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CY 2026 Medicare PFS Proposed Rule: Telehealth Takeaways

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In July 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule (the Proposed Rule), which included several proposed changes that aim to expand...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Telehealth and “In-Person Visits”: Tracking Federal and State Updates to Pandemic Era Telehealth Exceptions

I. Overview of Telehealth and Tele-Prescribing Landscape Since the end of the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) exceptions in 2023, states have continued to re-evaluate the broad telehealth and tele-prescribing flexibilities...more

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Proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Signals Support for Digital Health Advancement

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). This client alert focuses on the proposed...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

A win for telehealth providers, health plans, and participants: HDHP telehealth safe harbor permanently reinstated

On July 4, 2025, the president signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) into law. Among many other healthcare provisions, the bill permanently extends the telehealth safe harbor for high-deductible health plans (HDHPs)...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Oregon Enacts Expansive Corporate Practice of Medicine Bill

On June 9, 2025, the Oregon legislature enacted Senate Bill (SB) 951, which prohibits certain ownership of and actions related to professional medical entities and aims to modernize Oregon’s corporate practice of medicine...more

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A Deep Dive Into the CMS Program Management FY 2026 Budget Request

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As discussed in last week’s Regs & Eggs blog post, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released additional budget documents to support the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary request....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 6, June 2025

Welcome to our sixth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the impact of supply chain and tariff issues on the industry, the veto of Florida's...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DEA Proposed Rule for Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations

On January 17, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the proposed rule, “Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations.” The proposed rule marks a significant first...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 5, April 2025

Welcome to our fifth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the effect tariffs could have on pharmaceuticals, the rise in healthcare facilities as the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 4, April 2025

Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at prior authorization transparency and physician decision-making; the impact of Medicaid cuts...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | February 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2025, including long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

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DEA Telemedicine Rules Further Delayed Until (Nearly) 2026

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Those waiting anxiously for the rules expanding the prescribing of buprenorphine via telemedicine and the controlled substance prescribing for patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs to officially go into effect will...more

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Harmonizing Federal and Florida Laws on Prescribing Controlled Substances Through Telehealth

Practitioners who want to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth to patients in Florida must meet the requirements of both federal and state law. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Florida...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Trending in Telehealth: February 2025

Trending in Telehealth highlights monthly state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - February 2025 #4

News Briefs - Healthcare Industry Prepares for Stricter FTC Merger Guidelines - The Federal Trade Commission will continue to use stricter guidelines inked by the Biden administration in reviewing corporate mergers, FTC Chair...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary; Congress Begins Budget Reconciliation Process

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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

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DEA and HHS Propose Telemedicine Special Registration and Finalize Buprenorphine Telemedicine Prescribing Rules

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On January 17, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules regarding telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances: a proposed rule...more

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DEA Releases Long-Awaited Telehealth Special Registration Proposal, but Adoption Is Uncertain

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On January 15, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a proposed rule entitled Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations. This proposed rule would establish three...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Jersey Statutory Year-End Review

Compared to previous years, the New Jersey Legislature passed a limited number of statutes impacting health care in 2024. It was a slow start to 2024, but activity picked up in the last six months of the calendar year. Once...more

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Client Alert: Phoning It In: Congress Passes A Short Extension To Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities As 2025 Approaches

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With the end of 2024 and an expiration of applicable Medicare telehealth flexibilities approaching, Congress passed the American Relief Act of 2025, preserving applicable flexibilities for an additional three months, through...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Telehealth Services Safe Harbor for High Deductible Health Plans Expires December 31, 2024

On December 21, 2024, President Biden signed into law the American Relief Act, 2025 (2025 Relief Act), which funds the federal government through March 14, 2025, and provides certain disaster relief provisions and other...more

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Regulatory Implications of the Continuing Resolution Healthcare Package

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Earlier this week, Congress released the text of a continuing resolution that includes a more-robust-than-anticipated healthcare package. While the bill’s primary purpose is to keep the government open through March 14, 2025,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Two More Years

With only two weeks remaining in the year, Congress is considering a government funding deal (the “Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025” or the “Bill”) that includes a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Update: Telehealth “Cliff” Looming at End of 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, the telehealth space continues to be uncharted territory. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the ability to deliver telehealth expanded as providers sought to provide quality care unrestricted by...more

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