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McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 7, 2024

McDermott+ on 6/7/2024

House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing with Fauci. The hearing aimed to gather more information on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by Anthony Fauci, MD, former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 3, 2024

McDermott+ on 5/6/2024

House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Legislative Hearing on Improving Medicaid Access. Daniel Tsai, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), testified. Members...more

DOJ Releases COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force Report Touting Its Successes and Urging Lawmakers to Enact New Legislation

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/19/2024

The government’s continued dedication of resources to investigating and prosecuting fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs appears to have borne fruit according to the results of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 16, 2023

McDermott+ on 6/16/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 26, 2023

McDermott+ on 5/30/2023

The House was in session this week, while the Senate was in recess. The House Energy & Commerce Committee continued its work on healthcare by advancing six bills that address competition, transparency and access to care. The...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: April 28, 2023

McDermott+ on 5/2/2023

Congress was in session, and it was a busy healthcare week at the committee level, with six hearings focused specifically on health issues. On the House floor, Republicans passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act—a bill that raises...more

Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/6/2023

Introduction On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (the “Act”). The Act provides for nearly $1.7 trillion in funding across a range of domestic initiatives, including certain...more

Health Care in the FY 2023 Omnibus

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 1/5/2023

On Dec. 23, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. The legislation was passed by the Senate (68-29) on Dec. 22 and the House (225-201-1) on Dec. 23. The bill provides...more

California Passes New Law Requiring Physicians and their Employers to Notify Patients about the Open Payments Database

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 10/11/2022

A new California law (AB 1278) will require physicians and their employers to provide patients with several forms of notices about the Open Payments database, starting January 1, 2023. The law is intended to increase...more

More Changes in Store for Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Following Passage of Inflation Reduction Act

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/23/2022

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into federal law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which, among other priorities for the Biden administration, addresses prescription drug costs and drug prices in the Medicare...more

Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan Act; Bill Heads to House and Then to President Biden

King & Spalding on 3/11/2021

On Saturday, March 6, 2021, by a vote of 50-49, the Senate amended and approved the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which is reconciliation legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief. The House of...more

Medicaid Provisions in COVID-19 Relief Package

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law on 12/30/2020

Here at the Medicaid and the Law Blog, we spent part of our holiday break reading through the most recent COVID-19 relief package that was finally signed into law by President Trump amid a not-insignificant amount of drama. ...more

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Implications for Medicaid

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law on 5/11/2020

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began to seriously affect the United States in March, Congress has passed four major pieces of legislation to address the public health crisis. CMS has also jumped into action and has issued a...more

Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/2/2018

Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

New Funding Legislation’s Impact on Health Care Programs

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/14/2018

Congress passed a funding bill early this morning just after the February 8th deadline. The new legislation will make several changes to the Medicare program, delay cuts to disproportionate share hospitals, provide two years...more

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #7

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 2/14/2018

Tax reform came to Georgia today with Governor Nathan Deal announcing the State’s response to last year’s federal tax reform. HB 918, carried by Deal’s floor leader Rep. Chuck Efstration (R-Dacula), allows Georgia taxpayers...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/23/2015

This Week: Leading Up to the SCOTUS King v. Burwell Decision... House Votes to Repeal the Medical Device Tax... CMS Announces It Will Bolster Transitional Reinsurance Payments... MedPAC Releases June Report to Congress....more

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