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On September 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that HHS would increase resources to enforce the information blocking prohibition under the 21st Century Cures Act. Generally, the...more
On August 4, 2025, CMS issued a final rule (Final Rule) updating payment rates, policies, and quality programs for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for Fiscal Year (FY)...more
On July 24, 2025, the OIG released reports evaluating the prevalence of patient harm in hospitals and the extent to which hospitals detect and report such events. These evaluations follow up on OIG’s 2022 report and provide...more
On July 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will conduct a pilot program testing out a rebate model for 340B drug purchases. Under the program, drug manufacturers will be allowed...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
On May 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to “select hospitals” that provide gender-affirming care services, requesting information about how those hospitals adhere to quality standards...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Treasury and Department of Labor (the “Agencies”) announced new steps intended to “strengthen healthcare price transparency.” ...more
The 12 regional Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) were recently audited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG). Each of the MAC jurisdictions was found by the OIG to...more
The EO announces a policy of the United States to put patients first and ensure they have the necessary information to make well-informed healthcare decisions. The order builds upon Executive Order 13877 (Improving Price and...more
On December 28, 2024, a long-awaited Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule became effective, significantly updating laboratory personnel requirements under Subpart M of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement...more
Overlapping surgeries is a practice that has been used for many years by healthcare providers (such as hospitals and surgical centers). This practice generally refers to situations where one lead attending surgeon is...more
As the Sunshine Act reporting deadline of March 31, 2024 draws near, medical device and pharmaceutical companies are gearing up for their Sunshine Act reporting. Are you prepared for a Sunshine Act audit? Reporting...more
A new rule will require nursing homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid to make disclosures about certain facility ownership, management and other operational information. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed a...more
On April 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a fact sheet on Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Updates (the “Fact Sheet”) under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (the “Rule”)....more
In conjunction with the surge in state legislative efforts to regulate the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, Congress and federal agencies have ramped up PBM oversight efforts as part of the ongoing battle to lower...more
Certain provisions of the Transparency in Coverage Final Regulations and the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 (“CAA”) require group health plans and/or their vendors to report information to federal agencies. On December...more
A roundtable of 13 experts convened by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has made several recommendations for improving infection prevention and control (“IPC”) efforts in nursing homes. The recommendations are...more
On December 23, 2022, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) provided welcome relief in the form of an FAQ regarding the Prescription Drug Data Collection (RxDC)...more
Compliance Today - December 2022 - We are at a critical moment of change when it comes to truly addressing health inequities in this country. With the intersection of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and...more
For the Biden administration, the over 200,000 COVID-related deaths of nursing home residents and staff have served as a powerful signal for the need for nursing home reform. As part of the administration’s reform efforts,...more
Litigation involving drug price reporting under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) has been very active in 2022. Most recently, on August 3, 2022, an Illinois federal jury levied a $61 million verdict against Eli...more
The South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act (the Heartbeat Act) is now in effect, criminalizing the performance of abortions, absent an exception (rape, incest, to prevent death or “serious risk of a...more
Is your physician group monitoring the Open Payments database? Each June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases data showcasing the payments made by reporting entities to physician groups and other...more