Havens Quoted in Law360 Story on ACA Ruling, Impact on Future CMS Changes

Jolie Havens, partner in the Columbus office and member of the health care group, was quoted in a Law360 story titled “ACA Ruling May Forecast Future Trouble For CMS Changes.”  The article summarizes how a recent court ruling regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may signal potential challenges for future Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulatory changes.

Havens explained that the decision clarifies a federal agency cannot use administrative authority to make policy changes to federal law.

“If Congress established a detailed statutory framework, as it did with the ACA, agencies generally may not add conditions, restrictions, or exceptions that Congress itself did not include.”

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