For states, managed care organizations, and providers—who all play a vital role in ensuring access to family planning services and supplies for the nearly 20 million women ages 18-44 enrolled in Medicaid1—the CIB reiterates...more
8/28/2024
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Best Practices ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Contraceptives ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Family Planning Clinics ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicaid ,
New Guidance ,
Patient Access ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues
Abstract Issue:
As states continue to enact new restrictions on abortion since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, access to critical reproductive health and abortion care...more
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, individual states continue to decide the legality of abortion on a...more
4/16/2024
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Arizona ,
AZ Supreme Court ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Equal Protection ,
FL Supreme Court ,
Florida ,
Healthcare ,
Human Rights ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
State Bans ,
Women's Rights
Earlier this week, Governor Kathy Hochul released her Executive Budget proposal totaling $233 billion for State Fiscal Year 2025. The budget proposes several initiatives targeted at improving access to, quality of, and...more
1/23/2024
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Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Family Planning Clinics ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
LGBTQ ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicaid ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Qualified Health Plans ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Budgets ,
State Funding ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women's Rights
Editor’s Note: Manatt Health conducted a survey of all 34 states in which abortion is legal as of November 7, 2023, broadly classifying them based on their Medicaid coverage policies, private or exchange-based insurance...more
1/11/2024
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Equal Protection ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Human Rights ,
Life Sciences ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Women's Rights
The Big Picture -
On December 13, 2023, the Supreme Court announced its intention to review the August 16 ruling by the Fifth Circuit in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al....more
12/20/2023
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Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v Food and Drug Administration ,
Article III ,
Certiorari ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Equal Protection ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Healthcare ,
Human Rights ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Necessity ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Prescription Drugs ,
REMS ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Women's Rights
Changes to the Medicare Telehealth Services List Structure and Updates Process -
Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) evaluated changes to the Medicare...more
11/14/2023
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Technology ,
Medicare ,
Opioid ,
Patient Access ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Physicians ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of legislation intended to strengthen the state’s shield laws, which provide protections to patients receiving and providers rendering reproductive health services,...more
10/4/2023
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California ,
Confidential Information ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Equal Protection ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Human Rights ,
New Legislation ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Women's Rights
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and states became responsible for abortion protections, a patchwork of laws has been passed across the United States. Some states have strengthened their protections to promote...more
In response to the large number of public comments received to its recent proposed telemedicine rules, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is holding public listening sessions to consider a special registration for...more
8/14/2023
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DEA ,
Electronic Prescribing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmacies ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
The Big Picture -
On February 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued two proposed rules that address the prescribing of controlled...more
3/2/2023
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Controlled Substances Act ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Distribution ,
Healthcare ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Health Emergency ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
In the two weeks following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Biden Administration has taken several actions to provide clarity about women’s access to reproductive health...more
7/11/2022
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
EMTALA ,
Equal Protection ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
New Guidance ,
OCR ,
Patient Access ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS
The Big Picture -
On June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a far-reaching decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, that repudiates nearly 50 years of precedent on a woman’s right to abortion...more
6/28/2022
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Equal Protection ,
First Amendment ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
Patient Access ,
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v Casey ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy ,
Professional Liability ,
Professional License ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS