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Sentencing Law and Policy
Might the health care litigationfinallyget SCOTUS to open up to cameras?
Main November 21, 2011Might the health care litigation finally get SCOTUS to open up to cameras?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this commentary at Time…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Kathy Cerminara: Angels of Mercy or Roto-Rooters? Regulatory Visions of Hospice Providers
As I essentially argued in last week’s blog posting, and as I have argued here and here, our legal and regulatory structure should assist more patients in accessing hospice care. One…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS health care litigation, federalism, freedom, and constitutional limits of federal criminal justice
Main November 14, 2011SCOTUS health care litigation, federalism, freedom, and constitutional limits of federal criminal justiceThe huge news out of the Supreme Court this morning concerns the Justices' decision to…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Adopts Home Health PPS Rate Cut for 2012
Medicare home health PPS rates will be reduced by 2.31% ($430 million) in CY 2012 under a final rule published by CMS on November 4, 2011. This rate cut reflects a…
The Faculty Lounge
Obamacare and the Spending Power
The most surprising development in today's grants of certiorari in the Health Care litigation is the Court's decision to grant certiorari in Florida v. Department of HHS. The question squarely…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Congressional Health Policy Hearings & Markups
A number of Congressional committees have held hearings recently on health policy issues, including the following: A House Energy and Commerce Health hearing entitled “Do New Health Law Mandates Threaten…
Health Law Prof Blog
ACO Savings & ACA Lobbying
I've been reading three recent independent pieces that when looked at together cast renewed doubt on the "affordable" part of the reform act's title.First, Gail Wilensky, writing in the New…
Health Law Prof Blog
Slumping Support for PPACA
In Kaiser's October tracking poll, public support for PPACA has reached a new low since the law was passed, with only 34 percent of people expressing a favorable view and…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Energy & Commerce Hearings on ACA Policy Issues
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee has held a hearing entitled “CLASS Cancelled: An Unsustainable Program and Its Consequences for the Nation’s Deficit.” The panel also has scheduled a November…
Health Law Prof Blog
Robert Wood Johnson Offers Short, Animated Vidoes Explaining the Affordable Care Act
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is out this week with a fun new resource for those brave souls trying to explain and help others understand some of the elements of…