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CMS Releases CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1, 2024, released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more

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CMS Rules Propose Changes Regarding the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program, Refundable Drugs, Skin Supplements...

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On July 31, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its mammoth proposed rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Calendar Year 2025 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other...more

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Medicare Overpayments: CMS Proposes Regulation Establishing Six Month Suspended Deadline for 60-Day Refund Rule

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The 60-day Refund Rule, created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act, requires providers to report and return Medicare and Medicaid overpayments within 60 days of identifying them. See Section 1128J(d) of the Social Security Act,...more

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DOBI Bulletin No. 24-05: Expansion of Unwinding Special Enrollment Period; Six-Month Guaranteed Issue Right for Medicare...

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The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) issued Bulletin 24-05 on May 14, 2024 updating Bulletin 24-03 to expand the unwinding special enrollment period and clarify the guaranteed issue period for Medicare...more

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

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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

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 12, 2023

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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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Mintz IRA Update — The First Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act: A Year in Review

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August 16, 2023 marked the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”). The first 365 days since the IRA’s passage brought the implementation of a number of significant changes to the Medicare...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 12, 2023

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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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This Week in 340B: August 2023 #2

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This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

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CMS Releases Its List of 43 Part B Rebatable Drugs for Q3: Inflation Reduction Act Updates

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On June 9, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its next list of Part B drugs subject to the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program’s adjusted coinsurance rates (“Rebatable Drugs”) from...more

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[Event] 21st Annual Rx Drug Pricing Boot Camp - May 4th - 5th, New York City, NY

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The American Conference Institute is hosting the 21st Annual Rx Drug Pricing Boot Camp in New York. With both federal and state law makers engaging in greater scrutiny of prescription drug pricing, now is the time when...more

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CMS Begins Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act: Medicare Issues List of Drugs and Biologics Subject to Inflation Rebates

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169) (the Act) contained an array of novel prescription drug provisions, which we described in our August 29, 2022, alert. On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, the Centers for...more

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HHS Issues Report Outlining Three New Drug Models for Testing by CMMI

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On February 14, 2023, and in response to Executive Order 14087 (“Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans”), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a report announcing the selection of three models that...more

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

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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

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - September 2022

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Inflation Reduction Act: Stakeholders and commentators continue to review H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), which became law on Aug. 16, 2022. Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce and...more

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With Inflation Reduction Act Signed, Other Health Policy Issues Ahead for Congress

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Congress ended a busy work period after passing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last week. This Holland & Knight alert summarizes the healthcare provisions in the IRA and provides an outlook on health policy issues that may...more

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U.S. Senate Passes Significant Drug Pricing Reform in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

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​​​​​​​On August 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes some of the most significant drug pricing-related changes since the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement...more

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Digital Health Implications of Recent HHS Anti-Discrimination Proposed Rule

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On July 25, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a new proposed rule (subsequently published in the Federal Register on August 4) on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits...more

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HHS Proposes Rule Strengthening Section 1557 Protections Against Nondiscrimination in Health Activities

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​​​​​​​On Aug. 4, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its proposed rule, Nondiscrimination in Health Care and Activities (Proposed Rule), to revise its regulations pertaining to Section 1557 of the...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - August 2022

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: The Senate is expected to vote on a revised version of H.R. 5376 (the Build Back Better Act, or BBBA), now styled as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The House originally passed H.R. 5376...more

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PAMA Laboratory Reporting In Flux: ACLA Wins HHS Lawsuit and Congress Introduces PAMA Amendment Legislation

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Important developments related to required price reporting to Medicare for clinical laboratories under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) have recently occurred. As a result, the clinical laboratory...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - July 2022 #2

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: Democrats renewed their efforts to pass drug pricing reform measures in the form of a revised H.R. 5376 (the Build Back Better Act, or BBBA). Democrats intend to adopt the BBBA as part of the budget...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - May 2022

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: In advance of the midterm elections in November, discussion continues in Congress and among stakeholders of drug pricing reform measures, including those that were originally part of H.R. 5376 (the...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - April 2022 #2

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: Senators, Representatives, and stakeholders continue to discuss some of the drug price reform measures that were originally part of H.R. 5376 (the Build Back Better Act, or BBBA). ...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - January 2022

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: The pathway to Senate passage of H.R. 5376 (the Build Back Better Act, or BBBA) is unclear, following Senator Joe Manchin’s withdrawal of his support for the measure. The BBBA is an approximately...more

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