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Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services: 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Would Expand Access and Medicare Coverage

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/30/2024

On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) for the calendar year 2025. The Proposed Rule would implement certain provisions of the...more

HHS Announces Continuing Telehealth Flexibilities Following the End of the COVID-19 PHE

King & Spalding on 5/22/2023

On May 10, 2023, HHS announced that many telehealth and teleprescribing flexibilities will remain in place after the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. Congress extended many telehealth...more

Washington Healthcare Update - August 2020 #2

McGuireWoods Consulting on 8/11/2020

This week in Washington: Senate stays in session this week as negotiations on the COVID-19 package continue, but is not expecting votes; House remains in district work period....more

State Strategies to Support Access to SUD Treatment Services Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/23/2020

Editor’s Note: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governors were looking for ways to strengthen substance use disorder (SUD) provider capacity as part of their comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic. With the...more

OIG October 2018 Work Plan Update

Baker Donelson on 10/29/2018

The OIG added five new items to its Work Plan in the October 2018 update: (1) childcare provider compliance with criminal background check requirements; (2) early results from Opioid State Targeted Response Grants; (3)...more

Health Care Policy Newsletter - June 2018 pt 3

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/26/2018

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

Alston & Bird Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 6/25/2018

Alston & Bird’s Week in Review provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and Congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health...more

K&L Gates Triage: Opioid Epidemic: Update on Policy Issues in Washington, DC.

K&L Gates LLP on 3/1/2018

In the third episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Amanda Makki and Corbin Santo provide an overview of how the Trump Administration and Congress may address the opioid epidemic this year....more

21st Century Cures Act Includes Several Noteworthy Mental Health and Substance Use Provisions

Stinson LLP on 2/3/2017

The 21st Century Cures Act (Act), enacted in December 2016, has received widespread coverage for funding biomedical research and streamlining the drug approval process. The Act also includes the Helping Families in Mental...more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 4/28/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On April 21, 2016, CMS issued a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program: FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.” This...more

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