Health Law Alert

On May 22, 2025, CMS issued updated price transparency guidance following the Trump Administration’s February 2025 Executive Order directing federal agencies to require the disclosure of actual prices of items and services instead of estimates and continue efforts to standardize pricing data across hospitals and health plans. The guidance requires […]

You may recall when the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy final rule (“RHC Rule”) was published in April of last year, it carried an effective date of June 25, 2024.  Covered entities had 180 days from the effective date to comply with the RHC Rule’s provisions, […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an “Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force”.  The mission of this Task Force is to identify and eliminate anticompetitive state and federal laws and regulations that undermine free market competition.  The creation of the Task Force follows an executive order issued by President Trump whereby […]

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Oracle Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in association with a January 2025 data breach.  After initially denying that it suffered a security breach, in an April 7th email Oracle officially notified customers that its healthcare […]

Executive orders are a common tool used by every presidential administration. The effect of an executive order is limited and must be in accordance with the law. Its directives only extend to the executive branch, and they are a temporary measure that is subject to modification or reversal by a […]