by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 2, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Rupa Palanki, HLPC Student, Fall 2024 On September 13 and 14, I had the privilege of attending the United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme, “Southern Joy” celebrated the diversity and pride of Southern communities,...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 30, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, News
By Sean McBride, Barak D. Richman, and Carmel Shachar. Originally published in Health Affairs on September 27, 2024 The statutes, regulations, guidance, policy documents, and manuals that govern how hospitals and their employed physicians interface with the US...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 23, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
By John Card and Elizabeth Kaplan. Originally published on Health Affairs Forefront on September 23, 2024. Incarceration is associated with well-documented, significant negative health impacts, both in terms of health disparities experienced by people who have...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 29, 2024 | Health Law & Policy
Published on Bill of Health Edited by: Carmel Shachar, Faculty Director, Health Law and Policy Clinic, CHLPI The Petrie-Flom Center often collaborates with partner institutions for digital symposia, to host critical conversations around issues in health law policy,...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 14, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Washington, D.C. – August 14, 2024 – The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) recently published updates to their state report cards reflecting changes to hepatitis...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 1, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Last month, in between issuing decisions about mifepristone, EMTALA, Chevron deference, and presidential immunity, the Supreme Court of the United States also agreed to review a case that could upend transgender access to health care: U.S. v. Skrmetti. In the coming...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 21, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, News
June 21, 2024 The Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School today released the following statement from Carmel Shachar, Faculty Director of CHLPI’s Health Law and Policy Clinic, in response to today’s decision from the Fifth Circuit...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 22, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
At the end of the last open enrollment period, Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace sign-ups were at an all-time high, with over 21 million people choosing a plan. This exceeded last year’s sign-ups (which were also a record high) by 5 million. These unprecedented...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 21, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
The COVID-19 pandemic widened the digital divide in telehealth access in the United States. The future of telehealth remains uncertain, prompting questions about the next steps and the path forward. Over the course of several months, the Center for Health Law &...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 8, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
After a lengthy advocacy battle, the Biden Administration released a final rule last week extending eligibility for Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage to people enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, also known as DACA recipients. Read...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 2, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
At long last, the Biden Administration has finalized its rule clarifying the protections laid out in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the part of the law that forbids federally funded health care activities and programs from discriminating on the basis...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Apr 25, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, News
On April 22, 2024, the Administration released a final rule strengthening privacy and confidentiality protections for reproductive health data under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This rule is one of the many actions the...
