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On October 28, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ('CMS') announced the latest states to participate in the voluntary state total cost of care ('TCOC') model: the All-Payer [...]

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 [...]

Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services ('HHS') released a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act ('ACA'), which prohibits discrimination in health programs [...]

The amendments to the Bulgarian Public Health Act (PHA), introduced on 8October2024, are aimed at modernising the healthcare system, enhancing data management and improving patient care. They prioritise the transition [...]

Health care issues remain among American voters' top concerns heading into the 2024 general election, and former President Trump and Vice President Harris have starkly different approaches and records on [...]

Introduction Recently, the Nigerian government unveiled a National Policy on Health Workforce Migration to address the growing issue of healthcare worker migration. There has been a severe scarcity of qualified [...]

Vietnam's health ministry has a plan to improve healthcare benefits and lower out-of-pocket costs through increased employee and employer contributions to the public healthcare system. Employer Action Code: Monitor The [...]

Tennessee legislators have made significant progress in reforming the burdensome certificate of need (CON) requirements for establishing new health care facilities and services in Tennessee. Tennessee's CON law has historically [...]

Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a [...]

As the 30th year of the Conrad 30 program approaches in September 2024, it is appropriate to look back on the successful role it has played in expanding access to [...]

On March 1, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury approved New York's section 1332 waiver that expands affordable coverage to additional groups of New Yorkers. [...]

BACKGROUND Indonesia's healthcare sector has undergone a significant transformation with the enactment of the Omnibus Health Law (Law No. 17 of 2023). This law, coming into force in August 2023, [...]

Alvarez & Marsal have been working in Saudi Arabia to help local healthcare services providers evolve and improve their business operations. Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health has embarked on a [...]

A controversial healthcare reform proposal in Colombia that would shift control of healthcare system funding from private companies to the government is moving forward in the approval process. Employer Action [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services ('HHS') has released a concept paper outlining its new cybersecurity strategies for the health care sector, identifying cybersecurity priorities, potential future regulations and [...]

self 11.30.2023 Hosts Phil Kim and Sara Shanti introduce Health-e Law, a new podcast produced by Sheppard Mullin's Digital Health Team focusing on the exciting and sometimes explosive interaction between [...]

self 12.07.2023 Welcome to Health-e Law, Sheppard Mullin's podcast addressing the fascinating health-tech topics and trends of the day. Our digital health legal team, alongside brilliant experts and thought-leaders, share [...]

On December 7, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are collaborating to promote [...]

Kenya enacts laws to create universal public healthcare to protect workers against medical costs, funded by employee contributions and government allocations. Employer Action Code: Act The president has signed into [...]

GovernorGavinNewsom recently signed multiple bills into law as part of California's ongoing efforts to safeguard access to reproductive and gender affirming health care. The new laws are intended to increase [...]

Over the past several weeks, Congressional Republicans have indicated they are gearing up to tackle various health policy issues - and have offered health stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback [...]

On April 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ('CMS') released the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs Final Rule ('Final Rule'), which will be codified at [...]

The recently released New York State Executive Budget for 2024 includes proposed legislation that would significantly expand the state's regulatory authority over healthcare transactions. The bill introduces Article 45-A 'Review [...]

Key Takeaways The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 funds the federal government through fiscal year 2023, including funding for the Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies. It makes [...]

A weekly dose of healthcare policy news LEGISLATIVE UPDATES Congress This Week: 118th Congress Convenes Welcome to the 118th Congress. This session of Congress is convening on the heels of [...]

The results of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections-during which voters were focused on the economy, public safety, and health care and abortion issues-will have longstanding consequences for the development of [...]

Last year, we published a blog post detailing certain laws that went into effect, geared toward initiating reform in nursing homes licensed under Articles 28 of the New York Public [...]

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments on the creation of a national directory of healthcare providers and services that [...]

On Tuesday, October 11, Treasury and IRS issued final regulations amending the regulations under the Affordable Care Act ('ACA') regarding the affordability determination for an employee's family members of employer-sponsored [...]

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), P.L. 117-169, which became law on August 16th, included some of the most consequential prescription drug pricing reforms ever passed by Congress. This week marked [...]

A summary of the key salient points of the latest legislative proposal to end the special status of all retained EU legislation in the UK domestic law by the end [...]

This opinion regards a proposed restructuring of financial relationships, which includes the forgiveness of debt, between a health system and a nearby clinic. The full text of Advisory Opinion 22-17, [...]

Today, President Biden enacted H.R. 3967, a bipartisan Act crafted to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, such as in the water contamination crisis at [...]

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what's happening in Washington, D.C. could impact your business. Senate Scrambles [...]

Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022. After the so-called 'vote-a-rama,' that lasted all night and into the morning last Saturday / Sunday, the Senate finally voted to pass the Act through [...]

Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) shocked Washington, D.C. when they announced an agreement around a budget reconciliation package that includes clean energy and health care provisions and [...]

As of the end of the legislative session last month, the strong effort to repeal the Certificate of Need Program-CON is the regulatory program by which providers of important healthcare [...]

More than 13 million people were enrolled in Medi-Cal in California in September 2021, making it the largest Medicaid program in the nation. In December 2021, the Centers for Medicare [...]

Quebec's Premier and Health Minister announced with great enthusiasm that a reform of Quebec's health system is in the works. One of the main pillars of this reform is the [...]

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ('PHE') fundamentally changed the healthcare industry, forcing healthcare providers and patients onto their computers and phones to enable continuation of care when patients were mandated [...]

With the second session of the 117th Congress underway, stakeholders are poised for another busy legislative session set against the dynamic backdrop of an ongoing global pandemic and midterm election [...]

Below is Alston & Bird's Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; [...]

As the pandemic continues to shine a bright light on inequalities in health care access in the U.S., policy responses to the pandemic have the potential to pave the way [...]

The long-awaited Health and Care Bill was introduced to parliament this week, to begin the legislative process that is anticipated to see it brought into law by April 2022. As [...]

The publication of NHS England and NHS Improvement's Design Framework for Integrated Care Systems ahead of draft legislation, due in the forthcoming weeks, sets out minimum standards and expectations, and [...]

The Department of Labor (DOL), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, Agencies) issued final regulations in November 2020 requiring non-grandfathered group [...]

On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final rules, effective as of January 19, 2021 (with limited exception), amending and updating the Stark Law,1 [...]

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed changes to the required Privacy Notice under the HIPAA privacy regulations. If finalized, these would be the first [...]

HHS Finalizes New Protections under the AKS and Stark Law for Value-Based Arrangements and Other Significant Revisions to Modernize Fraud and Abuse Rules On Friday, November 20, 2020, the Department [...]

On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule (the 'Final Rule') that provides for significant changes to [...]