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Washington Healthcare Update - February 2024 #2

McGuireWoods Consulting on 2/13/2024

This Week in Washington: Senate Finance Committee holds hearing on AI use in healthcare; CMS makes corrections to 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Rates; House passes ban on QALYs....more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: May 23, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/25/2023

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. This week's topics include ... ...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: May 16, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/19/2023

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

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - June 2021 #2

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/22/2021

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 to dismiss for lack of standing a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought by Texas and other states. The states had...more

The Courts and Healthcare Policy - April 2021

McGuireWoods Consulting on 4/28/2021

2020 saw the courts continuing to play an important role in health policy with several notable lawsuits related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Several other Trump administration policies were challenged, including Medicare...more

Washington Healthcare Update - December 2020 #2

McGuireWoods Consulting on 12/15/2020

This week in Washington: Congress passes funding bill for an additional week to come up with full-year spending legislation to avoid a government shutdown....more

The 340B Contract Pharmacy Saga

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law on 9/24/2020

We are back again with another 340B post. The 340B program has recently been a regular feature on the blog in the context of ongoing litigation discussed here and here. Today, we wanted to provide readers the details of an...more

340B and Medicaid: Scope, Vulnerabilities and New Survey Findings

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/4/2020

The 340B Program’s Growing Scope - The 340B program has grown significantly in scope. According to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), as of January 1, 2018, the 340B program included 12,823 providers...more

GAO Recommends CMS, HRSA Improve 340B Duplicate Discount Oversight

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/5/2020

On January 27, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report concluding that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided limited oversight of the 340B and Medicaid Drug Rebate Programs,...more

A Flurry of Recent Activity Highlights Continued Interest in 340B Program Oversight

Baker Donelson on 1/30/2020

Four separate government releases coming over a three-week period have once again highlighted the intense interest in the 340B drug pricing program, with a federal agency and two government watchdog groups issuing guidance...more

2020 Starts Off with Two Government Publications Critical of 340B Program Oversight

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/14/2020

Less than two weeks into the new year, the federal government has released two new publications addressing concerns related to 340B Program oversight by both state and federal agencies. After a relatively quiet 2019, 340B...more

340B In The Spotlight – Key Program Developments

Polsinelli on 5/16/2019

In this issue, Polsinelli’s 340B and Reimbursement teams provide an update on the most recent developments in the ongoing 340B /Part B Payment litigation and also highlight recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”)...more

July 2018: Where Are We Now With 340B?

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/17/2018

It seems like every week, there are multiple new developments in the 340B program. While it has just been a few weeks since my last 340B blog post, since that time we have had another Senate hearing, a new GAO Report, a new...more

Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 pt 2

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/16/2018

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

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 6/19/2018

HOUSE OKs DOZENS OF OPIOID-RELATED BILLS; MORE VOTES SCHEDULED - The House last week approved 38 bills that lawmakers hope will stem the opioid epidemic, and it scheduled votes this week on at least a dozen more....more

White House Unveils Proposal on Drug Pricing

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/13/2018

On Feb. 9, 2018, the Trump Administration released a 30-page report analyzing domestic and global factors influencing drug pricing. The report by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is expected to inform the HHS' Fiscal...more

This Year May be a Game Changer for 340B Drug Discount Program, Take Two

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 1/18/2018

I previously said that the year 2014 may be a game-changer for the 340B Drug Discount Program. Increasing HRSA audits, a lawsuit over the 340B Orphan Drug Rule, and HRSA’s promise to issue a 340B mega-regulation, all pointed...more

Witnesses at Congressional Hearing on 340B Urge Congress To Give HRSA Broader Regulatory Authority

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/26/2017

On July 18, 2017, just days after CMS went public with its proposal to reduce Medicare Part B reimbursement to certain 340B covered entities, Congress held its first hearing on 340B Program Oversight since March 2015. A...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 7/15/2015

This Week: 21st Century Cures Legislation Passes House in Bipartisan Vote... CMS Releases Proposed CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Pay Rule... CMS Releases Final CY 2016 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...more

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