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Tom Hylden Retires from Powers

After forty-two years practicing law in our nation’s capital, twenty-one of them at Powers, Tom Hylden has retired from the firm.

Tom is a gifted lawyer. His outstanding legal skills, judgment, integrity, and client dedication resulted in sound advice to clients to inform their business decisions and led to consistently superior results for clients in the courtroom, at the negotiating table, and with government agencies and regulators. Those qualities and achievements resulted in loyalty and appreciation from clients, respect from colleagues on both sides of the aisle and the table, and friendships with both.

Tom lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and looks forward to remaining in touch with his clients, colleagues, and co-workers. He can be reached at tom.hylden@outlook.com.

Power Play: Washington Week in Review February 18

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Wednesday, February 20

CMS: Democratic Health Leaders Send Letter to CMS Laying Out Concerns with the Administration’s Proposed Health Insurance Market Rules

Power Play: Washington Week in Review February 11

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Monday, February 11

Patient Access: Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Says Administration’s Proposals Will Help Increase Patient Access

HHS-OIG Proposes to Amend Anti-Kickback Statute to Eliminate Safe Harbor Protection for Drug Rebates to Pharmacy Benefit Managers

On February 6, the HHS Office of Inspector General formally published in the Federal Register its proposed changes to remove PBM rebates from the existing discount safe harbor, and new exceptions for point-of-sale rebates and certain payments from manufacturers to PBMs. These changes have the potential to upend the current PBM rebate framework for prescription drugs.

Power Play: Washington Week in Review February 4

WHITE HOUSE

Affordable Health Care: President Trump’s Actions on Healthcare and ResultsRead More

Physician Clinical Registry Coalition Continues Advocacy Efforts on Data Sharing, QCDR Issues

Powers Principal Rob Portman and Associate Christina Krysinski recently represented the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition in a number of advocacy efforts related to interoperability and data sharing, as well as the participation of qualified clinical data registries (QCDRs) in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

Powers partner, Peggy Tighe, quoted in The Hill yesterday

Powers partner, Peggy Tighe, was quoted in The Hill yesterday in an article about the political risks the American Medical Association (AMA) faces as it enters into the national gun debate advocating for gun control measures. Review the article here.

Power Play: Washington Week in Review January 28

WHITE HOUSE

Drug Trafficking: Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Releases the Administration’s National Drug Control Policy

Department Announces New Approach to FERPA Enforcement

By Nicolas Michiels

The U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) recently announced an important change in the way it will enforce the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”). Instead of opening a formal investigation regarding each valid FERPA complaint – a practice that contributed to severe backlogs in the Department’s FERPA case file – the Department will now dedicate investigatory resources to the highest-risk issues and take a less formal, more collaborative approach for other cases.

POWERS Associate, Shuchi Parikh, is a panelist on “Medicaid Billing and Reimbursement” at the 340B Conference in San Diego on Thursday, January 31, 2019.

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