11/15/2024 5:52:09 AM Proposed Rule Could Enhance Contraceptive Coverage If It Survives New Administration By Brittney Cafero Ellen Pighini On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Labor Department, and the Treasury Department (collectively “the...
1/10/2023 7:44:38 PM HHS proposes update to Part 2 confidentiality regulations to align with HIPAA By Vicki Tankle Craig Anderson Arielle Lusardi The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a proposed rule that would streamline the federal regulations governing the...
12/23/2021 7:10:15 PM Future of discount safe harbor for prescription drugs remains uncertain By Ryan Pate In November 2020, four months after the Trump Administration issued a series of Executive Orders reiterating its policy goals on reducing...
9/3/2021 11:00:01 AM No Surprises Act: Time to revisit balance billing prohibitions in hospital-based physician professional services agreements with hospitals? By Tom Greeson James Hennessy Effective January 1, 2022, common prohibitions against “balance billing” under hospital professional service contracts will likely become...
7/15/2021 9:45:40 PM Consensus among HHS agencies on addressing social determinants of health through better data capture, interoperability By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Over the last decade, members of the medical and public health communities around the world have widely studied and acknowledged the...
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...
10/2/2020 7:36:05 PM Patient access to health information at the forefront of government initiatives and scrutiny By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Even amidst the chaos of a global pandemic, this year multiple U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have dialed in...
3/11/2020 11:20:30 AM HHS Finalizes Healthcare Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued eagerly anticipated and hotly debated companion interoperability and...
1/17/2020 8:21:23 PM HHS Boosts Civil Monetary Penalties Again By Debra McCurdy The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just published its “annual” inflation update to civil monetary penalty amounts...