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Medicare Payment Methodologies and Pediatrics
Medicare is a federal health insurance program designed to serve older adults and certain individuals with disabilities. However, the Medicare program’s regulations and rules can extend far beyond the population that it directly serves because Medicare frequently sets the benchmarks for coverage decisions, payment models, quality measures, and clinical standards that private insurers and state Medicaid programs then adopt or mirror. One of the most broadly recognized benchmarks is the percentage of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) rates, which is widely used to assess commercial reimbursement levels and negotiate health care contracts. In practice, this means that many non-Medicare payment rates are evaluated against Medicare FFS rates.
What Artists Can Learn From Latest AI Music Licensing Deals
Manatt Entertainment Partner Nathaniel Bach and Associates Alexandra Spring and Zoë Parkel co‑authored an article for Law360 examining how recent artificial intelligence (AI) music licensing deals between major record labels and AI companies are reshaping the music industry and raising new considerations for artists and rightsholders.
The article explores recent settlements and partnerships between major record labels and AI music platforms, outlining the key legal and business issues these agreements raise for artists and rightsholders. The authors assess the implications for intellectual property rights, revenue sharing and existing contracts, while underscoring the importance of transparency, consent and fair compensation as AI‑generated music continues to expand.
“As AI tools continue to evolve, artists and rightsholders should pay close attention to how new licensing arrangements may shape control, compensation and long‑term rights,” the authors wrote.
Law360 subscribers can read the full article here.
OCC Issues First Substantive Rulemaking Under the Genius Act
On February 25, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a 376-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), signed into law on July 18, 2025. The NPRM is the first comprehensive, substantive regulatory framework for payment stablecoin issuance published by any federal banking agency.
