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CMS Issues Subregulatory Guidance on ACA Medicaid Drug Pricing Policy
The ACA modified the statutory Federal Upper Limit (FUL) provisions pertaining to Medicaid reimbursement for multiple source drugs. Briefly, under the ACA, the Secretary was directed to calculate FULs as…
Health Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS, Meet ACA
The White House has decided to forego a request for an 11th Circuit rehearing on the constitutionality of ACA (that likely would have delayed resolution to 2013) and go directly…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Draft FDA Guidance on Exculpatory Language in Informed Consent
This post was written by Erin Janssen and Areta Kupchyk. The HHS Office for Human Subject Protections (OHRP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are seeking comments on a…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Obama Administration Issues Proposed Rules on ACA Summary of Insurance Benefits/Uniform Glossary Provisions
On August 22, 2011, HHS and the Departments of Labor and Treasury published two proposed rules designed to help consumers understand and evaluate their health insurance options, as mandated by…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Distribution of Additional Residency Positions Under the ACA
On August 15, 2011, CMS announced its decisions regarding which teaching hospitals are receiving reductions and/or increases to their direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) full-time…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Extends Deadline for ACA Clinical Lab Test Demo Code Requests
CMS has extended the deadline for submission of requests for temporary codes under the ACA “Treatment of Certain Complex Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Demonstration” from August 1, 2011 to September 6,…
Health Industry Washington Watch
PCORI Seeks Comments on Topics for Pilot Project Grants
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), which was established by the ACA, is seeking public feedback on eight initial topics for a series of “Tier 1” pilot projects. The pilot projects…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Catholics Angered by Birth Control Mandate
Boston Herald: Birth control madate raises Catholics' ire, by Christine McConville: The Obama administration’s push to provide free birth control for all has run into a not unexpected obstacle —…
Wisconsin Business Law Blog
Obama Health Care Far from a “Done Deal”
Atlanta's 11th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals recently struck down a key requirement of Obamacare that would have required all Americans to pay for health insurance from birth through age…
Coordination Problem
Another Brick in the Regime Uncertainty Wall
By Pete Boettke
Steven Horwitz My local paper's business section today carried an AP story (generic AP version here) on Sally Smith, the CEO of the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain (the only…