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The Health Care industry is characterized by dynamic growth and enormous complexity. Success in this sector requires a mastery of the regulatory environment and the political and legislative landscape. In collaboration with our extensive practices in other areas, our Government Affairs practice provides health care clients with an interdisciplinary, strategic approach to the most complex and politically charged coverage, reimbursement and compliance issues.
The Health Care industry is dominated by federal reimbursement programs. Congress and the Executive Branch are struggling with ways to make health care coverage more universal, increase the quality of health care, and curb health care spending. As a result, the Medicare and Medicaid programs are the focus of much regulatory and legislative attention, and the business activities of Health Care companies are heavily scrutinized. Our lawyers have successfully represented such industry clients as pharmaceutical manufacturers, device manufacturers, hospitals, health plans, and other health care providers in the legislative and regulatory arenas.
With government experience, detailed knowledge of substantive law, ability to work with regulators and legislators, and an understanding of our clients’ business models, our lawyers have the skills and expertise to assist clients to succeed and thrive in this dynamic environment.
Representative Matters
- Using an integrated regulatory and legislative strategy, we successfully assisted Kos Pharmaceuticals to obtain Medicare Part D coverage for its previously excluded product.
- We assisted several pharmaceutical manufacturers in reinstating Medicaid coverage for products dropped from the program by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
- We successfully assisted a group of health care related defendants obtain retroactive immunity from the antitrust laws.
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