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Firm News 6 results

Firm News | 9 min read | 01.02.25

Crowell & Moring Elects 12 New Partners, Promotes Four to Senior Counsel and 25 to Counsel

Crowell & Moring elected 12 new partners effective January 1, 2025. The firm also promoted four lawyers to the senior counsel and 25 associates to counsel.

Firm News | 9 min read | 01.09.23

Crowell & Moring Elects 16 New Partners, Promotes Five to Senior Counsel, and 25 to Counsel

Crowell & Moring elected 16 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2023. The firm also promoted five lawyers to the position of senior counsel and 25 associates to the position of counsel.

Firm News | 1 min read | 10.21.22

Inland Counties Legal Services Names Alice Hall-Partyka as Volunteer of the Year

Los Angeles – October 21, 2022: Inland Counties Legal Services has named Crowell & Moring associate Alice Hall-Partyka as the Volunteer of the Year in recognition of her efforts to “make access to justice a reality in Riverside & San Bernardino Counties.” The award was presented at the Advocates for Justice celebration on October 20 in Riverside, CA.
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Client Alerts 10 results

Client Alert | 12 min read | 09.13.24

Tri-Agencies Finalize NQTL Comparative Analysis Standards in Final Rule

On Monday, September 8, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services (collectively, the “Tri-Agencies”) issued a final rule (“the Final Rule”) implementing new regulations applicable to nonquantitative treatment limitations (“NQTLs”) under the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”). The Final Rule codifies many of the requirements set forth in the (the “Proposed Rule”), while pulling back on some of the Tri-Agencies’ more controversial proposals. 
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Client Alert | 7 min read | 05.07.24

HHS Finalizes Long-Awaited Nondiscrimination Regulations

On Friday April 26th, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released regulations under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act[1] (“Section 1557”), the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (the “Final Rule”). Promulgated almost two years after OCR’s proposed rule for Section 1557, the Final Rule restores critical protections for LGBTQI+ and pregnant individuals and significantly expands the scope of activity that is subject to Section 1557’s nondiscrimination provisions, in both instances by removing limitations to the scope of Section 1557 that went into effect during the Trump Administration.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.26.24

California Office of Health Care Affordability Notice Requirement for Material Change Transactions Closing on or After April 1, 2024

Starting next week, on April 1st, health care entities in California closing “material change transactions” will be required to notify California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) and potentially undergo an extensive review process prior to closing. The new review process will impact a broad range of providers, payers, delivery systems, and pharmacy benefit managers with either a current California footprint or a plan to expand into the California market. While health care service plans in California are already subject to an extensive transaction approval process by the Department of Managed Health Care, other health care entities in California have not been required to file notices of transactions historically, and so the notice requirement will have a significant impact on how health care entities need to structure and close deals in California, and the timing on which closing is permitted to occur.
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Publications 4 results

Publication | 12.23.24

Tri-Agencies Finalize NQTL Comparative Analysis Standards In Final Rule

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Webinars 2 results

Webinar | 09.13.24, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Navigating the New MHPAEA Final Rule: Compliance and Enforcement Insights

On September 9, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services released a final rule implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). The rule clarifies and codifies the heightened standards that health plans and issuers are held to in documenting and ensuring MHPAEA compliance, amidst a landscape of increased regulatory enforcement and MHPAEA investigations. Given this heightened focus, it’s critical that plans and issuers proactively ensure compliance before regulators request required compliance documentation.

Webinar | 05.10.22 - 05.12.22, 9:00 AM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Health Care Ounce of Prevention Seminar (HOOPS) 2022

Join us for this year’s Health Care Ounce of Prevention Seminar (HOOPS), a webinar series where our experienced practitioners will provide insight into a number of exciting topics. This year’s seminar will focus on topics such as Remote Health Care and Telemedicine, Mental Health Parity, Health Care Litigation, and Health Care Trends for 2022. 
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Speaking Engagements 8 results

Blog Posts 14 results

Blog Post | 07.29.20

Required Coverage of COVID-19 Testing for Essential Workers in California

Crowell & Moring's Health Law Blog

Podcasts 3 results

Podcast | 10.22.24

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: The New MHPAEA Final Rule – Key Takeaways and Insights

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver talk to Alice Hall-Partyka and Spencer Bruck about the recently released Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) final rule. Alice and Spencer delve into the key new provisions of the rule, including the requirements for Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitations comparative analyses and the focus on data outcomes.
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Podcast | 01.25.24

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: The Increasing Focus on Mental Health Parity

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver talk to Chris Flynn and Alice Hall-Partyka regarding the proposed updates to the regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). We discuss the current regulatory environment, enforcement, and key takeaways from the proposed rule. For further reading, please see:
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Podcast | 08.21.19

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: Some Potential Impacts of Legal Challenges to the ACA

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! Is Crowell & Moring’s biweekly health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors. In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Joe Records talk with Troy Barsky and Alice Hall-Partyka about how recent litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act may impact providers and payers. The discussion focuses on the authority for innovative health care models and important fraud and abuse provisions that were enacted in the ACA.
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