Affordable Care Act, SCOTUS, Health Care Providers

60 Days After Loper: Health Care Impact of Chevron Deference's End

Baker Donelson on 8/29/2024

The Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated ruling in a pair of cases challenging the long-standing Chevron doctrine on June 28, 2024. Foreshadowed by decisions in recent years slighting Chevron, it...more

What the Supreme Court's "Chevron Deference" Ruling Could Mean for Health Care Law

Baker Donelson on 6/26/2024

Baker Donelson recently published Anticipating SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Deference – What to Know and Five Ways to Prepare explaining the United States Supreme Court's upcoming ruling which is expected to impact the regulatory...more

Proposed Rules Expand Access to Contraceptive Care as a Preventive Service

Snell & Wilmer on 2/23/2023

On January 30, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor (collectively “the Departments”) issued proposed rules entitled “Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act”...more

U.S. High Court Says No Emotional Distress Damages For Discrimination under Rehab Act and ACA

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/20/2022

The Supreme Court of the United States, on April 28, 2022, held that emotional distress damages are not available for private discrimination claims under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Affordable Care Act...more

SCOTUS Rules Emotional Distress Damages Unavailable for Suits Under Certain Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 5/18/2022

In a recent April 28, 2022 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in favor of a Texas physical therapy provider, Premier Rehab Keller, PLLC (Premier Rehab), in a suit where petitioner Jane Cummings...more

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Healthcare Entities Not Liable for Emotional Injury Damages Under Certain Anti-Discrimination Statutes

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 5/4/2022

Healthcare facilities and other entities receiving federal financial assistance can breathe a little easier after a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last week barring the recovery of emotional damages for certain...more

U.S. Supreme Court Bars Emotional Distress Damages Under Section 504, Title VI, Title IX, ACA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/3/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that emotional distress damages are not recoverable in private actions to enforce statutes authorized by the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution....more

It’s All Over but the Crying: Damages for Emotional Injuries Not Available Under Certain Anti-Discrimination Statutes

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 5/3/2022

Healthcare facilities and other entities receiving federal financial assistance can breathe a little easier after a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last week barring the recovery of emotional damages for certain...more

U.S. Supreme Court Excludes Emotional Distress Damages from Remedies Available Under Rehabilitation Act and Affordable Care Act

Littler on 5/2/2022

On April 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the scope of damages available under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehab Act) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that emotional distress...more

Supreme Court Holds That Emotional Distress Damages Are Not Available Under Title VI, Title IX, and Other Spending Clause Statutes

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/29/2022

In Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., the Supreme Court of the United States held that a plaintiff suing under Title VI (prohibiting race, color, and national origin discrimination), Title IX (prohibiting sex...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - June 2021 #2

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/22/2021

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 to dismiss for lack of standing a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought by Texas and other states. The states had...more

The Supreme Court - February 22, 2021

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/23/2021

American Medical Assn. v. Cochran, No. 20-429; Cochran v. Mayor and City Council Baltimore, No. 20-454; and Oregon v. Cochran, No. 20-539: In 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) promulgated a rule that,...more

Federal Court Blocks HHS Rule on Sexual Orientation

Rivkin Radler LLP on 8/18/2020

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has blocked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from enforcing a new rule that limited sex discrimination in healthcare to discrimination based...more

Health Update - July 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/28/2016

The Vulnerability of Healthcare Information - According to a report the Brookings Institute issued in May 2016, 23% of all data breaches occur in the healthcare industry. Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations had some...more

Health Care Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/4/2015

Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

Health Update - September 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/25/2015

Latest Healthcare False Claims Act Roundup and Top 3 Best Practices to Reduce Exposure - As the legal landscape in healthcare becomes increasingly complex, healthcare companies that receive federal program funds face...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/12/2015

Reductions in uninsured rates are greatest in states with Medicaid expansions and State-based or State Partnership Marketplaces; Kentucky finds increased use of preventive healthcare following Medicaid expansion; and,...more

Is PPACA on the Road to Recovery?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/4/2015

Part I: Is PPACA on the Road to Recovery? The recent decision in King v. Burwell by the Supreme Court of the United States sent a strong message to critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010...more

Also In The News - Health Headlines - July 2015

King & Spalding on 7/24/2015

CMS Reopens Attestation Period For First-Time Hospitals Until August – CMS recently announced that eligible hospitals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the first time in 2015 may...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - July 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/22/2015

In quick succession, governors in Alaska and Utah announce Medicaid expansions this week; Iowa is transitioning its expansion away from the Marketplace to Medicaid managed care, for now; and, HHS extends its exception to...more

More Risk for All and “Free” Care?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/23/2015

While the Supreme Court continues to debate the outcome of King v. Burwell in their chambers, stakeholders must be prepared for the potential fallout the nine justices’ ruling may have. Two weeks ago, we summarized the...more

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