Corporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,FTC's Jessica Rich advocates...
By Edward L. Puzzo, J.D.Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, has filed a comment with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the privacy enforcement implications...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Lawmakers’, hospitals’ wish...
By Anthony H. Nguyen, J.D.To the approval of lawmakers and various hospital and medical school associations, CMS delayed its intended April 21, 2016, release of overall hospital quality star ratings on...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Agencies propose rule to...
By Anne Sherry, J.D.A rule put out by the SEC and five other agencies would restrict bonuses at large financial institutions, including investment advisers and registered broker-dealers. One of the...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Certain arrangements to...
By Tulay Turan, J.D.An agreement by an employer to reimburse medical expenses up to a fixed amount is a group health plan under which there is an annual limit on essential health benefits. Therefore,...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,CMS addresses wound care...
By Anthony H. Nguyen, J.D.Various regulatory changes, including allowing certain long-term care hospitals (LTCH) temporary exceptions to the application of the site neutral payment rate for specific...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,SNF penalized for failing to...
By Bryant Storm, J.D.A skilled nursing facility (SNF) engaged in immediate jeopardy-level noncompliance when it failed to monitor patients with a high risk of wandering. An administrative law judge...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Proposal pays SNFs $800M...
By Bryant Storm, J.D.CMS proposes an $800 million increase in aggregate Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in fiscal year (FY) 2017 as a result of a 2.1 percent rate increase from...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Delaware justice league...
By Anne Sherry, J.D.As sanctions for their misconduct during the litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed the claims of OptimisCorp and its CEO against three directors and the CFO. The...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,CMS proposes IRF payment,...
By Sarah E. Baumann, J.D.CMS proposed updates to the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) payment rates for fiscal year (FY) 2017 resulting in a 1.6 percent increase...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,ACA mandates contributed to...
By Tulay Turan, J.D.An increase in the use of medical stop loss captives by companies that self-fund their employee health insurance plans is in part due to mandates in the Patient Protection and...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Proposed guidance on...
By Pamela Wolf, J.D.The EEOC has released for public input proposed enforcement guidance addressing national origin discrimination under Title VII. The last time the EEOC comprehensively addressed...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Non-participating hospital...
By Harold Bishop, J.D.The New Jersey Superior Court dismissed claims for nonpayment and underpayment of medical services brought by a New Jersey hospital against a managed care organization (MCO)...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,First-ever jury verdict...
By Michael Menzhuber, J.D., LL.M.In an action brought by the Department of Justice, on behalf of the FTC, a jury in the federal district court in Salt Lake City found that three Utah-based firms and...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Hospital unable to keep...
By Harold Bishop, J.D.In an action brought by a doctor against his former employers, the court refused to redact from the complaint entire sentences describing the medical procedures performed and the...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Chamber of Commerce, other...
By Pamela Wolf, J.D.Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor are going to have to defend the controversial final rule defining “fiduciary” for ERISA purposes against a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Seventy-eight percent of...
By Tulay Turan, J.D.Health care and the future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been defining issues for presidential candidates this election season. A new report from the...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Whistleblower’s glaucoma...
By Bryant Storm, J.D.Allegations of false claim submissions do not need to specify the dates and times of submissions, so long as the complaint describes the scheme, when it was done, who participated...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Claims against Home Depot...
By Linda O’Brien, J.D., LL.M.A group of financial institutions that issue credit and debit payment cards to consumers were able to pursue negligence and unfair or deceptive trade practices claims under...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Dell dissenters rejoice:...
By Anne Sherry, J.D.Dell shareholders who dissented from the 2013 management buyout were vindicated by the Delaware Chancery Court's ruling in the appraisal case. Numerous factors in the pre- and...
View ArticleCorporate Counsel News - Trends and Developments,Trade groups seek 150-day...
By John M. Pachkowski, J.D.A group of six trade organizations representing the banking, securities, and business communities have called upon the banking, housing finance, and securities regulators to...
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