BACK IN BUSINESS!

Health Care REFORM UPDATE came to a screeching halt late last fall when I left for a trip to Southeast Asia, and discovered just how difficult posting comments on reform bills could be from small towns in Laos and the mountains of northern Vietnam.

By the time I returned, in December, it was clear that the details of reform legislation were not going to be influenced by anything other than political expediency.

Now, we have reform legislation (although no regulations as yet), and it’s time to look at how its implementation may work—and maybe, influence the regulatory process. Over the next several weeks Health Care REFORM UPDATE will provide a series of commentaries on details of the legislation, along with news relating to implementation of the new law.