AHLA's Federal Health Care Laws & Regulations, 2025-2026 Edition incorporates the most significant and timely U.S. statutes and regulations, selected by health law practitioners who recognize the essentials and new authorities you will turn to again and again.

The 2025-2026 edition is current through the Budget Reconciliation Law signed on July 4, 2025 and includes significant changes to requirements relating to Medicaid, Medicare, privacy, transparency, antitrust, discrimination and much more.

This bestselling desk reference, containing an expertly curated collection of U.S. health law and regulation, includes:

Statutes Current through 119th Congress 1st Session P.L. 119-21

Regulations Current Through July 4, 2025

New in this 2025-2026 Edition:

• The 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law, impacting Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, cost sharing, and provider taxes; grants for rural health; the Children's Health Insurance Program; and more
• Changes to Medicare including the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Prospective Payment System, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Part D
• Revisions to the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act impacting information requirements, reporting thresholds, and more
• Rules implementing the Corporate Transparency Act
• Coverage requirements under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
• The Part 2 Final Rule, impacting requirements related to the handling of substance use disorder records
• Rules on non-competes, joint employers, pregnant workers, salary thresholds, nondiscrimination in health programs and activities, and more
• And much more

Editorial Advisory Board

Dee Anna D. Hays, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC

John C. Hood, Akerman LLP

David G. Lazarus, Foley Hoag LLP

Dionne C. Lomax, Affiliated Monitors, Inc.

John A. Meyers, Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Paul W. Shaw, Verrill Dana LLP

Faraz R. Siddiqui, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Donald B. Stuart, Holland & Knight LLP

Kelly A. Thompson, Emblem Health

Judith A. Waltz, Foley & Lardner LLP