By Vasilios J. Kalogredis | August 8, 2017
On June 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would alter the Quality Payment Program (the new Medicare value-based reimbursement system) as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). CMS hopes the proposed rule will simplify the Quality Payment Program, especially for small, independent, rural practices, while also ensuring fiscal sustainability and high-quality care within Medicare.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 4, 2017
Nonreligious anti-abortion organizations are not exempt from the Affordable Care Act's mandate that their health insurers cover birth control in employees' insurance plans, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | August 4, 2017
9th Cir.; 15-55010 The court of appeals reversed a district court order. The court held that because the private administrator of a Federal Employee…
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By therecorder | The Recorder | August 4, 2017
C.A. 1st; A148614 The First Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that the trial court’s erroneous admission of case-specific…
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By Kristen Rasmussen | August 4, 2017
A proposal by the Democratic Party to create a new "price gouging enforcer" in the federal government to stop big price spikes in prescription medications—like the EpiPen—is being greeted by skepticism with health care law experts.
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By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | August 4, 2017
Last spring when the president and vice president met with members of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative male lawmakers, to determine the fate of maternity coverage in health care plans, as photos made abundantly clear, women were not at the table.
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By C. Ryan Barber | August 3, 2017
Robert Charrow, the Greenberg Traurig shareholder picked to serve as general counsel to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, pledged on Thursday to resist any efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act—regulations that Senate Democrats said remain the "law of the land" following the failure of Republican-backed reform legislation.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | August 3, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Wednesday that the DOJ has formed a unit specifically to combat opioid-related health care fraud by physicians, pharmacies and other health care providers.
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | August 3, 2017
Trial Court Erred in Precluding Expert Testimony Using Reasonable Scientific Evidence Other Than Epidemiological Studies to Reject Such Studied Cited by Defendants
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By Kristen Rasmussen | August 2, 2017
Even as 16 state AGs won their fight to intervene in a lawsuit by House Republicans to undermine cost-sharing reductions under Obamacare, a major business group asks HHS to keep them for now for the sake of health insurance market stability.
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