Medicaid, Biden Administration, Executive Orders

President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget: What’s NOT in It?

McDermott+ on 3/14/2024

Earlier this week, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget. As a reminder, every year, the White House releases a budget that serves as its official funding request to Congress for the following...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: November 3, 2023

McDermott+ on 11/6/2023

CONGRESS - House Ways & Means Chair Smith, House Energy & Commerce Chair Rodgers and Senate Finance Ranking Member Crapo Call for Withdrawal of Nurse Staffing Mandate. Rep. Smith (R-MO), Rep. Rodgers (R-WA) and Sen. Crapo...more

Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - October 2022 #2

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/26/2022

2022 Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit Concludes: The annual Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit took place Oct. 12-14 in Chicago. Latham partner Christopher H. Schott spoke at two sessions: the panel “Ask the Attorneys:...more

HHS Issues Guidance to Pharmacies Regarding Access to Reproductive Health Care

King & Spalding on 8/1/2022

Following President Biden’s Executive Order on ensuring access to reproductive health care, on July 13, 2022, HHS issued guidance to U.S. retail pharmacies regarding their obligations under federal civil rights laws. This...more

2023 Payment Rule’s Nondiscrimination Provisions and Anticipation of New Section 1557 Rules

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/18/2022

On January 5, 2022, we discussed the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). On April 28, 2022, CMS issued the NBPP 2023 Final Rule. CMS...more

Treasury Releases Proposal to Address ‘Family Glitch’ as Biden Administration Touts Coverage Gains

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/7/2022

On April 5, President Biden held an event at the White House celebrating coverage gains since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Joined by Vice President Harris and former President Obama, President Biden...more

A Dizzying Map of Federal Vaccination Mandates, Injunctions and Stays

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/23/2021

Keeping track of a dizzying number of injunctions and stays by multiple federal district courts and courts of appeal involving three separate federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates with a couple exceptions is no small task....more

Red Light – Green Light: CMS Vaccination Mandate is On Again in 26 States?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/16/2021

The CMS vaccine rule -- which applies to the staff of many Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, home-health agencies, and hospices (“covered entities”), and which has...more

Breaking News on the CMS Vaccination Rule: Less Than 24 Hours After Being Shelved in 10 States, the Rule Is Sidelined Nationwide

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/2/2021

In a November 30, 2021, order, a federal judge sitting in Louisiana entered a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interim final rule entitled...more

CMS Vaccine Mandate Update: Biden Administration Modifies Healthcare Rules for Medicare and Medicaid Facilities

Smith Anderson on 11/9/2021

When the federal government issued its new COVID-19 vaccine mandates on November 5th for employers with 100 or more employees, the rules implemented by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") received most...more

CMS’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: What Health Care Providers Need to Know

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/9/2021

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published their much-anticipated rules mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more

The Biden Administration Expands Staff Vaccination Requirement to All Medicare & Medicaid Participating Providers/Suppliers.

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/8/2021

The Biden Administration, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and via Interim Final Rulemaking (“IFR”), has expanded vaccination requirements in many health care settings. Effective November 5,...more

Biden Administration Releases New Vaccine Mandate Rules Impacting Employers

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 11/5/2021

On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced two new rules which implement vaccine mandates in the workplace. OSHA Rule Impacting Employers with 100 or more Employees The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...more

HHS Proposes Repeal of Two Trump Administration Rules on Guidance, Enforcement, and Adjudication Procedures

King & Spalding on 10/26/2021

On October 20, 2021, HHS published in the Federal Register a proposal to repeal two final rules issued during the Trump administration. The final rules up for repeal are the “Department of Health and Human Services Good...more

The Biden Administration Puts the Burden on Employers

Smith Anderson on 9/16/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced several updates to his plan for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Although media reports have led some to believe that President Biden’s actions have imposed an immediately...more

Administration Actions Regarding COVID Protocols For Federal Contractors and Large Employers

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 9/13/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued orders that have the intent of requiring employers to mandate that their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing and other restrictions. ...more

President Biden Issues Executive Order Including Provisions To Promote Generic Drug and Biosimilar Competition in the American...

Goodwin on 7/20/2021

On July 9, President Biden issued an Executive Order regarding competition in various sectors of the United States economy, including the healthcare market. Among the 72 initiatives set forth in the Order are instructions...more

Revocation of the “Public Charge” Rule

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law on 3/16/2021

Readers of our blog know that Haider, Alex and I have a longstanding interest in the intersection of health care law and immigration law. That’s important for our blog, especially because of the needs of the immigrant...more

Top 12 Biden Executive Orders Related to Healthcare and COVID-19

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/16/2021

During President Biden’s first few weeks in office, he signed 30 executive orders (EO), many of which are designed to improve and protect the safety, well-being, and future of the United States. This blog post provides a high...more

Affordable Care Act: Executive Actions and Legislative Outlook

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/5/2021

On January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, responsive to Democrats’ longstanding commitment to “roll back Trump’s health care sabotage [of the...more

President Biden Orders Special Enrollment Period for Federal Marketplaces and Review of Policies “Inconsistent” with ACA and...

King & Spalding on 2/5/2021

On January 28, 2021, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act” which, among other things, ordered a special enrollment period (SEP) for the federal Health Insurance...more

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