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On March 2, 2020, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case directly challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”),[1] but it is likely that the fate of ACA will not be decided before the 2020 presidential election. In Texas v. United States[2], multiple plaintiffs challenged the ACA in the District Court... READ MORE

On January 21, 2020, the Supreme Court denied a motion to expedite consideration of a petition for certiorari in a case directly challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”).[1] Given the Supreme Court’s decision, it is likely that the fate of Obamacare will not be decided until sometime after the 2020 presidential... READ MORE

On December 18, 2019, in a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the plaintiffs in Texas v. United States[1] had standing to bring a case challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) known as the individual mandate (26 U.S.C. §5000A) and that the individual mandate requiring... READ MORE

President Obama introduced his fiscal year (“FY”) 2015 budget yesterday, and there are many proposed cuts to post-acute care providers.  Some of the highlights include a number of bundled payment initiatives, a $100 co-pay for home health patients not discharged from a hospital and re-admission penalties for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) with high hospital... READ MORE

This Thursday, June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare.” In so doing, it may also make significant changes in one of the newest and most complicated amendments the False Claims Act, with results that are almost impossible to predict.... READ MORE