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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Fifth Circuit”) rendered a significant decision recently in Braidwood Management, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This decision has garnered attention and sparked discussions due to its potential implications for religious freedom, employment law and the rights of individuals in the workplace. Background In Braidwood, the plaintiff was a... READ MORE

On June 15, in American Hospital Association v. Becerra, the Supreme Court ruled the payment cuts made by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) for 340B eligible outpatient drugs were not permissible under the governing statute. The Court’s opinion rejected HHS’s argument that courts were... READ MORE

On June 12, 2020, CMS and the Office for Civil Rights of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) posted a display copy of a new final rule that implements Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)(“Final Rule”). This Final Rule supersedes significant portions of the current 2016 rule (“2016 Rule”) that interpreted and implemented... READ MORE