11/30/2023 1:04:36 AM Senate Bill Would Create Drug Pricing Floor On Part D Reimbursement to Certain Pharmacies, Make Other Pharmacy Contracting Changes By Robert Hill Matthew Loughran On Nov. 8, 2023, the Senate Finance Committee voted 26-0 to approve the Better Mental Health, Lower Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act. Among...
11/29/2023 12:26:47 AM Artificial Intelligence at the White House and on the Hill: A look at implications for health care By Wendell Bartnick Vanessa Perumal Recent efforts by the federal government to develop a strategy for guiding (and regulating) the use of artificial intelligence (AI) have...
11/17/2023 1:26:51 PM CMS Finalizes Nursing Home Ownership Rule By Carol Loepere Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its final rule that requires nursing homes enrolled in Medicare and...
11/15/2023 4:32:06 PM No Criminal Charges for Cooperative Medicare Advantage Organization By Sarah Cummings Stewart Ryan Pate On October 26, 2023, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a Miami federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a...
11/14/2023 12:22:37 PM California labor code development: Covered health care employees to receive increase in minimum wage By Garrett Parks Brandon Nhan Nhan Paul Pitts New minimum wage requirements have been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, establishing five comprehensive minimum wage schedules...
11/7/2023 6:46:53 PM HHS OIG Issues General Guidance as First Step in Effort to Modernize Compliance Guidance By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Lesley Reynolds Matthew Loughran As promised back in April in an announcement of its plans to modernize compliance program guidance, the Department of Health and Human...
11/2/2023 12:55:00 PM OIG Issues Unfavorable Advisory Opinion Concerning Pathology Lab’s Proposed Purchased Services Arrangements By James Hennessy Brittney Cafero Jessica Christensen On September 28, 2023, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion...