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Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act: significant changes for health care providers

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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December 22 2010

The Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 (MMEA) was signed into law on December 15, 2010, sparing hospitals, physicians and other health service providers from numerous significant payment cuts

Letter from twenty-one GOP governors emphasizes uncertainty of ACA's future while also seeking targeted modifications that would improve ACA

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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February 8 2011

On February 7, 2011, Republican Governors sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, emphasizing that the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is uncertain and suggesting a short of list of "improvements" to ACA

Florida federal court rules health reform law unconstitutional; implementation continues; challenges inevitably headed for Supreme Court resolution

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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February 3 2011

On Monday, January 17, 2011, a U.S. District Court in Florida found the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to be unconstitutional, virtually assuring that the Supreme Court will resolve the question of PPACA’s constitutionality

CMS proposed rule adds new QIO notice requirement

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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February 8 2011

Under a proposed rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), thousands of Medicare providers and suppliers would have an obligation to provide Medicare beneficiaries with written notice about the right to contact a Quality Improvement Organization to report concerns over quality

Florida federal court finds Affordable Care Act unconstitutional

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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February 4 2011

A judge in Florida recently determined that health care reform legislation passed in 2010 is unconstitutional due to its individual insurance mandate

Split decision: U.S. appellate court finds Health Reform Law is constitutional

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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July 1 2011

The Obama Administration enthusiastically embraced a legal victory yesterday when, in a 2-1 split decision, a federal appeals court panel upheld a lower federal court decision finding that the federal Health Reform Law is constitutional

Key health law issues for 2011

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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May 11 2011

Throughout 2010 and continuing through the first quarter of 2011, we have seen the introduction of substantial, new developments in health care laws, policies and initiatives that will impact the health care sector through the remaining months of 2011 and beyond

Supreme Court receives new request to consider constitutionality of health reform law

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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July 29 2011

The Supreme Court of the United States received a new request today that it consider the question of whether the “individual mandate” under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional or not

CMS and OIG propose waivers of fraud and abuse laws for ACOs

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 12 2011

On April 7, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General published proposed waivers of federal fraud and abuse lawsspecifically the Stark law, the federal anti-kickback statute and the CMP lawas they apply to certain financial arrangements between and among ACOs and their constituent providers and suppliers

Eleventh Circuit strikes the ACA's individual mandate as unconstitutional, setting up a circuit split and making Supreme Court review more likely

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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August 23 2011

In a 2-1 decision on August 12, 2011, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional