2/18/2026 11:54:06 PM Two Breach Reports to OCR for Same Data Breach? OCR Begins Part 2 Compliance Enforcement Program By Vicki Tankle Wendell Bartnick Cindy Hsieh The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a new robust civil enforcement program to protect substance use disorder (SUD) patient...
2/18/2026 2:39:06 PM OIG Issues Favorable Opinion to Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Manufacturer By Victoria Stranczek The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its first Advisory Opinion of 2026,...
2/11/2026 3:05:07 PM Reed Smith Congratulates Alumna Susan Edwards on Being Named Chief Counsel at HHS-OIG By Matthew Loughran The HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) has announced that Susan Edwards, formerly an attorney in Reed Smith’s Life Sciences Health...
2/10/2026 7:51:40 PM OCR Issues Part 2 Guidance Ahead of the February 2026 Compliance Deadline By Vicki Tankle Cindy Hsieh The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released new compliance materials governing the...
2/4/2026 5:35:37 PM HHS OIG Releases Guidance and Solicits Input on Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Programs By Scot T. Hasselman Selina Coleman Brian Bewley Joseph Metro Kaitlyn Dunn Megan K. Ali +3 more... Show less On January 27, 2026, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a...
2/2/2026 6:57:36 PM OIG Provides Favorable Opinion on Manufacturer Vaccine Discounts By Peter Terreri In a December 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable advisory...
1/27/2026 3:41:36 PM DOJ will Create a National Fraud Enforcement Division By Roswill Mejia This month the White House announced that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) will establish a new National Fraud Enforcement...
1/23/2026 3:08:06 AM OBLs vs. ASCs: A Retrospective Payment Policy History with a Promising Future for OBLs Following the CY 2026 ASC Payment Systems Final Rule By Tom Greeson Paul Pitts Liyun Huang The landscape for office-based labs ("OBLs") continues to evolve rapidly, creating significant opportunities for interventional...
1/21/2026 6:42:06 PM HHS Establishes Office of Rural Health Transformation, Advancing $50 Billion Rural Health Initiative By Sabrina Mato On December 29, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),...
1/14/2026 3:19:36 PM OIG Issues Unfavorable Advisory Opinion on Sign-On Bonuses for Home Care Attendants By Elliott Race On January 5, 2026, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion No. 25-12, concluding that a proposed arrangement by a...
1/13/2026 7:56:37 PM Sixth Circuit Rejects Interlocutory Appeal on False Claims Act Constitutionality By Selina Coleman Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker An appellate court has shut the door on reviewing the constitutionality of the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA), although...
1/12/2026 10:52:07 PM HTI 5 Proposal Signals Health IT Deregulation and FHIR-first Interoperability and Refines Information Blocking Rule By Vicki Tankle Wendell Bartnick Nancy Halstead Cindy Hsieh Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less The new Health Data, Technology and Interoperability proposed rule (known as HTI-5) signals a significant deregulatory shift aimed at...
1/9/2026 4:54:38 AM HHS Agrees To Temporarily Suspend Exclusion Notices in Gender-Affirming Care Litigation By Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker Liyun Huang As we enter 2026, federal regulation of gender-affirming care for minors continues to evolve at a rapid pace, building on the 2025...
12/31/2025 5:38:36 PM CMS Issues Proposed Rules to Impose International MFN Drug Pricing for Portion of Medicare Part B and D Utilization Under “GLOBE” and “GUARD” Models By Joseph Metro Robert Hill Alexa Chronister Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less On December 23, 2025, CMS published two proposed rules intended to effectuate the Trump Administration’s stated policy goal of aligning...
12/23/2025 5:48:37 PM HHS action to unilaterally regulate practice of medicine through gender-affirming care restrictions has far reaching implications By Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Vicki Tankle Arielle Lusardi Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less Restricting access to gender-affirming care for children and adolescents was an early priority of the current administration, as...
12/18/2025 9:47:06 PM Practical Impact of President Trump’s New Executive Order Curbing State AI Laws — Why Your AI Governance Program Still Matters By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Angela Matney Jamie Lanphear Cindy Hsieh +2 more... Show less The Trump Administration’s new Executive Order (EO 14365) on artificial intelligence seeks to reset the U.S. AI regulatory landscape by...