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HHS-OIG Proposes Significant Updates to Existing Safe Harbors Under Anti-Kickback Statute; Establishment of New Value-Based Enterprises Proposed

On October 9, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Health and Human Services released a proposed rule updating safe harbor protections under anti-kickback statute. This proposed rule follows the OIG’s previous request for information from August 2018, and coordinates provisions with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule on [...] Read More

Challenges Facing Congress in Rural Health Care Reform

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website includes a photograph that shows what can only be described as an idealized version of rural America: a beckoning country lane leading past well-fed, grazing cattle to a large, beautifully maintained and attractively landscaped house and barn. But the statistics superimposed over this bucolic scene reveal a very [...] Read More

Senators Question HHS Secretary about Administration’s Drug Pricing Plan

This morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held the first congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's plan to combat high drug prices, "American Patients First." The hearing featured testimony from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar as well as questions from Committee members. Senators on both sides [...] Read More

HHS Proposes Lengthening Maximum Time for Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Plans

On February 20, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in conjunction with the Department of Labor and the Treasury Department, released the proposed rule “Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance” in response to an executive order signed by President Trump that aimed to promote choice and competition in health insurance markets. This rule proposes […]

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ACS CAN’s National Forum on the Future of Health Care

On Tuesday, April 11, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) held their annual National Forum on the Future of Health Care at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. ACS CAN’s President opened by stating that our nation’s health care system was at a clear inflection point, and set the tone for […]

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Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing for CMS Administrator Nominee Seema Verma

On Thursday, February 16, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Seema Verma for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The hearing was noticeably less combative than the hearings held for previous nominees, including Tom Price, who was recently sworn in as Secretary of the […]

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