Crossing State Lines to Obtain Reproductive Health Services

Read how the federal government, through three recent pieces of proposed legislation, would provide additional safeguards and resources to allow expanded interstate travel for abortion. Gain insights from Troutman Pepper partner Virginia Bell Flynn on interstate travel considerations regarding abortion services, including proposals to expand Medicaid to protect access to abortion care for individuals residing in states with the most restrictive abortion bans, and a breakdown of legal and logistical barriers for providers of abortion services in restrictive states.

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Legal Developments

• Texas Sues Feds Over Emergency Abortion Care Guidance
  Follow the Texas attorney general’s challenge to guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandating that doctors are required to perform abortions deemed necessary in emergency situations, regardless of state abortion restrictions.
• Top Enforcement Trends For Health Providers To Consider
  Identify healthcare compliance enforcement trends following the change in the presidential administration in 2020, which brought renewed energy to the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) healthcare fraud enforcement programs.
• Federal Guidance Holds Warnings For Telehealth Practitioners
  Advise your clients on DOJ’s enforcement priorities, notably its investigations into numerous criminal, civil, and administrative healthcare fraud cases involving telemedicine companies and their business practices.

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• Navigating Mental Health Parity Requirements for Travel Benefits
  Learn how the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 2022 U.S. LEXIS 3057 (June 24, 2022), has impacted group health plan coverage and how employers are considering implementing travel reimbursement options to assist employees who wish to seek abortions that might be restricted by the law in their home states.
• Medicaid Fundamentals
  Get up to speed on various aspects of the Medicaid program, including its general framework, state and federal requirements, waivers, legal challenges, and changes under the Affordable Care Act, to advise clients about the impact of Medicaid on business operations.
• Dobbs and Employee Benefits Issues Podcast
  Listen to this podcast from Dickinson Wright PLLC partner Eric W. Gregory, who discusses the impact of the Dobbs decision on employer benefit plans and the interplay between state laws and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

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