On Friday, December 14, Judge Reed O’Connor of the Federal District Court in the Northern District of Texas issued a declaratory judgment holding the shared responsibility provision (also referred to as the “Individual Mandate”), and with it, the entire Affordable
On August 1 the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) published a final rule that will expand the availability of short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI). A Health Law Pulse summary of the proposed rule may
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on June 7, 2018 that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of section 5000A of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a. the individual mandate. DOJ announced its policy change in a three page
A group of twenty states has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs take the position that the elimination of the individual mandate penalty in the Tax Cuts and Jobs
On February 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs through the Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter (Advance Notice) for calendar year 2019. As required by section
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act may significantly limit the deductibility of False Claims Act settlements for defendants going forward.