12/29/2020 6:23:07 PM Congress’s approval of Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (CHIRA) could mean significant antitrust changes for health insurers By William Sheridan Gregory Vose The U.S. Senate recently voted unanimously to approve the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Act), which the House of...
12/22/2020 6:40:47 PM Congress passes legislation impacting the Provider Relief Fund By Caitlin Chambers In the evening of December 21, 2020, both Houses of Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, H.R. 133. The sprawling,...
12/14/2020 7:46:21 PM HHS proposes important changes to key aspects of HIPAA Privacy Rule By Nancy Halstead Brad Rostolsky Vicki Tankle The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency that enforces the Health Insurance...
12/11/2020 3:43:37 PM Open for business in 2021 By Kelly Kearney Andrew Lu With 2020 coming to a close, businesses are looking ahead to 2021 and evaluating how they can stay open while keeping their employees and...
12/10/2020 9:43:20 PM Long-Awaited issuance of Section 340B ADR final rule By Joseph Metro James Segroves In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations to establish an...
12/1/2020 6:27:34 PM Marketers Beware: As COVID-19 cases increase, FDA, FTC increase efforts to crack down on fraudulent and deceptive marketing and sales of purported ‘Virus Cures’ By Kevin Madagan Alison Peters The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) have been fighting fraudulent and deceptive advertising...