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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Committees reviewed a range of legislation, including efforts to address workforce shortages, expand insurance coverage and improve school health services. HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the House Health Committee heard a series of health care bills addressing insurance coverage and medication pricing.

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4th Circuit En Banc Judgment Affirms District Court Decision in Best Price Stacking Case

FDA Law Blog

The 4th Circuit three-judge panel decision relied heavily on the Supreme Court’s decision in Safeco Insurance Co. 47 (2007), which addressed the intent standard under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. of America v. Burr , 551 U.S. The AMP, best price, and ASP statute and regulations are complex and full of gaps and ambiguities.

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Court Strikes Down CMS’s Accumulator Adjustment Rule That Threatened Manufacturer Patient Savings Programs

FDA Law Blog

By Faraz Siddiqui — Last June, we blogged about a lawsuit brought by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) challenging CMS’s ill-conceived Accumulator Adjustment Rule (“final rule”), which amended the Medicaid Rebate best price regulation. On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the D.C. See 42 C.F.R. §§ 447.505(c)(8)-(12).