Elliott is a law clerk at the firm and his work is supervised by licensed attorneys. His admission to the New York bar is pending.
During a hearing before the Oversight Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on April
Health Industry Washington Watch, published by Reed Smith LLP, focuses on legal and regulatory developments affecting the healthcare and life sciences sectors. The blog covers topics such as Medicare and Medicaid policy changes, pharmacy benefit management reforms, healthcare provider compliance, life sciences transactional and litigation issues, product liability directives, and emerging trends in healthcare fraud and abuse enforcement. It also addresses the impact of new laws on healthcare ownership and investment, telehealth supervision rules, and evolving legal challenges in areas like vaccine liability and women’s health. The content is aimed at healthcare providers, payers, manufacturers, and legal professionals navigating complex healthcare regulations and industry shifts.
Elliott is a law clerk at the firm and his work is supervised by licensed attorneys. His admission to the New York bar is pending.
During a hearing before the Oversight Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on April…
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 protections for individuals’ reproductive health information. This final rule comes almost exactly a year after HHS…
Making good on its promises to enhance oversight of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D plans, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has submitted for public inspection its Contract Year 2025 Final Rule. The final rule,…
Last week, on April 18, several federal agencies jointly launched a “one-stop shop” to facilitate reporting of allegedly anticompetitive behavior in the health care sector. While there has always been a complaint portal for the antitrust agencies, the Federal Trade…
On March 9, 2024, in response to the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary, Change Healthcare/Optum, in late February 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) made available Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (“CHOPD”) accelerated payments to Medicare Part A…
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule on “Drug Products or Categories of Drug Products that Present Demonstrable Difficulties for Compounding Under sections 503A or 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”. We…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in the two consolidated cases challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of mifepristone. Throughout the questioning, the Justices focused on both the standing of the plaintiffs to bring the cases…
In the two years since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision from the Supreme Court, state legislatures and courts have attempted to define the new post-Roe landscape in health care. That effort includes actions by states to enact health…
Not a question that we thought we would be asking more than a year after the large omnibus package was signed into law by President Biden. But here we are, with a federal judge in Texas ruling on Feb. 27…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services jointly announced a cross-government inquiry into the impact of private equity investment and other forms of “corporate greed” in the…