Week in Brief
President Trump Issues an Executive Order Allowing Small Businesses to Purchase Insurance Across State Lines. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Eric Hargan and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma Announce that Cost-Sharing Reductions Payments Will Be Discontinued Immediately.
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to approve legislation to extend and expand the Independence at Home (IAH) this month, a bill Powers Principal Peggy Tighe has worked to advance on behalf of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine and dozens of allies.Read More
Week in Brief
CHIP Legislation Advances in both the House and the Senate. House Energy & Commerce Committee Advances Independence at Home Legislation. The Senate Confirms Eric Hargan as Deputy Secretary of HHS, and Representative Tim Murphy (R-PA) Chairman of the House Oversight & Investigations Committee Resigns from Congress.
Powers Principal Brian Gunn was recently quoted in a Law360 article discussing Allergan’s patent deal and whether Congress will get involved in the case.Read More
Powers Principal Barbara Straub Williams will be speaking tomorrow about 340B program compliance at the American Health Lawyers Association Fraud and Compliance Forum.Read More
In a press release on September 22, 2017, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education withdrew two statements of policy and guidance regarding Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and issued new interim guidance.
The Department withdrew the Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Violence issued by OCR on April 4, 2011 (2011 DCL) and the Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence issued by OCR on April 29, 2014 (2014 Q&A). In a letter dated September 22, 2017, the Department explained that it was withdrawing the Obama-era guidance documents because they were created without affording notice and the opportunity for public comment and the guidance forced institutions to adopt procedures that did not afford fundamental fairness and due process and were not required by Title IX law or regulation.
Week in Brief
Senate Finance Committee Holds a Hearing on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal, but No Vote is Held. The Senate Passes the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act of 2017 (CHRONIC), and HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns.
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead recently spoke about energy and natural resource development on Indian lands in light of the Trump Administration’s energy policies at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Indian Law event.Read More
Week in Brief
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) And Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR.) Introduces The KIDS Act to Extend Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville has expanded its national drug pricing and 340B practice with the addition of attorney Brad Lang who recently joined the firm as Counsel. Brad’s arrival will strengthen the firm’s drug pricing team, which has represented safety net providers and pharmacies participating in the 340B drug pricing program since the program’s inception in 1992.Read More