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...
7/14/2025 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...
7/1/2025 1:54:45 PM Supreme Court Says Beneficiaries Have No Section 1983 Private Right of Action to Enforce Medicaid Provider Choice Provisions By Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker Roswill Mejia +1 more... Show less On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Medicaid beneficiaries have no recourse under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Section 1983) to...
6/23/2025 1:27:24 PM A Week that Changed Health Care Law By Matthew Loughran Well, that was quite a week. Even with a federal holiday right in the middle, there were a number of developments in health care law that...
6/19/2025 1:09:37 PM Federal Court Vacates 2024 Reproductive Health Privacy Rule By Vicki Tankle Nancy Halstead Angela Matney Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker +2 more... Show less Late on Wednesday June 18, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order...
12/12/2024 5:17:25 PM OCR Sets Precedent with Settlement Over Impermissible Disclosure of Reproductive Health Information By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Angela Matney Garrison Ambrose +1 more... Show less The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) will start to enforce compliance later this month with...
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...
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...
6/27/2024 3:16:58 AM Supreme Court Decision Leaves FDA Approval of Mifepristone Untouched, But For How Long? By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less This post was co-authored by Megan E. McWaters, a Reed Smith summer associate. In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned...
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...
3/27/2024 3:22:33 AM SCOTUS Arguments on Mifepristone Cases Focus on Standing and Remedy By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in the two consolidated cases challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
9/28/2023 3:13:54 AM GOP House Bill Proposes Repeal of Retail Pharmacy Dispensing of Mifepristone By Scot T. Hasselman Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran UPDATE: Late in the evening of September 28, the House defeated H.R. 4368 by a vote of 191-237, with 27 Republicans voting against the...
6/21/2023 6:07:43 PM HIPAA Privacy Rule commenters express concerns about privacy, health outcomes, LQBTQIA+ rights, and historical health care disparities By Catherine David The comment period for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR proposed changes to Privacy Rule...
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...