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Health Law Prof Blog
Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate
Wendy Mariner, Jack Balkin, and Ilya Somin in a short video on the mandate, produced by NEJM, here.
Health Law Prof Blog
HHS’s Health Disparities Action Plan
Health Affairs recently had a terrific conference (and new issue) on battling health disparities. I enjoyed listening to the podcast recording of Howard Koh, the assistant secretary for health at the…
Health IT Law Blog
CMS issues final rule on ACOs
On October 20, 2011, CMS published the final rule on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or, as it is formally known, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (the "Program"), enacted as part…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Everything But the Merits: Analyzing the Procedural Aspects of the Healthcare Litigation (University of Richmond, Nov. 11)
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The announcement below is for the University of Richmond Law Review’s Fall 2011 Allen Chair Symposium:Everything But the Merits: Analyzing the Procedural Aspects of the Healthcare LitigationNovember 11, 2011Ukrop Auditorium,…
Health Law Prof Blog
CLASS Agonistes
This week the Obama Administration formally abandoned the CLASS Act, a component of the ACA designed to provide long-term care. Robert Reich explains why it was doomed from the start:First, it required…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Proposes Changes To Medicare Part D/Medicare Advantage Rules
On October 11, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that would revise Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D prescription drug benefit program (Part…
Health Law Prof Blog
Worth Reading This Week
Janet Dolgin & Katherine Rouse Dieterich, Social and Legal Debate About the Affordable Care Act, SSRN/UMKC L.Rev.Richard Epstein, The Constitutional Protection of Trade Secrets and Patents Under the Biologics Price…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Obama Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review of the ACA
On September 28, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a cert petition requesting Supreme Court review of the 2-1 decision of the Court of Appeals for the 11th…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Invites Applications for New Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
On September 28, 2011, CMS announced a new “Comprehensive Primary Care” (CPC) initiative, designed to help primary care practices deliver higher quality, better coordinated, and more patient-centered care. The program…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Amends ACA Rule on Insurance Rate Increase Disclosures
The CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight has published a final rule that amends a May 23, 2011 regulation on health insurance rate increase disclosures and review under…