7/8/2025 2:37:52 AM HHS Announces Policy on Criminal Referrals for Regulatory Violations By Rebecca Jones McKnight Nancy Halstead Matthew Loughran The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new general policy on what factors the agency will take into...
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...
3/19/2025 11:58:38 PM Elimination of the Richardson Waiver Means Changes . . . But To What End? By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds David Bender Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less In February 1971, at the tail end of Richard Nixon’s first term, his Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Elliot Richardson,...
7/16/2024 3:09:36 PM HHS Finalizes Rule on Health Care Provider Information Blocking Penalties By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Garrison Ambrose Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”)...
6/17/2024 2:20:05 AM The end of Chevron? Webinar to follow highly anticipated Supreme Court decision By Selina Coleman David Bender As Reed Smith has previously covered, an issue before the Supreme Court that could be decided this week could bring a seismic shift in...
5/21/2024 3:30:26 PM FDA LDT Rule Begins Enforcement Discretion Phaseout, But Some Discretion Remains By Rebecca Jones McKnight Kevin Madagan Sarah Thompson Schick Akosua Tuffuor +1 more... Show less On May 14, 2024, FDA hosted a webinar to provide an overview of its final rule “Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests” as well as...
2/21/2024 1:46:24 AM Surprise Billing IDR Batched Dispute and Air-Ambulance Dispute Deadline Approaches By Matthew Loughran The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury (collectively, “the departments”)...
1/31/2024 2:19:25 AM CMS Issues RFI for Medicare Advantage Data By Scot T. Hasselman Nicole Aiken-Shaban Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less Building on prior requests for information and an increased focus on Medicare Advantage oversight, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
1/19/2024 3:43:01 AM Supreme Court Tackles Chevron And Could Change How Agencies Regulate The Health Care Industry By Selina Coleman David Bender On January 17, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in two cases—Relentless v. Dep’t of Commerce, and Loper...
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...
10/18/2023 4:33:45 AM The Latest Episode of the LDT Drama: FDA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule for Laboratory Developed Tests By Sarah Thompson Schick Rebecca Jones McKnight Matthew Loughran Kevin Madagan +1 more... Show less On October 31, FDA will be offering a webinar on its proposed rule ”Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests.” This webinar comes...
6/28/2023 4:53:07 PM DEA Adds Second Step to Reporting Procedure for Controlled Substance Theft or Loss By Janine Tougas Matthew Loughran The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has published a new final rule regarding reporting of theft or significant loss of controlled...
4/6/2023 7:46:13 PM Regulators and class action plaintiffs direct attention to health care websites’ and mobile apps’ use of third-party trackers By Matthew Loughran Health care and health care-adjacent organizations are seeing a steep increase in risk arising from the frequently utilized third-party...
2/13/2023 7:31:03 PM Agencies suspend No Surprises Act IDR payment determinations after court order By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran The three agencies that oversee the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process established by the No Surprises Act have notified...
2/8/2023 3:59:21 PM Portions of No Surprises Act IDR rule procedures set aside by federal court again By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran For the second time in 12 months, a federal district court has set aside provisions of the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute...
10/6/2022 3:08:27 PM Regulators increase scrutiny on preserving business communications on messaging apps By Matthew Loughran Health care and life science companies operating globally should be aware of the increased regulatory scrutiny in the U.S., the UK and...