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Regs, Regs and More Regs: The Biden Administration Releases Spring 2024 Unified Agenda

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We are in the midst of a storm of regulations that are being released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more

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Lawsuit Claims UnitedHealthcare Uses AI to Deny Majority of Medicare Advantage Extended-Care Facility Claims

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As the healthcare industry has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in its claims determination process, litigation has ensued. In a recent class action lawsuit, plaintiffs claim that UnitedHealthcare used its...more

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What is a Medicare Flex Card?

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Some Medicare Advantage beneficiaries receive Medicare flex cards, pre-paid debit cards for qualifying expenses, as part of their benefits. The U.S. government does not issue Medicare flex cards. This benefit is only...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Preemption and Exhaustion Requirements Thwart Medicare Advantage Plan Members’ Ability to Hold Health Insurers Accountable

Most states have statutes or common law that allow an insurance policyholder to bring a civil action and seek more than just compensatory damages (e.g., punitive damages) when her insurance company denies coverage in bad...more

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Insurers buck-raking big time off Medicare Advantage

​​​​​​​The nation’s biggest health insurers are gaming a giant program to provide health coverage to seniors, exploiting the privatization of Medicare Advantage plans to rake in profits with schemes that have drawn fire from...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Families First Coronavirus Response Act Imposes Benefit Mandates on Insurers and Group Health Plans

In a much needed sign of bipartisanship, the Senate passed and President Trump signed last night the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The new law is effective today and requires insurers and group health plans to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

“A Slice” of the 2019 ILTCI Conference

Drinker Biddle is pleased to present you with this recap—or “a slice” of the 2019 ILTCI Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Year after year, the ILTCI Conference is jam-packed with opportunities to reconnect with and learn from...more

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Aetna-Humana Merger Blocked

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The District of Columbia federal court recently ruled that a proposed $37 billion merger between health insurance giants Aetna and Humana cannot proceed, granting the US Department of Justice’s bid to block the combination on...more

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Mega-Mergers Highlight Risk to Health Care Providers

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Consolidation in health insurance markets can injure hospitals and doctors by creating buyer-side market power that can force providers to accept below-market prices, limit patients’ access to care, and reduce innovation in...more

Carlton Fields

Phishing for Cybersecurity Coverage: When is a Fraud a “Computer Fraud”?

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In late June, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court ruling that there was no coverage for a health insurance company policyholder, under a “Computer Systems Fraud” rider issued by its insurer, for an underlying...more

Baker Donelson

Health Insurers Announce Merger Plans; Congress Announces Intention to Review

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In the last few months, several of the largest commercial health insurers in the nation have announced their intentions to merge. First, Aetna (currently the nation’s third largest health insurer by revenue) announced its...more

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CMS Finally Releases Proposed Rules for Medicaid Managed Care

On Friday, Mintz Levin Health Law and ML Strategies posted an advisory on CMS’s proposed Medicaid Managed Care rules. This advisory provides contextual background, a helpful overview of the rule’s contents, and an in-depth...more

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Insurer Wrongfully Passed Sequestration Cuts Through to Providers

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A Pennsylvania judge found, on May 6, 2015, that a Medicare Advantage Plan had no right under its participation agreements to pass CMS sequestration reductions through to participating providers. Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr....more

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