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...
7/17/2025 1:57:13 PM Medicare Changes as a Result of 2025 Reconciliation Law Could Be Substantial By Paul Pitts Nancy Halstead Nicole Aiken-Shaban James Hennessy Matthew Loughran Liyun Huang +3 more... Show less This is the second in a series of blog posts designed to provide a deeper dive into the provisions of the 2025 Reconciliation Law...
6/2/2025 9:19:00 PM California Senate Passes Bill Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers By Paul Pitts The California Senate has approved SB 41, a bill now under consideration in the Assembly, that would impose new licensing, transparency,...
5/20/2025 10:03:49 PM MFN Drug Pricing Executive Order: New HHS release adds details on prices manufacturers expected to offer By Robert Hill Joseph Metro Andrew Lu Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less On May 12, 2025, the Trump Administration released Executive Order 14297, entitled “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing to...
7/1/2024 3:20:29 PM OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Drug Assistance Programs By Jessica Christensen The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion that relates...
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...
8/29/2023 1:33:59 PM CMS Announces Initial Part D Drug Price Negotiation List By Matthew Loughran The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the names of the top 10 drugs by Medicare spend on Aug. 29. The list is the...
9/29/2022 2:53:40 AM Analysis of Medicare Prescription Drug Pricing Changes in Inflation Reduction Act By Matthew Loughran The Inflation Reduction Act included some very significant changes to the ways in which the Medicare program handles drug pricing. Among...
9/7/2021 12:00:18 PM Seventh Circuit adopts Safeco objective reasonableness standard in the context of false claims act cases By Kristin Parker On August 12, 2021, the Seventh Circuit joined the Third, Eighth, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits in holding that the “objective reasonableness”...