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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

How to Comply with HHS' New Nondiscrimination Compliance Infrastructure Requirements in Your Facility

Baker Donelson on 5/13/2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the Secretary (collectively, HHS) released on May 6, 2024, the agencies' Final Rule governing the implementation of...more

HHS Proposes Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Care

K&L Gates LLP on 9/22/2015

On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed new regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits...more

HRSA Issues 340B Program Omnibus Guidance

K&L Gates LLP on 9/8/2015

On August 28, 2015, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) published proposed Omnibus Guidance (the “Proposed Guidance”) governing policies related to section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”),...more

HRSA Issues Final 340B Orphan Drug Exclusion Rule: Agency’s Narrow Interpretation of Statutory Prohibition Puts Compliance...

King & Spalding on 8/2/2013

On July 23, 2013, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) issued a final rule clarifying the orphan drug exclusion for certain covered entities created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (“Final Rule”). The...more

Polsinelli Podcast - HIPAA Changes Overview

Polsinelli on 5/20/2013

More than two years in the making, the long-awaited final changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) were published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on...more

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