The past year has been a momentous one for health lawyers and our clients, with the upholding of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by the U.S. Supreme Court. The coming year promises to be extremely important, as the state and federal governments continue to implement numerous provisions of ACA as well as of the New York Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) reform provisions.
At our section’s fall meeting in Albany on Oct. 26, 2012, we focused on New York health reform measures.1 We were delighted that key officials from the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and state legislature could join us in panel discussions. The topics addressed included: insurance exchanges, recent legislative efforts in the area of accountable care organizations and self-referral prohibitions, the proposed regulations on executive compensation, and proposals to reform New York laws and regulations that form barriers to health reform.
