Novant”) acquisition of two hospitals from Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”). The FTC filed suit in federal court and...more

Employers Must Keep Reproductive Health Information About Their Plan Participants Private Under New HIPAA Privacy Rule

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 6/4/2024

Imagine you are a corporate Human Resources/Total Rewards leader who receives a request from a state’s law enforcement agency for health plan records about a plan participant’s abortions or other reproductive health care. How...more

Attention, Group Health Plans: New HIPAA Privacy Rule Governing Reproductive Health Care Information Imposes Obligations,...

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 5/23/2024

It is critical for employers and plan fiduciaries/administrators to stay informed of HIPAA privacy and security-related legal developments because most employer sponsored group health plans — regardless of the employer’s...more

Prior Authorization Reform in Healthcare: Winds of Change?

Butler Snow LLP on 9/26/2023

Bob Dylan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest American songwriters of all time, has effectively used wind as a metaphor in a number of songs he has written, each with its own distinct message....more

7th Cir. Holds Insurance Coverage Applies to Settlement Payments for Alleged Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act Violations

Carlton Fields on 6/5/2023

On May 3, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Astellas US Holding Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co., held that a liability insurer was required to contribute its limits toward its insured’s payment to settle potential...more

False Claims Act 2022 in Review

Akerman LLP on 4/18/2023

The U.S. government continued to earn its longstanding reputation for its vigorous enforcement of the False Claims Act (FCA) in 2022, either directly or through relator proxies. The Department of Justice (DOJ) recorded the...more

Two Months Post-'Dobbs' What Healthcare Providers Need to Know — Q&A with Joan W. Feldman

Law Matters on 8/30/2022

Two months post-Dobbs, Shipman & Goodwin's Joan W. Feldman shares her insights and her predictions for the future of reproductive health law issues....more

Forecasting Healthcare Regulatory Developments in a Biden Administration

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/1/2021

President Joe Biden was sworn into office on January 20, 2021. As with any incoming administration, new policies will be pursued while those of the previous administration are furthered, abandoned, or undone. The federal...more

Is the Affordable Care Act a House of Cards? If Yes, What Does the Recent Texas Court Decision Mean for the US Health Insurance...

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/19/2018

In an unexpectedly broad ruling issued December 14, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) as unconstitutional in its entirety. This decision, if ultimately...more

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