11/13/2025 3:33:34 AM Government Reopens . . . What Now? By Matthew Loughran The U.S. House of Representatives voted 222 to 209 to pass the Senate amendment to the continuing resolution, effectively ending the...
11/5/2025 2:41:39 AM CMS Makes Permanent Virtual Direct Supervision for Diagnostic Tests By Tom Greeson Paul Pitts James Hennessy Smita Patil Matthew Loughran Liyun Huang +3 more... Show less On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the Calendar Year 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...
10/23/2025 6:15:26 PM A Pharmacy Benefit Overhaul In California By Paul Pitts Robert Hill Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 41 materially reshaping the regulation of pharmacy benefit management, reimbursement,...
10/16/2025 3:40:13 PM Reed Smith to host Virtual Life Sciences CLE Week Nov. 3 through Nov. 7 By Matthew Loughran For anyone working in the health and life sciences industries and looking to complete a few final CLE hours before the end of 2025, Reed...
10/15/2025 3:11:06 PM New California Law Expanding Health Care Transaction Oversight Impacts Private Equity and MSOs By Paul Pitts Smita Patil Governor Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 1415 (AB 1415) into law, which significantly expands the state’s health care transaction...
10/9/2025 2:04:28 PM California’s New Restrictions on Private Equity in Health Care: What Health Providers and Investors Need to Know By Paul Pitts Smita Patil On October 6, 2025, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 351 (SB 351), introducing new restrictions on private equity and hedge...
9/25/2025 4:00:57 PM What could a Government Shutdown mean for the Health Care Industry? By Matthew Loughran September 30 is the end of Fiscal Year 2025 for the federal government. If the Congress does not pass a continuing resolution or the...
9/12/2025 11:23:16 PM OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Donations to Foundation to Support Therapy Services By Craig Anderson The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a favorable advisory opinion on an arrangement...
9/9/2025 4:15:34 PM HHS Announces Crackdown on Health Data Blocking By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle In the first week of September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a renewed enforcement focus on...
9/9/2025 1:32:40 PM Texas Senate Bill No. 922 – 72-Hour Hold on Electronic Release of Sensitive Test Results By Tom Greeson Matthew Loughran Liyun Huang Texas has enacted a groundbreaking new law – Texas Senate Bill No. 922 (“S.B. 922”) that changes the way certain sensitive medical test...
8/29/2025 2:39:34 PM CMS Proposes Changes to Average Sales Price Calculations for Part B Drug Reimbursement By Joseph Metro Matthew Loughran In its 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed additional...
8/21/2025 1:55:17 PM HHS issues No Surprises Act FAQs in response to Fifth Circuit vacating prior panel opinion By Megan K. Ali The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), along with several other agencies (the Departments of Labor and Treasury, as...
8/19/2025 10:45:51 PM HHS-OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion to Device Manufacturer under the Small Entity Safe Harbor By Jessica Christensen The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-09 on August 12,...
8/15/2025 10:09:17 PM CMS Announces Health Tech Ecosystem Initiative By Samantha Beck The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced a Health Tech Ecosystem initiative, developed in response to a May...
8/12/2025 2:25:42 PM CMS makes changes to Medicare Part D bid parameters for 2026 By Taber Rueter The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced preliminary Medicare Part D bid parameters for year 2026 to help plan...
8/11/2025 2:21:04 PM Sixth Circuit Likely Next to Consider FCA’s Constitutionality Under Article II By Sarah Cummings Stewart Selina Coleman On July 28, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio certified for interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of...