April 16, 2025
On April 15, President Trump signed an Executive Order reviving a previous directive to reduce the cost of insulin and injectable epinephrine for low income individuals. The Executive Order instructs the Secretary [...]
April 9, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion to a health center proposing to refer individuals receiving non-medical, social, and [...]
March 7, 2025
On March 4, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Brendan A. Hurson issued a nationwide preliminary injunction restricting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Health Resources and Services Administration [...]
March 6, 2025
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a slip opinion in a widely publicized case, Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, 604 U.S. ___ (2025). In the opinion, a five-justice majority [...]
March 3, 2025
Trump Administration’s Efforts to Cut Funding to Entities Providing Gender Affirming Care Remain Blocked On February 28, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King issued a preliminary injunction in State of Washington [...]
February 24, 2025
As readers may be aware, two Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”)-related Executive Orders impacting federal contractors and grantees have been challenged in the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland in [...]
February 20, 2025
Yesterday, the Executive Order titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders” may have upended a 1998 interpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), commonly known as [...]
February 14, 2025
This week, two federal courts issued temporary restraining orders related to two of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders impacting gender affirming care, Executive Order 14168 (“Defending Women…”) and Executive Order 14187 (“Protecting [...]
February 6, 2025
On Friday, January 31, 2025, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) sent to all of its grantees, Health Centers, Ryan White programs and others an email stating the following: Effective immediately, [...]
January 29, 2025
On Wednesday afternoon, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued a new memorandum—M-25-14—that rescinded the pause to federal funding contemplated in a previous memorandum first issued on Monday night. The [...]