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Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals is a podcast created by the K&L Gates health care practice group to inform our clients and friends of the firm about the latest developments in health law. If you would like to provide feedback or would like to suggest a topic for a future episode of Triage, please contact usUse the icons below to subscribe to Triage via your favorite podcast app to have our episodes delivered directly to you as they become available.

May 17, 2018

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are increasingly utilizing gag clauses in pharmacy contracts as a means of prohibiting pharmacies from telling customers that paying for drugs out of pocket would cost them less than if they used their insurance and paid their copays. Critics argue that this practice results in...


May 10, 2018

In the second segment of this two-part series discussing recent program changes introduced by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), Kathy Barger discusses new improvements in telehealth coverage for certain ACOs and...


May 3, 2018

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 recently introduced three noteworthy program improvements for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) aimed at increasing program flexibility.

In the first segment of this two-part series discussing these changes to the MSSP,...