07.31.24
The purpose of this quarterly tracker is to identify key federal and state health AI policy activity. Below reflects federal legislative and regulatory activity to date related to AI, and state legislative activity introduced between January 1 and March 31st, 2024.
Our analysis found that hospitals disproportionately serving historically marginalized populations (HMPs) faced financial payment disparities not experienced by other hospitals, a result of both greater reliance on Medicaid reimbursements and less favorable commercial payment rates.
07.30.24
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published guidance on the use of artificial intelligence-based tools in patent practice to inform practitioners of important issues when using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in matters before the Patent Office.
During the first half of 2024, nineteen states passed laws entering them into an array of different interstate compacts.
In the second federal district court ruling to date on the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning nearly all noncompete agreements, a Pennsylvania court upheld the FTC rule as a legitimate exercise of the FTC’s substantive rulemaking authority under the FTC Act.
07.29.24
Affirming summary judgment for an employer, a California appellate panel said an employee could not advance claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on her egg retrieval procedures.
Maryland, Minnesota and Vermont join the growing list of states enacting and expanding pay transparency requirements.
A California appellate court ruled that an employer could not compel arbitration based on an agreement between the employee and the staffing agency that placed her.
07.25.24
In July, CMS approved six new Reentry Section 1115 Demonstrations in Illinois, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont.
Safety net hospitals play a vital role in serving marginalized communities, however, their efforts to advance health equity are undermined because in many states Medicaid payment rates do not cover costs.