Insights on Federal & State Health Policy
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Health Care Partner Stephanie Trunk will participate in the External Counsel Fireside Chat at Informa Connect’s Pricing & Contracting USA 2025 conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 21.
The ArentFox Schiff Life Sciences team takes a look at what changes may impact life sciences companies in 2025.
President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14187, “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” represents a significant shift in federal policy regarding gender-affirming care (GAC) for minors.
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas A. Grimm was quoted by Relias Media, urging hospitals and health care providers to prepare for potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at their locations, following the Trump administration’s revocation of policies that previously made hospitals off-limits for immigration enforcement.
On March 27, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a significant restructuring initiative in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative.”
On January 20, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded 2021 guidelines that previously designated hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities as “protected areas” and limited immigration enforcement actions in or near such locations.
On January 20, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded 2021 guidelines that prohibited immigration enforcement actions in or near medical and health care facilities and other protected areas. Hospitals and other health care facilities should consider the impact this policy change may have on their workforces and patient populations and develop appropriate protocols for responding to an immigration enforcement action on their premises.
With 2025 underway, the AFS Health Care team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing the health care industry this year.
In the final days of the Biden Administration, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The NPRM proposes sweeping changes that impact how health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates (collectively, regulated entities) implement, document, and maintain safeguards for electronic protected health information (ePHI). OCR is accepting public comments on the NPRM through March 7.
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas A. Grimm was quoted by Law360, urging hospital leaders and lawyers across the country to start implementing new strategies after the Trump Administration pulled back a Biden Administration 2021 directive to avoid immigration enforcement at certain locations, including hospitals.
In November, we wrote about Massachusetts legislative and regulatory updates that impact both nursing homes and assisted living residences.
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas Grimm will co-lead a CLE webinar on the new 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Final Rule process for the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Education Center on November 7, 2024.
How Massachusetts senior living providers need to be thinking about the recently enacted Long Term Care Reform Law and a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services audit of nursing homes.
In a significant move toward regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, Assembly Bill (AB) 3030 will require health facilities, clinics, and physician practices in California to provide disclaimers to patients about their use of generative AI (GenAI).
On September 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047, one of the most ambitious efforts yet to establish a comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework in the United States.
On September 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 3129. The proposed law sought to regulate health care transactions involving private equity and hedge funds.
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas A. Grimm was quoted by Law360 discussing the lack of regulation surrounding the use of AI within health care.
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas Grimm co-led a September 12, 2024 Strafford CLE webinar for health care practitioners on the recent notable US Supreme Court decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
On April 26, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Final Rule that adds protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule designed to support the privacy of reproductive health care.
With 2024 well underway, this article highlights some of the pressing legal issues impacting the long term care and senior housing industry this year, including trends affecting the industry and emerging issues industry participants likely will face throughout the rest of 2024 and beyond.
As we predicted at the end of the 117th Congress, 2023 was a year of progress for advocates of Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reform.
On January 30, a federal jury found six people guilty of federal civil rights offenses arising from their participation in a blockade of a reproductive health care clinic in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.
With 2024 underway, ArentFox Schiff highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the health care industry this year.
Health Care Partner Stephanie Trunk will present at the Healthcare Distribution Alliance’s (HDA) 2023 Distribution Management Conference on March 13.
On January 23, 2023 the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau released a Declaratory Ruling addressing a request for clarification submitted by US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).