The investigation also found that companies denied exceptions requests on average four or more times out of ten, raising barriers to accessing birth control, according to a news release on Tuesday.
The Biden administration has issued a legal challenge to invalidate the controversial Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy claiming that it will strip residents of their constitutional rights.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Providers' legal defense against lawsuits aiming to tear down vaccine mandates is wide-ranging, from making the argument that allowing an unvaccinated worker into their facilities could pose a direct threat to the worker to invoking a 1905 precedent set by the Supreme Court.
After scrapping work requirements for Medicaid eligibility in four states, CMS has added Arizona and Indiana to the list. These requirements have long been controversial, facing litigation and strong opposition, but proponents say they incentivize people to find jobs.
The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, dismissing the lawsuit brought by Texas, 17 other states and two individuals on the grounds that they were not able to prove they were harmed by the law. Industry stakeholders celebrated the court's long-awaited decision.
Now with a 6-3 conservative majority, the nation’s highest court still seems reticent to throw out the Affordable Care Act altogether. If the law stays in place, it would be the foundation for many of President-elect Biden’s planned healthcare policies.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
With a new nominee as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that could determine the future of the Affordable Care Act, the health law’s future has been thrown into question. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the number of uninsured could increase by 70% if the ACA is overturned.
A U.S. district judge blocked a rule by the Department of Health and Human Services that would end anti-discrimination provisions protecting transgender patients. In his decision, U.S. District Judge Frederic Block said that the rule violated a recent Supreme Court decision protecting LGBTQ workers' rights.
The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would require doctors who performed abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The case was nearly identical to a Texas law the Supreme Court ruled against four years ago.
On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule removing protections for patients against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. On Monday, a landmark Supreme Court ruling forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace threw the future of HHS’ rule into question.
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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the federal government must pay insurers $12 billion in risk corridor payments. The Affordable Care Act carved out the risk corridor program in 2014 to limit insurers’ profits and losses while creating the exchanges.
The Supreme Court denied on Tuesday a motion to expedite its hearing of a case that could determine the future of the ACA. In December, an appeals court ruled the individual mandate was unconstitutional.
District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled Monday that the Department of Health and Human Services lacked the authority to impose the rule, which it adopted in May.
The rejection brings to an end an effort by the drugmaker and Native American tribe to invoke sovereign immunity to protect patents covering the dry-eye drug Restasis.
A federal court last year put the kibosh on a deal whereby Allergan transferred to the tribe the Restasis patents, which the tribe then licensed back to Allergan, asserting tribal sovereign immunity to have generic companies' challenge to the patents dismissed.