K&L Gates Triage: 340B Regulatory Update: CMS Proposal and Draft Executive Order Could Have Big Impact on 340B Program
On Tuesday, April 29, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision: Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, No. 23-715: This case addresses the proper method for calculating the “disproportionate share...more
In January 2020, Alex M. Azar, II, then secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), signed a nationwide declaration of a Public Health Emergency (PHE) that would largely shape the response of public...more
Following the President’s proclamation on March 13 that the COVID-19 outbreak constitutes a national emergency, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar issued a Waiver or Modification of...more
On October 31, 2019, in the face of a federal lawsuit, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration suspended its enforcement of work requirements under the state’s Medicaid waiver project, the Healthy Indiana Plan...more
• On July 18, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) published a proposal to implement a new mandatory Medicare payment model in select geographic...more
This winter we discussed new regulatory guidelines intended to increase transparency in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising including a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would...more
On Feb. 9, 2018, the Trump Administration released a 30-page report analyzing domestic and global factors influencing drug pricing. The report by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is expected to inform the HHS' Fiscal...more