This post is co-authored by Seth Orkand, co-chair of Robinson+Cole’s Government Enforcement + White-Collar Defense Team, and Abigail Clarke, a 2026 Summer Associate at Robinson+Cole. Abigail is not admitted to practice law.
The Justice Department’s (DOJ) June 23, 2026, announcement of its annual Health Care Fraud Takedown makes clear that Medicaid and state health…
This post is co-authored by Seth Orkand, co-chair of Robinson+Cole’s Government Enforcement + White-Collar Defense Team, and Abigail Salcedo, a 2026 Summer Associate at Robinson+Cole. Abigail is not admitted to practice law.
On June 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it charged 11 defendants in connection with over two billion…
Connecticut has overhauled key parts of its health care provider tax framework. On May 26, 2026, Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act No. 26-68, a budget implementer that revises how the state taxes and funds certain health care providers, among other changes related to the state’s health care system (see here, here,…
On April 16, 2026, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) approved amendments to its Material Change Notice (MCN) regulations at 958 CMR 7.00 (the Amended Regulations), which went into effect on May 8, 2026. As background, following the 2025 passage of health care legislation that expanded the HPC’s health care market oversight responsibilities, the HPC…
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed Public Act No. 26-68 (the Act), which includes changes to the state’s medical orders for life-sustaining treatment (MOLST) program. Shortly after the Act was signed into law, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) issued policies and procedures regarding the MOLST program, which will operate as regulations in the…
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law Public Act No. 26-68 (the Act), which makes targeted but significant changes to the Department of Public Health’s (DPH) enforcement authority for health care licensure and certification violations by increasing potential fines and creating criminal liability for certain unlicensed operation of health care institutions and unlicensed provision of…
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed Public Act No. 26-68 (“the Act”), which includes the elimination of the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) and reassignment of its statutory authority over the health care delivery system in Connecticut. The Act’s repeal of OHS’s enabling statute and the transfer of its authority to other state agencies are scheduled…
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law An Act Concerning Credit Cards and Health and Veterinary Care Services (PA 26-6; the Act). The Act restricts how health care providers may offer third-party financing products to patients and limits when health care providers can charge patients’ credit cards. The Act is effective January…
On May 27, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed “An Act Concerning Return of Health Care Provider Payments” (PA 26-56). As of January 1, 2027, PA 26-56 shortens the time period during which commercial health insurers can look to cancel, deny, or recoup certain payments to providers, and creates statutory timeframes in which…
On May 27, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 26-22, “An Act Concerning Hospital Sale-Leaseback Agreements and Attestations Concerning Lack of Private Equity Control of the Hospital and Control of or Interference with the Professional Judgment and Clinical Decisions of Certain Health Care Providers” (PA 26-22). PA 26-22 prohibits…
