An Overview of the Executive Order on Lowering Drug Prices -
On April 15, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at reducing prescription drug prices in the United States. This order builds upon...more
Introduction The Alabama Community Pharmacy Relief Act, Senate Bill 252, has successfully passed the Alabama Senate and is now advancing to the House for consideration. This legislation aims to regulate pharmacy benefits...more
On episode 226, we welcome Thibaut van Marke and Amy Allen of Orlando Health, an award-winning network of community and specialty hospitals that recently expanded into Alabama. Thibaut and Amy discuss Orlando Health’s...more
On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) published OIG Advisory Opinion No. 23-15 (the “Opinion”), which addresses a request from a consulting company (the...more
On February 21, 2024, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced that it anticipates that the first two industry segment-specific compliance program guidance publications will likely be coming out in 2024 and will...more
On November 6, 2023, for the first time since 2008, the US Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued comprehensive “General Compliance Program Guidance” (“GCPG”) for all...more
In recognition that the prior versions of the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) rules were not designed for a value-based health care delivery system, the new value-based safe harbors and exceptions (released in late...more
Providers should be aware consumers now have access to CMS resources that help them understand their rights under the No Surprises Act (NSA). In general, the NSA protects healthcare consumers from receiving surprise medical...more