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Health Care Partner Stephanie Trunk is presenting at the Healthcare Distribution Alliance’s 2022 Distribution Management Conference on March 8.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, hospitals and other health care providers are facing a separate challenge: “Ivermania”—the wave of lawsuits filed against hospitals by guardians of COVID-19 patients seeking court orders compelling the administration of Ivermectin.
On February 23, 2022, in what is being heralded as a significant victory for health care providers, a federal court in Texas vacated portions of the Biden Administration’s rules governing the arbitration procedures to resolve surprise billing disputes under the federal No Surprises Act (the Act).
On March 3, starting at 10:00 am EST, the FCC’s Connect2Health Task Force (Task Force) will host a virtual event titled: “The FCC Digital Health Symposium: Advancing Broadband Connectivity as a Social Determinant of Health.”
The FCC is requesting public comment on proposed reforms to the Rural Health Care Program to “promote program efficiency and ensure that rural healthcare providers receive appropriate levels of funding.”
Back in 2017, the state of Nevada passed a sweeping bill into law that addressed not only drug pricing transparency, but also reporting obligations applicable to pharmacy benefit managers and non-profit organizations and also imposed certain requirements on manufacturer sales forces.
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In December, the Supreme Court requested that U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar file a brief in John Doe 1 v. Express Scripts Inc., weighing in on whether the Court should hear a case about prescription drug costs.
The “core mission” of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure that the health care providers who care for Medicare and Medicaid patients protect their patients’ health and safety gives the agency broad authority to regulate the conduct and operations of participating providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the Proposed Rule) on January 12, 2022, in the Federal Register.
On January 14, 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, renewed the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) that was first declared on January 20, 2020.
Since prescription opioids were first introduced for pain treatment in the 1990s, the number of drug overdose deaths has quadrupled, and more than a half million Americans have died from an overdose involving an opioid.
Under legislation signed on December 31 by Governor Kathy Hochul, (S.3762/A. 1396; L2021, ch. 828), all pharmacy benefit managers operating in New York State will be required to register with the State Department of Financial Services (DFS) by April 1, 2022, and thereafter to be licensed.
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Beginning January 1, 2022, all state licensed or certified health care facilities and providers must follow extensive rules for providing a “good faith estimate” of health care charges to uninsured and self-pay patients prior to the provision of health care services.
The US Supreme Court heard oral argument to decide a circuit split and determine what ERISA requires of ERISA-governed pension plan fiduciaries with respect to investment fees and recordkeeping. A decision is expected in the first half of 2022.
Arent Fox is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Real Estate practice with the addition of Partner Robert B. Koonin and Associates Darius E. Niknamfard and Cindy Thomas.
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management issued this Fall their second long-awaited interim final rule implementing the federal No Surprises Act (the “Act”), titled “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part II.” As the end of the
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) calendar year 2022 rule finalizing changes to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B (the Final Rule) was published on November 19, 2021. The Final Rule takes effect January 1, 2022.
A handful of recent court decisions have brought a small degree of resolution and simultaneously a large degree of uncertainty to what we at Arent Fox affectionately refer to as the “340B Saga.”
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas Grimm will participate in the Healthcare M&A and Restructuring Outlook Webinar.
Join us for a lively conversation with Former US Senator Doug Jones, Former US Congressman Philip English, and our Washington team as they address upcoming Congressional policy proposals with outsize impacts on the Health Care, Higher Education, and the Nonprofit Sectors.
The FCC announced that it will host a “virtual roundtable” on Monday, December 6, 2021, starting at 10:00 a.m. EST that will focus on the FCC’s “telehealth initiatives and the benefits they can bring to communities across the country.”
Arent Fox Health Care Partner Debra Albin-Riley and Counsel Sarah Benator will participate in the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ 2021 Virtual Fall Seminar on November 19.
Twenty-five Arent Fox LLP practices have been recognized in the 2022 “Best Law Firms” rankings that are published annually by US News & World Report and Best Lawyers.