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Thirty-Two Health Care Organizations to Participate in Pioneer ACO Program
Barnes & Thornburg LLP‘s Heather Fesko Delgado recently posted in the National Law Review an article about 32 health care organizations from around the country will participate in the Pioneer...
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Imminent Withholding of Medicare Physician Payments Appears Likely
Recently posted in the National Law Review an article by attorney Frank R. Ciesla of Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. regarding the Medicare payment rate which are scheduled to go into effect...
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Could Your Business Qualify for a 179D Green Building Tax Break?
If your company has built a new facility or upgraded an existing one anytime in the past six years, you might find that you qualify — at least partially — for a tax break of up to $1.80 per square foot...
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Is Obesity A Disease? The American Medical Association Says “Yes”; The...
In June 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) declared obesity a disease. The president of the AMA gave several reasons for this declaration[1] “[R]ecognizing obesity as a disease will help...
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Watt’s New? Michigan Energy Law News – August 2013
Natural Gas Power Plant Approval Case Gets Started The first hearing at the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) regarding the application of Consumers Energy to build a 700 MW natural gas-fired...
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Mexico Legal Highlights (Volume II, 2013)
Latin American Region Enviromental Report, Second Quarter, 2013 Mexico Enacts Landmark Environmental Liability Law On June 7, 2013, Mexico published its long-awaited Federal Environmental Liability Law...
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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Protected Leave Now Available To Same-Sex...
United States Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, recently issued an internal memorandum to department staff outlining the Department of Labor’s plan to issue guidance documents which will, among other...
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Health Care Reform Update – Week of August 26th , 2013
Leading the News CMS Announces Matching Agreements for Data Hubs On August 21st, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its most recent agreement with state entities for...
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7 Steps to Attract and Keep Great Clients
There are certain actions that I see attorneys committing time and again that drive clients from their doors, and the lawyers who commit them are clueless about why their competition is getting new...
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What Does The Word “Natural” Mean, Anyway?
t’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon, you need a snack – maybe a granola bar, but which one? Does the package that boasts it is “100% Natural” win out over the one that is only “All Natural”? Would you even...
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Healthcare Fraud Case Results in $491 Million Settlement
On July 30, 2013, Pfizer Inc., one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, announced its finalized agreement to pay $491 million to the U.S. government in order to resolve accusations that the...
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Countdown to HITECH Compliance: How to Redistribute Your Notice of Privacy...
September 23, 2013 is the fast-approaching compliance deadline for the final omnibus HIPAA/HITECH rules. Many provisions required revisions to Notices of Privacy Practices (NPPs) maintained and...
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WildTangent Files its Supreme Court Certiorari Petition in Patent...
In September of 2009, Ultramercial, Inc. sued WildTangent, Inc., Hulu and YouTube in the Central District of California for alleged patent infringement of U.S. 7,346,545 (the ’545 patent). The ’545...
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Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA)...
In a matter of first impression, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989...
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the News: Big Scoops, Real Fallout
In early August, the New York Times reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating JPMorgan Chase related to alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
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International Group Structures Are Subject to An Ongoing Review for...
The recent trends show that offshore jurisdictions are off the corporate agenda in view of the increased scrutiny and decreased levels of acceptance from both fiscal and corporate social responsibility...
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Health Care on the Hill: Week of September 9, 2013
This week Congress returns to Washington, DC following their August recess and are jumping right back into legislative matters. Listed below are a few health-related hearings scheduled for this week....
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Photocopiers – A Recurring Data Security Risk
In a case that illustrates the data privacy risks associated with modern copiers, the United States Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) has announced a $1,215,780 settlement with Affinity...
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A Federal District Court in Florida Finds Hospital System Properly Terminated...
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida found on June 20, 2013 that defendant Community Health Systems, Inc., and its affiliated hospital, Salem Hospital (collectively, “CHS”)...
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Internet Peeping Toms and The Internet of Things Face New Hurdles: Federal...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently entered into a settlement agreement with TRENDnet, Inc., a company that sells Internet Protocol (“IP”) cameras that allow customers to monitor their homes...
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