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Fourth Circuit Rules that State Health Plans Must Cover Gender-Affirming Care

ArentFox Schiff on 5/9/2024

Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision holding that state health care plans in North Carolina and West Virginia must cover gender-affirming surgeries. A copy of the decision, Kadel v....more

Understanding the Impact of Federal Conscience Rights on Health Care Employers: Navigating Legal Protections and the 2023 Final...

Amundsen Davis LLC on 2/27/2024

Conscientious objection in health care is the refusal of a health care professional to provide or participate in the delivery of a legal, medically appropriate health care service to a patient because of personal beliefs. ...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

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/18/2016

1. Congress - Senate - FDA Supports Expanded Authority Over Cosmetics - In an Oct. 5 letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says its current legal authority over...more

HHS Final Rule Extends Anti-Discrimination Protection to Transgender Patients

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/5/2016

This past May, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/10/2015

Colorado’s uninsured rate is down 9 percentage points in four years; Michigan requests increased cost-sharing for its Medicaid expansion population above the federal poverty line; and, HHS’s proposed guidance strengthens...more

Transgender Woman Seeks Coverage Under ACA

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 5/5/2014

A transgender woman recently filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois against her primary care physician, as well as the not-for-profit health-care clinic with which her physician is...more

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