In February 2025, Texas Representative James Frank (R) and Texas Senator Kelly Hancock (R) introduced bills to implement notification requirements for healthcare transactions. House Bill (H.B.) 2747 and Senate Bill (S.B.)...more
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
8/1/2024
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
HIV ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part B ,
MIPS ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Stark Law
By way of background, in May 2023, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill No. 14 (SB 14), which prohibits physicians and other licensed medical professionals from providing gender-affirming medical care to minors. Almost...more
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
1/8/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Interstate Compacts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mental Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
12/22/2023
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Innovative Technology ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Mental Health ,
Pilot Programs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Standard of Care ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
12/11/2023
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Interstate Compacts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Licensing Boards ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth is a series from the McDermott digital health team in which we highlight state legislative and regulatory developments that impact healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies,...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity between October 21 and November 18, 2022, including recent enforcement activity, new litigation associated with the Office of...more
12/9/2022
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Violations ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
OIG ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Settlement
On January 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule regarding Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit...more