Insights
By: Catherine M. Stowers
on June 27, 2025
Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Senate Bill 140 (SB 140), which was signed into law by Governor Braun on May 6, 2025, imposes wide-ranging reforms on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operating in Indiana, and will thus be impactful to…
By: Mathew W. Norris and Amy E. Schwarz
on June 26, 2025
1. Legislative Council assigns study committee topics
The Indiana General Assembly’s Legislative Council convened on Thursday to announce topics that will be considered by interim study committees over the next several months. “Interim study…
By: Brandon W. Shirley, Madison Hartman Harada, and Thomas M. Abrams
on June 25, 2025
Indiana recently enacted Senate Enrolled Act 140 (SEA 140), a significant overhaul of pharmacy reimbursement practices intended to greatly impact pharmacy benefit manager (“PBM”) vertical integration. SEA 140 introduces multiple changes to how…
By: Scott C. Frissell
on June 25, 2025
Beginning July 1, 2025, House Enrolled Act 1509 (codified at IC 5-14-9) takes effect in the State of Indiana and imposes mandatory disclosure requirements for appointed officers serving on any board, body, committee, commission or other…
By: Kendall A. Schnurpel
on June 9, 2025
Tax-exempt organizations of nearly every ilk must monitor recent activities targeting Harvard University to determine if those actions call for a reassessment and possibly redesign of operations and advocacy activities. While direct political…
By: Bradley S. Fuson
on May 14, 2025
Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) Section 9-504 reads as follows:
§ 9-504. Indication of Collateral. A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides:
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a description of the…
By: David A. Bowen, Michael R. Schumann, and Brett J. Ashton
on May 13, 2025
On May 9,2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a formal notice withdrawing 67 regulatory guidance documents in the Federal Register (here). The withdrawal of these various policy statements, interpretative rules, and advisory…
By: Brandon W. Shirley
on May 1, 2025
Clients have asked Brandon Shirley about acquiring a health entity that would qualify for the 340B Drug Pricing Program because, as he explains, “it does enable substantial benefits if you can get into it.” But the program is also complex. A…
By: Mathew W. Norris and Amy E. Schwarz
on April 25, 2025
1. State Budget
Early Friday morning, state lawmakers approved Indiana’s two-year budget- a task that was made much more difficult by the recent revenue forecast that predicted $2 billion less tax revenue over the biennium than was originally…
By: Madison Hartman Harada
on April 23, 2025
After months of back and forth, with the fate of tele-prescribing in limbo, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) signaled its continued commitment to some COVID-19 era telemedicine expansions by the recent issuance of two final rules:…
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