7/14/2025 2:18:44 AM Reconciliation Bill Blocks Funding For Family Planning Services, Reproductive Health, and Related Medical Care By Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less This is the first in a series of blog posts designed to provide a deeper dive into the provisions of the 2025 Reconciliation Law...
7/6/2025 2:30:16 AM Senate Version of Reconciliation Bill Becomes Law By Matthew Loughran On July 4, President Trump got his wish and was able to hold a signing ceremony for the Reconciliation Bill that put into effect many of...
5/23/2025 7:47:57 PM Breaking down the Health Care Impacts of the One Big [Reconciliation] Bill By Scot T. Hasselman Carol Loepere Matthew Loughran After 28 hours of deliberation including a marathon Rules Committee meeting that saw more than 500 proposed Democratic amendments, the...
11/13/2024 1:59:01 PM 2024 Election Results Could Mean Significant Restrictions on Reproductive Rights By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less The 2024 elections created a bit of a mixed result for reproductive rights in the United States. A number of states passed ballot...
4/26/2024 2:28:00 AM HHS Modifies HIPAA Privacy Rule to Shield Reproductive Health Information from Third Party Access By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds Nicole Aiken-Shaban Whitney Petrie Taber Rueter Matthew Loughran +3 more... Show less In a final rule published on April 26, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) amends the HIPAA Privacy Rule to bolster...
1/9/2024 10:26:55 PM HHS Repeals Most of 2019 Health Care Conscience Protection Rule By Matthew Loughran The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule today governing federal protections for health care workers...
4/24/2023 5:41:27 PM Proposed changes to HIPAA highlight increased demands for third party access to reproductive health data By Catherine David Brad Rostolsky Smita Patil Whitney Petrie Adriana Santomero +2 more... Show less On Monday, April 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice of proposed...
4/12/2023 1:33:50 PM Mifepristone Cases – Our Thoughts By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less On April 7, 2023, only minutes apart, two federal district courts issued rulings on cases challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s...
8/1/2022 5:29:39 PM Supreme Court judgment triggers abortion bans in states, legislative action in others By Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Lara Parkin Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less The U.S. Supreme Court on July 26 issued its judgment in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, officially setting in motion...
7/6/2022 3:27:29 AM Unanswered Questions on Privacy and Employment from Supreme Court Overturn of Roe v. Wade By Matthew Loughran As the health care industry as a whole comes to grips with the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in...
6/27/2022 1:28:46 PM Unanswered Questions for Employee Benefits Plans from Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade By Matthew Loughran Now that U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the implications of that action will be felt...
6/25/2022 12:00:00 PM Supreme Court Overturns Roe and Casey By Sarah Cummings Stewart Lesley Reynolds Matthew Loughran In an opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito and joined by four of the other conservatives, The Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson...
6/17/2022 12:00:00 PM Unanswered questions for pharmacies if Supreme Court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade By Matthew Loughran As noted in an earlier post here, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue an opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case...