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WebOn January 16, 2023, Plaintiff Children’s Health Defense filed suit in an effort to compel Defendant U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) to respond to its Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for “records connected with safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines through the VAERS database.” Dkt. 1-1 at 3.

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Webstripped away these requirements for “electronic health record[s],” or “EHRs.” See 42 U.S.C. § 17935(e); see also id. § 17921(5) (defining an “electronic health record” as “an electronic record of health -related information on an individual that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted by

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WebHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION . Plaintiffs, three individuals and three patient advocacy groups, challenge a rule promulgated by defendants, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), its component agency the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), and the …

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Webas Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant. Case No. 22-cv-3578 (TNM) MEMORANDUM OPINION . Five hospitals claim the Secretary of Health and Human Services shortchanged them on Medicare reimbursements for their nursing and allied health education programs. Medicare regulations allow hospitals to recoup the “net cost” of …

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WebALEX M. AZAR II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Affordable Care Act requires each hospital operating within the United States to establish and make public “a list of the hospital’s standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital.” 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-18(e) (2018).

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Web8 U.S.C. § 1231 note; and the Public Health Service Act of 1944, 42 U.S.C § 201, et seq. See generally Second Am. Compl., ECF No. 131. 1 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial 1 When citing electronic filings throughout this Memorandum Opinion, the Court cites to the ECF page number, not the page number of the filed

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WebHealth and Human Services, the Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) 1in her official capacity, , and several Medicare Administrative Contractors. CMS (“MACs”) (together, “Defendants”). Before the court is …

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WebDepartment of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) that addressed the circumstances in which an orphan drug must be offered at a discounted price pursuant to section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”). The Court concluded that HHS lacked the statutory authority to promulgate that rule.

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WebMedicare is a federal program that provides health insurance coverage to individuals who are at least 65 years old and entitled to monthly Social Security benefits, and to disabled individuals who meet eligibility requirements. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395. The Medicare statute is divided into five Parts.

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WebMedicare is a federal health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395–1395lll. 3. Medicare Part A provides coverage for inpatient hospital care, home health care, …

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Webprovide these essential health benefits and instead pay a tax—the so-called “employer shared responsibility payment.” I.R.C. § 4980H, 26 U.S.C. § 4980H. Congress small differentiated employers from large employers—for the purpose of placing them in small or large- -group markets—by the number of employees these employers employed.

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WebThe CARES Act refers to the fund at issue as the “Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.” 134 Stat. at 563. The fund was later termed the “Provider Relief Fund,” see Elayne J. Heisler, Cong. Rsch. Serv., R46897, The Provider Relief Fund: Frequently Asked Questions 1 (updated Apr. 7, 2022), and the parties refer to it

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WebThe Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (“HCERA”) also made several changes to the 340B Program, including excluding orphan drugs from 340B discount pricing available to the newly-added covered entities. This particular change is the critical statutory

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Webto limit the public health risks posed by dangerous chemicals. See 15 U.S.C. § 2601 . et seq. The . statute contains a citizen-suit provision, similar to those in other environmental statutes, which authorizes civil suits “against any person . . . who is alleged to be in violation of” the TSCA or its implementing regulations.

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Webto the Department [of Health and Human Services].” Defs.’ Mot. at 3 (citing Suppl. Brooks Decl. ¶ 26). To reiterate from above, courts require an agency to provide a detailed explanation regarding the time and expense of searching …

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN HOSPITAL …

Webthis Court to issue a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adjudicate pending Medicare-reimbursement appeals in compliance with statutorily imposed deadlines. Plaintiffs sought relief from a morass in which hundreds of thousands of appeals were

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Web51. Because Kentucky HEALTH was slated to take effect on July 1, 2018, the Court operated on an expedited schedule and issued its Opinion on June 29, 2018. It found the Secretary’s approval, considered as a whole, arbitrary and capricious because he “never adequately considered whether Kentucky HEALTH would in fact help the state …

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WebThe Public Health Service Act provides, in relevant part: The [CDC], with the approval of the Secretary, is authorized to make and enforce such regulations as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States or possessions, or

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES HOUSE OF …

WebQualified Health Plans”) Section 1402 of the ACA provides that “[i]n the case of an eligible insured enrolled in a qualified health plan—(1) the Secretary shall notify the issuer of the plan of such eligibility; and (2) the issuer shall reduce the cost-sharing under the plan at the level and in the manner specified in subsection (c).”

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Webaccessible to health care entities and medical licensing boards but are not available to the general public. Id. The stated mission of the NPDB is to “improve health care quality, protect the . public, and reduce health care fraud and abuse in the U.S.” Id. The onus for reporting to the NPDB stems from federal regulations. The VA is required

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ARIANA PALACIOS …

WebDepartment of Health and Human Service’s (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights, asserting that the hospital’s actions violated the anti-discrimination provision in section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Affordable Care Act”) (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 18116). Pl.’s Mot. Leave File Am. Compl. (“Pl.’s Mot

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WebCVS HEALTH, Defendant. Case No. 23-cv-02655 (CRC) MEMORANDUM OPINION . Plaintiff Anthony A. Gipson, a former employee at a CVS Pharmacy retail store in Washington, D.C, sued Defendant CVS Health (“CVS”) for discrimination in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Compl. at 1; Mot. Arb. at 2. Proceeding pro se, Gipson …

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