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Health Care Week in Review: HHS Released Final Guidance for the Second Cycle of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations; CMS Released...

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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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Significant Changes Affecting Hospitals in CMS's FY 2025 IPPS Final Rule

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CMS published its FY 2025 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule on August 1, 2024. Under this final rule, CMS is implementing several changes to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting...more

McCarter & English, LLP

CMS Adopts New Age-Friendly Hospital Measure for Care of Older Adults for CY 2025 Reporting

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted an age-friendly quality hospital measure in its most recent final rule addressing prospective payment systems, policy changes, and quality program requirements...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #2

News Briefs - State Governments Taking Steps to Make Rules on Healthcare AI - In the absence of federal guardrails on artificial intelligence in healthcare, state governments are figuring out their own rules of the road....more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: CMS Released Negotiated Medicare Part D Prices for 10 Drugs and ARPA-H Awarded $150 Million in Funding...

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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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CMS Issues Mandatory “TEAM Model” for Acute Care Hospitals to Improve Episode-Based Alternative Payments and Advance Accountable...

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On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule updating the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for acute care hospitals and the Medicare prospective payment...more

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CMS Releases FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Update

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On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final update for fiscal year (FY) 2025, along with proposed policy and regulation changes....more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Finalizes FY 2025 Payment Rules for Inpatient Hospitals, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, Inpatient...

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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

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | June 2024 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for June 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including guidance regarding hospital...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMS Issues Calendar Year 2025 Proposed Medicare Payment Rules for Physicians and Hospitals

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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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Post-Chevron Health Care Regulations: The Dawn of a New Day

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On June 28, the US Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine — the legal principle that the judiciary should defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. Chevron reflected the view...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: May 28 – June 3, 2024

Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Congress Seeks to Extend COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Through 2026 and Expand Reimbursement

On May 16, 2024, the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (the “Subcommittee”) announced that it advanced the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (H.R. 7623) as amended (the “Bill”) during a...more

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Fast Five: Important Law and Policy Updates for US Health Care Transactions

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With the end of the first quarter of 2024, we highlight five developments, changes, or challenges that health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, physician practices, health insurers, and other health care providers,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Understanding CMS’ AHEAD Model: Medicare Hospital Global Budget Design and Implications

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released initial specifications for its Medicare Hospital Global Budget methodology under the States Advancing...more

Cornerstone Research

5 Questions with Sayeh Nikpay: The 340B Drug Pricing Program

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A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Sayeh Nikpay of the School of Public Health,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

California Finalizes SB 184 Pre-Transaction Notice Requirements for “Material Change” Health Care Transactions

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On December 18, 2023, the California Office of Administrative Law approved the emergency regulations promulgated by the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) that set forth the procedural framework for (i) the...more

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Health Care Private Equity: Senate Budget Committee Investigates Hospital Ownership 

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On December 7, 2023, the Senate Budget Committee (the “Committee”) launched a bipartisan investigation into the reality of private equity ownership of hospitals in the United States. This investigation stems from concerns...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: November 10, 2023

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CONGRESS - Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup on Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act. The bipartisan package includes Medicare and Medicaid extenders, provisions to expand the mental health...more

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HRSA Issues Notice Confirming 340B Registration Requirement

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On October 26, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a Federal Register notice addressing the use of 340B drugs at off-campus hospital outpatient locations that have not yet appeared on a filed...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 13, 2023

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CONGRESS - House Republicans Working to Elect New Speaker. On October 11, House Majority Leader Scalise won the Republican Conference’s nomination to become Speaker of the House after last week’s motion to vacate Speaker...more

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Idaho’s New Essential Caregiver Visitation Law

Idaho implemented a new law that gives people receiving in-person healthcare services the right to be visited by essential caregivers of their choosing under certain conditions. I.C. § 39-9802. The law, which became effective...more

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This Week in 340B: September 2023 #3

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This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

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Medicare Open Enrollment: Making Smart Choices for Rehabilitation Stays

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Medicare’s open enrollment period is just a few weeks away, and it is not too early to start thinking about your coverage options. One benefit area that Medicare recipients often overlook is long term rehabilitation coverage....more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: August 4, 2023

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Congress is officially in recess for the month of August and will return after Labor Day. On the regulatory front, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient...more

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