ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
Lobbying for URAC, INC. · Non-profit accreditation entity for healthcare organizations.
Issues related to health care accreditation, Medicare Advantage plans (including Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans (SNP) reviews), telehealth, and mental health parity. Issues related to pharmacy benefit management services and specialty pharmacies, including accreditations of both, and the Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Act (H.R. 6609). Issues related to health care artificial intelligence accreditation, including report language included in House Report 119-696 [which accompanies the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (H.R. 9260)].
Issues related to health care accreditation, mental health parity, and Medicare Advantage plans. Issues related to reforms to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), including the role of accreditation. Issues related to pharmacy benefit management services and specialty pharmacies, including accreditations of both, and the Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Act (H.R. 6609) and the Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act] (H.R. 6610). Issues related to telehealth accreditation, including implementation of report language included in House Report 119-271 [which accompanies the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 5304)]. Issues related to health care artificial intelligence accreditation, including report language included in House Report 119-696 [which accompanies the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (H.R. 9260)].
Issues related to telehealth accreditation, including implementation of report language included in House Report 119-271 [which accompanies the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 5304)]. Issues related to health care artificial intelligence accreditation, including report language included in House Report 119-696 [which accompanies the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (H.R. 9260)].
Issues related to accreditation for mental health parity, as well as compliance with federal mental health parity laws and regulations, including the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA - Public Law No: 110-343).