Health Care

This past August, the Massachusetts Senate and the Millbank Memorial Fund Healthcare Working Group held three roundtable discussions geared towards finding solutions to rising healthcare costs and providing patients with more coordinated care.

Our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided their Health Care Weekly Preview for the week of September 11, 2017. This week’s preview focuses on Congress' efforts to stabilize the ACA marketplaces, as well as the proposal from Senators Lindsey Graham (SC) and Bill Cassidy (LA) to use block grants to fund Medicaid expansion and private insurance subsidies.

Our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided their Health Care Weekly Preview for the week of July 31, 2017.  This week’s preview focuses on the fallout from the failed vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)Our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided their Health Care Weekly Preview for the week of July 31, 2017. This week’s preview focuses on the fallout from the failed vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided their Health Care Weekly Preview for the week of July 24, 2017. This week's preview focuses on the Better Care Reconciliation Act and Senate parliamentary rules. 

Our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided a Health Care Weekly Preview.  This week’s preview describes the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the User Fee Acts (UFAs), the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and the health care Minibus.

Our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided a Health Care Weekly Preview. This week's preview describes the ongoing wrangling in the Senate over health care reform as well as highlighting the upcoming need to address FDA User Fees and the health care minibus.

Our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided a Health Care Weekly Preview.  This week’s preview describes health insurers' marketplace applications as well as the American Health Care Act (AHCA).

As we gear up for a busy week in Washington, D.C., our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided a Health Care Weekly Preview. This week's preview describes upcoming hearing on safety net health programs and prescription drug costs along with the progress of the American Health Care Act.

In addition to yesterday's post on the June session of Congress, our colleagues at ML Strategies have provided another weekly preview of Congressional activity for the week of June 5, 2017. The preview includes the upcoming schedule of the House and Senate, along with the looming issues of the American Health Care Act, the health care minibus, and tax reform.

Our ML Strategies colleagues have published a preview for another big week in health care. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) continues to be a big story as the Senate works on its version. This week we watch for updates on these items and how they might impact AHCA discussions.

Amid the flurry following former FBI Director James Comey’s firing last week, President Trump marked his 111th day in office on Thursday, May 11th by signing an executive order targeting national cybersecurity.

Today, our colleagues at ML Strategies provided another installment of their Health Care Weekly Preview. The preview highlights upcoming activity in the House and Senate and other hot topics on the Hill.

ML Strategies has published the first installment of a new weekly preview, designed to give you quick overview of health happenings in the coming week. The preview highlights upcoming activity in the House and Senate and other hot topics on the Hill.

Mintz and ML Strategies will be hosting the 2nd Annual Pharmacy Industry Summit on April 5th and 6th! The Summit will bring together stakeholders and thought leaders from across the industry to discuss legal and policy challenges facing manufacturers, PBMs, payors, pharmacies, and providers.

The pharmacy industry continues to be under scrutiny from all angles.  As legislative, agency, and enforcement priorities take shape under the new administration, the industry is faced with what seems like daily developments in terms of policy updates, legislation, and potential regulation.

ML Strategies has published its Washington Outlook for 2017, with a collection of materials covering what to expect from the 115th Congress, spanning multiple issues and industries.

Next Tuesday, January 12th, Mintz and ML Strategies will host the first installment of our three-part series focusing on the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”).  The Cures Act represents significant legislation that will have overarching implications on medical research, product development, and drug and biologic manufacturing.

As is well known, drug prices have been widely discussed nationally. They have been the subject of Congressional hearings and, in the case of Mylan, a high profile settlement.

There are a number of factors to consider that have broad implications beyond health care:

Today, our colleagues at ML Strategies released their first look at what the results of Tuesday's election mean for health care. The client alert addresses both the lame duck session and what to expect in 2017 and beyond.