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Congress is no closer to passing additional COVID-19 funding, and without it, some programs are running out of funds. While the House was out on recess, the focus in the Senate was on the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

On February 23, the federal District Court in the Eastern District of Texas struck down key provisions of regulations issued by the federal Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury and the federal Office of Personnel Management.

In Texas Medical Association & Adam Corley v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, a Texas Court has held that the regulation conflicts with the Act and that the regulatory agencies failed to engage in necessary notice and comment rulemaking.

Spurred on by a Texas Medical Association lawsuit win, agency will alter heavily contested rules

The ongoing implementation of the No Surprises Act’s (“NSA”) prohibition on surprise balance billing, and the related independent dispute resolution (“IDR”) process between payers and...

The ongoing implementation of the No Surprises Act's ("NSA") prohibition on surprise balance billing, and the related independent dispute resolution ("IDR")...

In Texas Medical Association & Adam Corley v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, a Texas Court has held that the regulation conflicts with the Act and that the regulatory agencies failed to engage in necessary notice and comment rulemaking.

The Court’s decision alters the landscape for claims qualifying for the No Surprises Act’s Federal IDRP, an arbitration process designed to resolve certain reimbursement disputes between commercial payors and out-of-network health care providers or emergency facilities.

On February 23, 2022, in the case captioned Texas Med. Ass’n v. U.S. Dep’t of Health & Human Servs., No. 6:21-cv-00425-JDK (E.D. Tex.), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...

Foreign policy dominated the conversation in Washington, DC, as Russia invaded and launched attacks on Ukraine, and the U.S. and other nations responded with a series of sanctions against Russia. These events will likely shift the focus of official Washington.