United States: Healthcare

Colorado enacted the Applied Behavior Analysis Practice Act, creating new licensing requirements for ABA practitioners and certain ABA provider entities.

The menopause care market is projected to reach tens of billions of dollars by 2030, driven by expanding state coverage mandates and employer benefits. As this frontier in health law and investment accelerates, stakeholders must navigate complex compliance issues spanning telehealth regulations, controlled substances, data privacy, advertising claims, and billing practices across varying state jurisdictions.

The Trump Administration has proposed escalating tariffs on imported generic pharmaceuticals, starting at 0% in August 2026 and rising to 200% by 2029, aiming to reshape U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing and reduce dependence on foreign suppliers. With India supplying a significant portion of America's generic drugs and 91% of U.S. prescriptions being generics, the policy could dramatically impact drug costs, supply chains, and international trade relationships. This trade policy shift reflects the Administ

For years, long-term care providers have navigated the delicate balance between respecting resident privacy, accommodating family oversight, honoring roommate privacy, and maintaining smooth facility operations.

The US Department of Labor has proposed a new electronic disclosure safe harbor specifically for ERISA-covered group health plans, potentially transforming how plan administrators deliver required disclosures to participants. This proposed framework would mirror the 2020 retirement plan e-disclosure safe harbor by enabling default electronic delivery through a notice-and-access model, moving away from the outdated 2002 consent-based standard. The DOL projects this change could raise electronic delivery rate

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a proposed electronic disclosure rule that would modernize how ERISA-governed group health plans deliver required documents to participants.

Federal regulators are dramatically expanding health information exchange through TEFCA while simultaneously ramping up enforcement against information blocking practices. With over 1 billion health records now flowing through the network and a new federal auditor in place, healthcare organizations face heightened scrutiny and potential penalties reaching $1 million per violation. How should providers prepare for this new era of interoperability oversight?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. It includes slight reductions in conversion factors for qualifying and nonqualifying...

Life sciences licensing agreements are increasingly incorporating royalty-reduction triggers tied to government-mandated pricing regimes, reflecting a fundamental shift in how parties allocate...