by keith | Jun 27, 2018 | Executive Action, News and Updates
On May 11, 2018, President Trump and HHS Secretary Alex Azar introduced their “American Patients First” initiative, described as a blueprint to lower drug prices and reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients. The plan also included a request for information...
by keith | Feb 12, 2018 | 340B, Executive Action, Medicaid, Medicare, News and Updates
The President’s FY 2019 budget includes several widely-reported health care proposals, such as an additional attempt at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, as well as efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs and combat the opioid epidemic. But...
by keith | Feb 1, 2017 | Executive Action, News and Updates, Rulemaking
On January 30, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring agencies proposing any new regulation to identify at least two existing regulations for repeal. The Executive Order also directs agency heads that any new incremental costs associated with a new...
by keith | Feb 1, 2017 | Executive Action, News and Updates
On January 20, 2017, the Trump administration issued a regulatory review memorandum, instructing agency heads to freeze new and pending regulations for review by the new administration. More specifically, the memorandum directs agency heads to: Send no regulations to...
by keith | Feb 1, 2017 | ACA, Executive Action, News and Updates
On Inauguration Day, President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing his administration to “exercise all authority and discretion available . . . to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) pending repeal...