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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 5, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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February 29 Deadlines for Group Health Plans

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February 29 brings two annual deadlines for employers that sponsor a group health plan for their employees. Medicare Part D—Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS - An employer with a group health plan that provides...more

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - December 2023

S. 3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 Introduced December 7, 202- This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: Establish requirements for a code or...more

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Medicare 340B Payment Cut Déjà vu – Biden Administration Continues Trump Administration Part B Payment Reductions

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On Monday, July 19, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). While the Proposed Rule...more

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District Court Order Paves Way for HHS to Appeal Decision Finding 340B Rate Cut Unlawful Without First Providing a Proposed Remedy...

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On July 10, 2019, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted HHS’ request for a final judgment, clearing the way for the government to immediately appeal his earlier decision that...more

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New PACE Rules Reduce Oversight, Increase Flexibility for Participating Organizations

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For the first time since 2006, CMS has issued updated rules affecting the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE organizations. The final rule, published in the June 3, 2019 issue of the Federal Register,...more

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Government Appeals Decision Declaring 340B Payment Cuts Unlawful; District Court Continues to Consider Question of Relief

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The U.S. government has appealed a federal district court decision issued in December 2018 that found the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) exceeded its authority by reducing Part B drug reimbursement to certain...more

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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

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Highlights this week: Democrats’ takeover of the House will yield big changes for healthcare policy in 2019; several GOP lawmakers active in healthcare policy are defeated; pharma pushes for Part D changes in the lame duck;...more

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Administration Drug Pricing Proposals Could Reduce Provider Payments

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As the Trump Administration moves forward with proposed policy changes to address high drug prices, a common theme is emerging: a number of the proposals have the potential to reduce Medicare reimbursement to hospitals and...more

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The Latest in the Epipen Medicaid Drug Rebate Saga – Where Are We Now?

The latest installment in the ongoing saga over EpiPen Medicaid Drug Rebates came on May 31, 2017, when Senator Charles Grassley issued a press release stating that between 2006-2016 taxpayers may have overpaid for EpiPen by...more

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2018 Notice of Benefits and Payment: Proposed Updates to the HHS Risk Adjustment Model

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its 2018 Notice of Benefit and Payment setting out payment parameters for the Health Insurance Marketplace for upcoming years. With several insurers...more

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New Medicare Part B Payment Model is Most Recent Payor Response to Increasing Drug Prices

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Recent activity by the federal government along with commercial payors may be indicative of further changes to how payors, providers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers engage in prescription drug arrangements. A recently...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: The Affordable Care Act turned 6 years old on March 23... Four in ten voters say health care is extremely important when picking a President, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation’s new tracking poll......more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Medicaid program takes financial hits as the House looks for “savers” and acts on a budget... while the Senate sees no reason to do a budget... The Senate focuses on ACA oversight and mental health and opioid abuse...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review - January 2016

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On January 5, 2016, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received for review a final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) entitled Covered Outpatient Drugs (CMS-2345-F). The rule had previously...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Focuses on Health Insurers Merger... Arkansas to Delay Setting Up Its Own State Exchange...The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Medicare Advantage...more

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Health Care Update - August 2015 #2

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Major Medicaid Drug Payment Rule Under OMB Review: Last week a highly anticipated rule that could set the standards for the Medicaid Drug Rebate program arrived at the White House for final review. The Medicaid Outpatient...more

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HHS Revises, Delays Medicare Enrollment Requirements for Part D Prescriptions

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The Affordable Care Act authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require a physician, dentist or other healthcare provider to be enrolled in the Medicare program before they can issue a prescription...more

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