News & Analysis as of September 13, 2024

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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +

McDermottPlus Check-Up: April 26, 2024

McDermott+ on 4/26/2024

A Quiet Healthcare Week on Capitol Hill. Congress was largely in recess this week, although the Senate returned briefly to complete consideration of a long-awaited foreign aid bill. Both chambers will return to session the...more

Medi-Cal Rx: California to Transition Medi-Cal Pharmacy Benefits to Fee-For-Service

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/12/2021

On April 1, 2021, the California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) will be transitioning all Medi-Cal pharmacy benefits from managed care to fee-for-service (“FFS”). This new system to administer FFS pharmacy...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

Ignorance is Not Bliss: Get to Know the OIG FY 2016 Work Plan

Polsinelli on 11/17/2015

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) recently released its FY 2016 Work Plan, in which it identified key areas of focus for the upcoming year. Consistent with its mandate to detect...more

HHS Issues Proposed 340B Program Omnibus Guidance: Five Things to Watch

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/29/2015

The 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program), established by Section 602 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of HHS. The 340B Program requires...more

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