Hunton & Williams Health Care Reform Center

The United States has entered an era of sweeping federal health care reform, now implemented through three key pieces of legislation:

• the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (enacted March 23, 2010)
• amendments to it contained in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (enacted March 30, 2010)
• the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (enacted February 17, 2009, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)

These reforms will fundamentally transform the health care payment and delivery systems in the United States.

This transformation will be a marathon, not a sprint. While some changes will be effective in the short term, the majority are to be implemented gradually over the next several years. During this period, affected industries need legal counsel who understand the issues and their business implications and will provide practical and comprehensive advice. These changes will affect virtually every individual and business.

To address the varied needs of our clients, we have organized a multidisciplinary health reform steering committee composed of leading lawyers who have experience in all related practice areas and are intimately familiar with the law and the regulatory process that is now unfolding. This website—the Hunton & Williams Health Care Reform Center—serves as a comprehensive resource for our clients.

www.huntonhealthcarereform.com