“And if you study the history of the world, the nations that are the most military and economically domineer [sic] are the nations that are the most innovative,” Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) remarked at a recent congressional...more
4/25/2025
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From 2018 to 2022, Pennsylvania was outspent on economic development incentives by neighboring states in both total incentive spending and average deal size. Over the same period, neighboring states also outspent Pennsylvania...more
The Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in California v. Texas regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), rejecting the third major challenge to the law. The Supreme Court held in a 7–2...more
The Biden-Harris transition is in full swing. President-elect Biden has started announcing Cabinet positions, and key staff and agency teams are soliciting input as they work feverishly to put together personnel, policies,...more
12/3/2020
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Updated: 11 November, 12:00 P.M. ET - On 7 November 2020, following several days of uncertainty while ballots were being counted in several states, former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to be the 46th President of the...more
Updated: 4 November, 12:06 P.M. ET - The polls have closed in the United States for the 2020 election, but the battle for the White House and control of the Senate remains undecided as key states continue to count an...more
Quickly approaching November 3, 2020, we are in the final days of what is expected to be a contentious and consequential presidential election in the United States. With the whirlwind news cycles at the end of the campaign...more
10/28/2020
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As Democrats “gather” next week for their (mostly virtual and remote) convention to formally nominate Joe Biden as their candidate for President, it is important to think about what a Biden presidency would mean for your...more
As of April 20, 2020 there were over 32,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania. In an effort to ensure hospitals and other facilities have the personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and supplies needed to fight...more
In an effort to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, states across the nation have adopted restrictions limiting the in-person operations of manufacturers, businesses, and institutions to those deemed “essential” or “life...more
On December 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) issued its long-awaited decision in Texas v. United States. ...more
Expanding Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Treatments and Services Delivered Through Telehealth -
Section 2001 of the Support Act expressly extends Medicare coverage for SUD services and treatment delivered via...more
A bill to temporarily lift the restriction on federal Medicaid funding for certain substance use disorder (“SUD”) services to adults between ages 21 and 64 in an institution for mental disease (“IMD”) passed the House on June...more
Medicaid Funds Have Been Limited for Inpatient and Residential Treatment for Substance Use Disorder (“SUD”) -
Until recently, Medicaid funds for inpatient or residential treatment of SUD have been restricted by a federal...more
In the fourth episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Ruth Granfors and Tracy Lawless discuss how opioid treatment is reimbursed under Medicaid and other public programs...more
3/1/2018
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In late October, President Trump declared the nation’s opioid addiction crisis a public health emergency. Less than a week later, the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (the “Commission”)...more
Pennsylvania’s patient and caregiver regulations answer the who and the how questions in obtaining medical marijuana. For example, how does the law distinguish caregivers from patients? What are the rights of each class of...more
Following closely on the heels of the first anniversary of the passage of Act 16, known as the Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”), the Pennsylvania Department of Health (“PA DOH”) published the final Temporary Physician and...more
A lack of consensus regarding both medical and recreational marijuana has sparked intense debate across the country. Combined with federal law prohibitions, the state-by-state mosaic creates a dynamic legal landscape....more