Legal Analysis and Law Articles on Health Care, HIPAA, Stark law, Medicare and Medicaid, Anti-Kickback Statutes, Fraud and Abuse

The National Law Review is a free resource of health care legal articles addressing regulatory developments, contractual obligations and disputes for both profit and not for profit health care organizations. Legal topics include:

• Litigation, regulatory actions and arbitration and mediations involving: pharmaceutical companies, health and hospital systems, physician groups, licensed ambulatory care facilities, hospices, home health care providers and managed care arrangements including IPA's, PHO's, HMO's, MSO's and other entities

• Emerging regulatory issues and enforcement involving: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act “PPACA”, Office of Inspector General "OIG" actions, the extended reach of Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs “OFCCP” and increased antitrust scrutiny of healthcare organizations

• Medical compliance, communications and privacy issues such as: Telemedicine / Telehealth Standards, HIPAA, Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act “GINA”, Unbranded Websites, Stark Self-Disclosures, Red Flag and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health “HITECH” Rules impacting electronic health record “EHR” technology

Details of actions by state and local governments, and by other governmental agencies as well as mediation and arbitration and civil actions from across the U.S. are added daily.

Title	Organization	Date Posted
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Offers Updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidance Q&A’s Pertaining to Cancer, Diabetes, Epilepsy and Intellectual Disabilities	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/19/2013
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General Revises Special Advisory Bulletin on Exclusions	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/18/2013
Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) Issues Report on Hospice General Inpatient Care Billing	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/18/2013
Health Benefit Exchanges: False Claims Gold Mines?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	5/18/2013
Tools for the Trade: Understanding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	5/18/2013
Understanding Compulsory Licenses in India – Part 1 of a 2-Part Series	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/18/2013
Employers Must Update Several Policies, Forms and Posters	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP	5/18/2013
Little Change in Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Score of Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Fix	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/17/2013
Third Circuit Holds Craig Becker’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Recess Appointment Unconstitutional	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/17/2013
What Does the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Act Mean for Employers?	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/17/2013
Employee Notices About Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Insurance Exchanges - Guidance Issued	Vedder Price	5/17/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Innovation Grants	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/17/2013
Dr. Oz Fights Back Against False Advertising	Dickinson Wright PLLC	5/17/2013
Raising the Stakes of Worker Misclassification Yet Again	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/17/2013
Department of Labor Releases Technical Guidance For Employers Relating To Notice to Employees of Health Coverage Options under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Sec. 18B, as Well as Updated COBRA Election Notice	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/16/2013
Coalition Sues U.S. Treasury to Stop IRS Tax Penalties Under Affordable Care Act	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	5/15/2013
Estate Planning Basics	Andrews Kurth LLP	5/15/2013
Employer Responsibility – Will You Pay or Play?	Poyner Spruill LLP	5/15/2013
What’s Next for Graduate Medical Education Accreditation? One System	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/15/2013
What Goes Up…Must Come Down: Viagra Patent Invalidated by Canadian Supreme Court	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/15/2013
Two Significant First Quarter Developments in Occupational Safety and Health	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/15/2013
Tuomey Violates Stark Law and False Claims Act through Physician Employment Agreements	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/15/2013
Department of Labor (DOL) Issues Model Notices to Employees Describing Health Insurance Exchanges	Schiff Hardin LLP	5/15/2013
Employers Should Review How Plan Documents Define Spouse in Light of Recent Benefits Litigation	McDermott Will & Emery	5/15/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Issues Final "Sunshine" Rule, Establishing New Reporting Requirements for Drug and Device Makers and Some Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs)	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/15/2013
Affordable Care Act: Model Notice of Exchange Available	Varnum LLP	5/14/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Delays Edits to Deny Claims When Ordering/Referring Provider Not Enrolled in Medicare and Issues Proposed Rule on Enrollment Restrictions	McDermott Will & Emery	5/14/2013
The Perils and Promise of 3D Printing: Are DIY Life Sciences in Your Future?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/13/2013
Medical Office Building (MOB) Financing Pointers	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/13/2013
Second Circuit Certifies Smoking-Related Medical Monitoring Issue for Ruling by New York High Court	Beveridge & Diamond PC	5/12/2013
Five Takeaways from the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Special Advisory Bulletin on Exclusion from Participation in Health Care Programs	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/12/2013
Final Medical Marijuana Regulations Approved in Massachusetts	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/11/2013
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Signals Increased Focus on Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/11/2013
Notice of Health Insurance Coverage Options Available Through the Exchanges	McDermott Will & Emery	5/11/2013
How to Minimize Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Risk in Health Care Acquisitions	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/11/2013
Model Notice on Exchanges / Marketplaces Released	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	5/11/2013
Tough News for Tuomey Healthcare System Re: Jury Found Violation of False Claims Act (FCA)	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/10/2013
Trade Association Group Health Coverage Changes in Kentucky	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	5/10/2013
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Releases Updated Special Advisory Bulletin on Exclusions from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/10/2013
Draft Guidance Outlines Recommendations for Formal Meetings Between Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Biosimilar Sponsors and Applicants	McDermott Will & Emery	5/9/2013
Is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Set to Scrutinize Employer Wellness Programs?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/9/2013
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) Issues Guidelines for Providers on Exclusion Policy and Liability	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/9/2013
Payments for Home Health Services and Hospice Care: Department of Veteran Affairs Releases Final Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/9/2013
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Updates its Self-Disclosure Protocol	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.	5/9/2013
Health Care Reform Update	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/9/2013
FDA Issues Proposed Rule to Allow Use of Stand-Alone Symbols on Medical Device Labels	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/8/2013
State Efforts to Restrict Health Insurer Use of “Most Favored Nation” Clauses in Provider Contracts Continue to Multiply	Dickinson Wright PLLC	5/7/2013
This Week is National Nurses Week	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/7/2013
D.C. Circuit Calls Out National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) For “Interpretive Leap”	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/7/2013
Florida Governmental Countdown - A Wrap-Up on Issues from the 2013 Legislative Session	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/7/2013
Shy Bladder Syndrome Lawsuit Reminds: Applicants Get Reasonable Accommodation	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/7/2013
Virtual Visits To Health Care Providers As Effective As In-Office Visits?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/7/2013
North Carolina Legislature Passes Prohibition on MFNs (Most Favored Nations Clauses) in Health Care Contracts	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2013
Federal Appeals Court Rules That HIPAA Overrides Florida Nursing Home Records Law	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	5/6/2013
Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) New Chairwoman Ramirez Says Health Care Continues To Be Top Priority	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aims to Grease the Reporting Wheels for Medicare Fraud and Abuse	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/6/2013
Playing Cards With a Government That Stacks the Deck - D.C. District Court Radically Expands The "Christian Doctrine" To Subcontracts	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	5/6/2013
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Releases Proposed Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Payment Rule	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/5/2013
U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) Announces Initiative for the Protection of Temporary Workers	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/4/2013
Additional Guidance Issued on Summary of Affordable Care Act Benefits and Coverage Disclosure Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	5/4/2013
Staffing Industry Compliance with the Employer Shared Responsibility (aka "Pay-or-Play") Provisions of the Affordable Care Act: Five Questions	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/3/2013
Healthcare Real Estate Trends	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/3/2013
Doe v. Guthrie Clinic, Ltd.: A New Privacy Battleground?, cont.	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	5/3/2013
Allergan V. Sandoz – When Everything “Old” Is “New” Again Re: Patent Law Litigation	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/3/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule on Medicare Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/3/2013
Bill in Congress Seeks to Overhaul Medicare Auditing	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/3/2013
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposes Increased Payments for Hospices	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/3/2013
Office for Civil Rights Publishes HIPAA Guides for Providers and Consumers	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/2/2013
Favorable Temporary Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exemption for Expatriate Health Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	5/2/2013
POM Wonderful – Where Are We Now? Re: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Deceptive Advertising	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	5/2/2013
To Correct Inventorship of a Patent, Go to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Not the Federal Courts	McDermott Will & Emery	5/2/2013
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Proposes to Increase Awards for Non-Qui Tam Whistleblowers	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/2/2013
Supreme Court Of Ohio Protects Physician’s Statement Of Comfort Under Apology Statute	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	5/1/2013
Alabama Supreme Court: Brand-Name Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Can Be Sued for Injury Caused by Generic Product	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	5/1/2013
Office of Inspector General Issues Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/1/2013
Employee Benefits Issues in Spin-Offs	McDermott Will & Emery	5/1/2013
Doe v. Guthrie Clinic, Ltd.: A New Privacy Battleground?	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	5/1/2013
Conflicting Developments on Timing of New Food Safety Rules	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/30/2013
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Releases Proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System ("IPPS") Rule for FY 2014	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/30/2013
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Releases Proposed Rule on Hospice	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/30/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Released Medicare Proposed Rule	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/30/2013
Buying Healthcare Real Estate That Includes an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)....	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/29/2013
Obama Administration Aims to Restrict Physician Self-Referrals for Certain In-Office Services in Proposed Budget	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/28/2013
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) Announces Revamped Self- Disclosure Protocol	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/27/2013
How Would You Describe Healthcare Real Estate Right Now?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/26/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Clarifies Physician Delegation of Tasks in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Nursing Facilities (NF)	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	4/26/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Reports Meaningful Use Participants to Face Potential Audits	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/26/2013
Comment Period Extended For Proposed Rules Under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)	Varnum LLP	4/26/2013
Get Ready to Negotiate: Office of Inspector General (OIG) Authorizes Hospitals to Pay Physicians for Call Coverage	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	4/25/2013
Despite the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Cost-Saving Measures, Modest Increases in Health Care Costs Unlikely to Continue	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/25/2013
Protecting America’s Workers Act: An Update of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/25/2013
Firearms Debate Triggers Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Request for Comments	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/25/2013
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Announces Two Funding Opportunities	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/25/2013
Massachusetts At-Will Employment Doctrine and Retaliatory Discharge	Raymond Law Group LLC	4/25/2013
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Releases Two Proposed Food Safety Rules & Extends the Comment Period	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/24/2013
Upcoming Senate Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations Hearings	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/24/2013
Crunch Time for Employers: IRS/Treasury Hearing on Employer Shared Responsibility under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/24/2013
Healthcare Brings Jobs	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/24/2013
Tavenner Nomination Clears Senate Finance Committee	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/24/2013
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Issues Draft Guidance on Distinguishing Medical Device Recalls from Product Enhancements	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/24/2013
Utah Federal Court Rejects “Every Exposure” Theory	Beveridge & Diamond PC	4/24/2013
The Doctor Is Out, But The Physician Assistants ("PA") Will See You Now	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	4/24/2013
The President’s 2014 Budget Proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/23/2013
Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol Clarifies Disclosure Process and Obligations	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/23/2013
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Announces the Expansion of its Centers of Excellence and Expertise	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/23/2013
Health Care Reform Update April 22, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/23/2013
Class Action Lawsuits Target Medical Collections	Varnum LLP	4/22/2013
Michigan Home Health Dues Spigot is Turned Off on Service Employees International Union (SEIU)	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/20/2013
April 15, 2013 New Jersey Health Care Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	4/20/2013
Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) Releases Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/19/2013
Significant Proposed Changes for Federal Health Care Programs in President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Plan	McDermott Will & Emery	4/19/2013
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Action: Supreme Court Holds Offer of Judgment Moots Claim	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/19/2013
Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) Issues Revised Self-Disclosure Protocol	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/19/2013
Protections to Be Extended for Electronic Health Record Donations	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/19/2013
Health and Human Services Extends Sunset Date for Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Electronic Health Record Donations	McDermott Will & Emery	4/19/2013
Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) Issues Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/18/2013
New Community Health Needs Assessment Proposed Regulations: IRS Adopts Many Provisions of Earlier Guidance and Clarifies Others	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/18/2013
Will Nonprofit Hospitals Disappear Under Obamacare?	Lewis and Roca LLP	4/18/2013
Much-Deserved Praise for Boston’s Hospitals and Health Care Professionals	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/18/2013
What are the Strategic Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk?	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/18/2013
Media Reporting Impostors Posing As FDA Inspectors	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/17/2013
2014 Final Call Letter: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Raises Medicare Advantage Rates but Foreshadows Other Significant Program Changes	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/17/2013
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Guidance on 90-Day Waiting Periods and Certificates of Creditable Coverage	McDermott Will & Emery	4/17/2013
Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Decides "Health Insurance Plan Design" Includes Out-Of-Pocket Costs To Employees and Therefore is a Prohibited Subject Of Bargaining	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/17/2013
Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2013 Mirrors Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Proposals, Would Greatly Expand FDA Authority Over Cosmetics	Beveridge & Diamond PC	4/17/2013
Health Care Reform Update - Week of April 15, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/16/2013
Citing HIPAA, Court Overturns Florida Law Providing for Release of Deceased Nursing Home Residents’ Medical Records	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/16/2013
Dewonkify – Actuarial Value (of health benefit plans)	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/16/2013
Final Rule for Physician Payments Sunshine Act Recently Released	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	4/16/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Officially Launches National Physician Payment Transparency Program Website	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/16/2013
CMS Issues Memorandum Detailing Effects of Sequestration on Survey & Certification	McDermott Will & Emery	4/16/2013
Can Human Genes Be Patented?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/16/2013
Health Reform - New Guidance On Eligibility Waiting Periods (or, when is 90 days not 90 days?)	Poyner Spruill LLP	4/16/2013
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Capitalized Legal Fees Incurred by Pharmaceutical Company	McDermott Will & Emery	4/15/2013
Years Later, Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Employees Indicted	Varnum LLP	4/15/2013
Proposed Extension of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Waiver under Stark and Anti-kickback	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/15/2013
What to Know About the New Avian Flu Outbreak	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	4/15/2013
April 1, 2013 New Jersey Health Care Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	4/13/2013
President’s 2014 Budget Proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/13/2013
What's In A Word? Re: N.C. Court of Appeals Invalidates Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Based on Language of the Agreement	Poyner Spruill LLP	4/13/2013
Two Recent Directives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Could Add to the Pain for Medicare and Medicaid Long-Term Care Providers	Armstrong Teasdale	4/12/2013
"Affordability" under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/12/2013
Obama Administration’s Budget Reveals Priorities	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/12/2013
Two Databases Become One: Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Rule on Reporting Provider Sanctions	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/12/2013
On the Manifold Meanings of "Affordability" According to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/12/2013
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Guidance on 90-Day Waiting Periods and Certificates of Creditable Coverage	McDermott Will & Emery	4/12/2013
IRS Provides Additional Guidance for Non-Profit Hospitals	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/11/2013
Extension of Electronic Health Records (EHR) Donation Sunset Date Proposed by Office of Inspector General (OIG) / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/11/2013
Proposed Rules Modify Electronic Health Records (EHR) Exception under Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/11/2013
Are You Going to Play or Pay? Part II Re: ACA’s (Affordable Care Act's) Employer Mandate	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	4/10/2013
Health Care Services Providers to Federal Health Plan Members Subject to Federal Affirmative Action Compliance Audit	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/10/2013
IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Community Health Needs Assessments	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/10/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Propose Extending Electronic Health Record (EHR) Stark Law Exception, Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor Through 2016	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/10/2013
Health Care Services Providers to Federal Health Plan Members Subject to Federal Affirmative Action Compliance Audit	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/9/2013
Negligent Credentialing Claim Recognizable Under Massachusetts Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/9/2013
Are You Going to Play or Pay? - Affordable Care Act (ACA) "Employer Mandate"	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	4/8/2013
340B Drug Pricing Program Notices on Group Purchasing Organizations and Medicaid Exclusion File	McDermott Will & Emery	4/8/2013
Thoughts on Regulatory Constraints of Business Models	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/7/2013
Iowa Senator Grassley Questions Hospital 340B Drug Discount Program Profits	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/7/2013
Sixth Circuit Rules No False Claims Act (FCA) Liability Based on Violation of Medicare Requirements	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/6/2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces CY 2014 MA and Part D Rates with Change to Growth Rate Estimates	McDermott Will & Emery	4/6/2013
Office of Inspector General 2013 Work Plan Gives Direction for Physicians	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	4/6/2013
Class Action Lawsuits Target Medical Collections	Varnum LLP	4/5/2013
D.C. District Court Finds That Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s Requirements Extend to Hospitals with HMOs	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/5/2013
Blowing The Wrong Whistle – Close Scrutiny Of Code Of Ethics Dooms Nurse’s Lawsuit Under New Jersey’s Whistleblower Statute	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/5/2013
Stark Law Violations Costly To Intermountain Health Care Inc.	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/5/2013
House Bill 1 Revisited: Kentucky General Assembly Amends the Pill Mill Bill	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	4/5/2013
House Committees Release SGR Proposals	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/4/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sets Dates for Accepting Another Round of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Applications	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/4/2013
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Has Important Changes for Business Associates and Covered Entities	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.	4/4/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - Week of April 1, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/4/2013
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on "Pay for Delay" Agreements	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/3/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Publishes 2014 Final Call Letter	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/3/2013
Upcoming Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee Deadlines	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/3/2013
Physician Integration Strategies: A Look at Evolving Models	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	4/3/2013
Recent Health Care Legislation in New Jersey	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	4/2/2013
US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides Guidance on Physician-Owned Distributorships	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/2/2013
Preliminary Injunction Upheld Against Misappropriated Cardiovascular Drug	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2013
The Pleading Bar for Securities Fraud Cases Is Higher Than It Looks	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/1/2013
Medical Marijuana – Massachusetts Department of Public Health Posts Proposed Regulations	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/1/2013
Federal Circuit Ruling Clears Way for Approval of Generic Version of Fentora Drug	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2013
Federal Circuit Affirms Injunction Against Impax Labs and Bars Generic Introduction	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2013
Captive Insurance Companies – Family-Owned Food Processors Might Consider This Opportunity	Varnum LLP	3/31/2013
OIG Recommends Increased CMS Enforcement of SNF Standards	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/31/2013
New Metropolitan Areas Could Affect Medicare Payment, Regulations	McDermott Will & Emery	3/30/2013
Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury Release Waiting Period Regulations for Group Health Plans	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	3/30/2013
Will Federal Protection for Electronic Health Records (EHR) Donations Be Extended Beyond December 31, 2013?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/30/2013
March 4, 2013 New Jersey Health Care Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	3/29/2013
Hospitals and Doctors Beware: OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert on Physician-Owned Entities	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/29/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Offers Partial Concession to Hospitals by Issuing Ruling, Proposed Rule on Part B Re-Billing	McDermott Will & Emery	3/28/2013
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Antitrust Issues with "Pay for Delay" Agreements	Schiff Hardin LLP	3/28/2013
The Risks and Perils of Crowdfunding	McDermott Will & Emery	3/28/2013
Agencies Issue Proposed Regulations Implementing the 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation Under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/28/2013
More on the Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/28/2013
Florida Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) Regulatory Issues Update	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	3/28/2013
340B Drug Pricing Program Notices on Group Purchasing Organizations and Medicaid Exclusion File	McDermott Will & Emery	3/28/2013
Congressional Representative Signals Willingness to Facilitate Telehealth Services	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/28/2013
New Department of Labor (DOL) Administrator’s Interpretation Could Expand Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Coverage	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/27/2013
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in "Pay-for-Delay" Patent Settlement Antitrust Case	McDermott Will & Emery	3/27/2013
Countdown Begins for HIPAA Omnibus Rule Compliance	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/27/2013
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Issues Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/26/2013
HIPAA Omnibus Rule Effective March 26, 2013	Vedder Price	3/26/2013
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has Made Some Changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”); Is Your Policy in Compliance?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/26/2013
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Effective Today, March 26, 2013	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/26/2013
Health Care Reform Update March 25, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/25/2013
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Uses New Recall Power for First Time	Varnum LLP	3/25/2013
Federal Court Enjoins the Application of the Contraceptive Mandate to Company Owned By the Founder of Domino’s Pizza	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/23/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Focuses on Fraud Associated with Increased Use of Electronic Health Records	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/22/2013
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Reasonable Accommodations and Wellness Programs	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/22/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inspection Report Database Creates More Transparency	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/22/2013
Affordable Care Act's Employer Mandate Takes Effect January 1, 2014 - Are You Prepared?	Much Shelist, P.C.	3/21/2013
Surprise! CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies Forms for Hospital Surveys Now Available Online Re: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	McDermott Will & Emery	3/21/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - March 19, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/21/2013
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Claims Expand to New Industries	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/20/2013
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Wants Feedback From Audited Covered Entities	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/20/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Deny Claims When Ordering/Referring Provider Not Enrolled in Medicare	McDermott Will & Emery	3/20/2013
Medicare Part B Rebilling: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Releases Proposed Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/19/2013
Kentucky Health Cooperative One Step Closer	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/19/2013
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Recommends Changes in Medicare Payments	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/19/2013
Quick Updates on Immigration Forms and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Posters	Lewis and Roca LLP	3/18/2013
Time to Revamp Primary Health Care?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/18/2013
Tax Reform: The Fiscal Cliff Fix Does Little to Reassure Tax-Exempt Health Care Organizations	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/18/2013
Ninth Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentence in InterMune Pharmaceutical Marketing Fraud Case	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/18/2013
FDA Flexes Its FSMA Muscles, Initiates Mandatory Recall	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/15/2013
Proposed New Requirements on FDA Acceptance of Data from Clinical Studies for Medical Devices	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/14/2013
An Analysis of Urinalysis—Considerations for Health Providers	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/14/2013
Resubmission of Hospital Inpatient Medicare Claims That Were Denied As Not Reasonable And Necessary	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/14/2013
A Look at Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) Next Accreditation System	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/13/2013
Employers and the “Contraceptive Mandate”	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/13/2013
Florida Physician Pays Historic Amount To Settle False Claims Act Case	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	3/13/2013
Final HIPAA/HITECH Rules: Compliance Actions for Employee Benefit Plans	Poyner Spruill LLP	3/13/2013
Health Care Providers Sequester or its Alternatives	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	3/12/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - March 11, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/12/2013
Teaching Hospitals May Adjust Number of Residents and Interns for Medicare Payment Past Three-Year Review Period, D.C. Appeals Court Rules	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/12/2013
Office of Inspector General (OIG) Report Critical of Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee Oversight	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/12/2013
New Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Regulations Effective: New Notice Poster and Model Forms Available	Poyner Spruill LLP	3/12/2013
South Carolina Insurance Commissioner Approves WellCare's Acquisition Of UnitedHealth Of South Carolina's Medicaid Business	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/11/2013
Illinois Hospital Brings Antitrust Suit Against Rival Hospital Alleging It Pressured Insurers Not To Contract With Plaintiff	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/11/2013
Disclosures of Protected Health Information ("PHI") for "Marketing" Purposes	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/11/2013
Aetna Announces Sale Of Its Missouri Medicaid Business To WellCare In Connection With Its Efforts To Gain Regulatory Approval For Its Acquisition Of Coventry Health	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/11/2013
Multiple Bills Introduced in Congress to Repeal Health Insurers' Antitrust Exemption	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/11/2013
Final Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rule Requires Group Health Plans And Providers To Update Their Notice Of Privacy Practices	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/11/2013
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance Update for Employee Benefit Plans	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/10/2013
Michigan Governor Vetoes Legislation Banning Health Insurers From Utilizing Most Favored Nation Clauses in Provider Contracts	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/10/2013
February 2013 New Jersey Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	3/10/2013
Final HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Rules: "Covered Entity" and "Business Associate" Issues for Employers	Schiff Hardin LLP	3/10/2013
Determining if the Affordable Care Act “Play or Pay” Rules Apply to a Business	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/10/2013
HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule: Implications for Marketing	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/10/2013
State Medicaid Enforcement Efforts Net $2.9 Billion in Recoveries for FY 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/9/2013
Department of Health and Human Services Issues Final Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules to Implement the HITECH Act	McDermott Will & Emery	3/9/2013
Detailed Analysis of the Final Rule Implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/9/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Releases Sequester Guidance	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/9/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Issues Message on Sequestration Cuts	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/9/2013
Comments on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Affordable Exchange Guidance Due March 15	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/9/2013
Final Sunshine Act Arrives: Now the Hard Part	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/9/2013
UK National Stem Cell Network Report – The Patent Watch Landscape	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/9/2013
Hospital Acquisition Takes Big Hit: Supreme Court Unanimously Favors Federal Trade Commission	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/9/2013
Sacrificing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Cost of Avoiding Perpetual Calamity?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/8/2013
Illinois Hospital Brings Antitrust Suit Against Rival Hospital Alleging it Pressured Insurers not to Contract with Plaintiff	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/8/2013
Ninth Circuit Off-Label Marketing Decision Suggests More Prosecutions Will Be Coming	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/8/2013
Medicaid Expansion in Kentucky	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/8/2013
Finalized Affordable Care Act (ACA) Regulations on Transitional Reinsurance Program Premiums and Potential Effects for Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	3/8/2013
Big Changes Are Happening With the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 340B Drug Program	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/7/2013
Agree to Disagree: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Customs Origin and Drug Labeling Requirements	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/7/2013
Here Come the Unintended Consequences of the Affordable Care Act and Right to Work	Varnum LLP	3/7/2013
Southeast Clinical Nutrition Centers, Inc. Sues Mayo Foundation over Diet-Related Service Marks	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/7/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - March 4, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/7/2013
Disclosure of Student Immunization Records to Schools	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/7/2013
Tennessee Will Not Run Healthcare Exchange	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/6/2013
Employers Must Post New Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3/6/2013
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Announces More Than $1 Million Each in Penalties for HIPAA Security Rule Violations	Lewis and Roca LLP	3/6/2013
Supreme Court’s Decision in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Offers Additional Caution to Health Care Providers Seeking Antitrust Immunity in their Dealings with State or Local Entities	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/5/2013
Understanding the Impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act	Varnum LLP	3/5/2013
Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Approves Wellpoint's Acquisition of Amerigroup After Divestiture Permitting the Parties to Close Their Deal	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/5/2013
Proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Regulations: Employer Shared Responsibility Rules	Schiff Hardin LLP	3/5/2013
The HIPAA “Omnibus” Final Rule Part II – Revisions to Business Associate Definition, Liability and Obligations, Certain Individual Rights, and Implementation of Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/4/2013
A Birthday Tribute to Dr. Seuss	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/4/2013
As the Sequester Takes Effect, Providers Continue to Evaluate Spending Cuts	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/3/2013
Sequestration: The Ripple Effect on the Life Sciences Industry	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/3/2013
IRS Relief Available until April 1 for 403(b) Plan Sponsors Under Audit	McDermott Will & Emery	3/2/2013
New Fees Coming for Health Plan Sponsors	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	3/2/2013
Norman Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) Clinical Integration Program: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Issues Approval	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/2/2013
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Acceptance of Data from Clinical Studies on Medical Devices	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/2/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Participants in Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/1/2013
Senate Finance Committee Takes an In-Depth Look at Health Care Fraud & Abuse	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	3/1/2013
Affordable Care Act Implementation Continues: Important 2013 Requirements	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/1/2013
High Impact Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin: The Smoke and the Fire	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	2/28/2013
Penalties and Measuring Periods for Large Employers: How to Assess Potential Liability under the Affordable Care Act	Dickinson Wright PLLC	2/28/2013
Staying the Course: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Finalizes the Essential Health Benefits Regulations for 2014	McDermott Will & Emery	2/28/2013
Whistleblower under Affordable Care Act	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	2/27/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - February 25, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/27/2013
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Recommends Privacy Practices for Mobile Apps	McDermott Will & Emery	2/27/2013
New Ohio Law Places Burden on Physician Employers	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2/27/2013
New U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division ("WHD") Guidance Clarifies Employee Entitlement to FMLA Leave to Care for Adult Children	Schiff Hardin LLP	2/27/2013
Health Care Enforcement in 2012: A Year in Review	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/26/2013
Dealing with RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor) Audits and Denials: How Healthcare Providers Can Manage Medicare Recovery Efforts	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/26/2013
Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Annual Report Details Record Breaking Success in Health Care Fraud Prevention	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	2/26/2013
Licensing Fee Rate Hike in the Future for Illinois Physicians?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/26/2013
False Press Release Leads To Exclusion From Federal Programs	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/26/2013
New Omnibus Rule Catches More Entities in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Compliance Net	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/26/2013
Department of Labor (DOL) Audit Letters Requesting Proof of Compliance with Health Care Reform Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	2/26/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Releases 2014 Advance Notice and Proposed Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Program Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Regulations	McDermott Will & Emery	2/25/2013
REDC Default Solutions to Pay $50,000 to Settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Disability Discrimination Lawsuit	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	2/24/2013
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Issues Final Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules to Implement the HITECH Act	McDermott Will & Emery	2/24/2013
Supreme Court More Clearly Articulates the "Clearly Articulated" Prong of the State Action Exemption	Schiff Hardin LLP	2/24/2013
CMS Proposes to Change Physician Requirements for RHC’s and FQHC’s	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	2/23/2013
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule: Highlights for Business Associates	Vedder Price	2/23/2013
DOL Audit Letters Requesting Proof of Compliance with Health Care Reform Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	2/23/2013
Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Unforeseeability Bars Immunity Defense for Allegedly Anticompetitive Hospital Merger	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/23/2013
New Jersey Department of Health Unveils Its New POLST Form	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	2/23/2013
OSHA Targets Dairy Product Businesses – Are You a Target?	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	2/22/2013
Supreme Court Clarifies Antitrust Immunity For State-Sanctioned Conduct	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	2/22/2013
Massachusetts Medical Marijuana: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Boston Listening Session	Raymond Law Group LLC	2/22/2013
Supreme Court Rules for FTC in Hospital Merger Case	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/22/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2014 Call Letter: A Bright Future for CMS Star Rating System	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	2/22/2013
New Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster Required in the Workplace	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	2/22/2013
Department of Justice (DOJ) Announces Settlement Resolving Alleged Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA) Violations by Health Care Company	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	2/22/2013
Supreme Court Limits Availability of State Action Immunity from Federal Antitrust Liability	McDermott Will & Emery	2/22/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - February 19, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/22/2013
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Issues Second Set of Proposed Rule in Response to Executive Order 13563	McDermott Will & Emery	2/21/2013
Health and Human Services (HHS) - Essential Health Benefits Rule Finalized	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/21/2013
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Competition Issues Another Favorable Clinical Integration Program Advisory Opinion	McDermott Will & Emery	2/21/2013
Department of Labor (DOL) Audit Letters Requesting Proof of Compliance with Health Care Reform Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	2/20/2013
OMG! Am I a Business Associate (BA)? Assessing the Impact of Recent HIPAA Changes on Your Business	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/19/2013
The Impact of Cloud Computing on Food and Drug Administration (FDA's) Regulation of Medical Products	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/19/2013
The Letter of the Law Proves Equally As Applicable to Employees in Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Disputes	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/19/2013
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) New HIPAA Omnibus Rule & Your Liability — A Detailed Review	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/19/2013
New Family and Medical Leave Act Forms Now Available	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/18/2013
Thinking Ahead-Opinions About Trends & Challenges in Today's Health Care Industry	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/18/2013
February 2013 Healthcare Law and Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	2/17/2013
The New HIPAA Omnibus Rule & Your Liability	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/17/2013
The Impact of Cloud Computing on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Regulation of Medical Products	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/16/2013
FTC Issues Favorable Clinical Integration Advisory Opinion to Norman, Oklahoma Physician Hospital Organization (PHO)	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/16/2013
Modified TRICARE Reimbursement: Federal Government Releases Proposed Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/16/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS’s) Final “Sunshine” Rule: Implications for Research	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/15/2013
Building Owners and Managers Association International's (BOMA's) 2013 Medical Office Buildings (MOB) Conference	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/15/2013
2013 Should Bring Clarity to Analysis of Settlements of Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/15/2013
Report Highlights Record-Breaking Year of Enforcement of Health Care Fraud Control for Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ)	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/15/2013
Health Care Jurisdiction in the Senate	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/15/2013
Reducing Regulatory Requirements: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Releases Proposed Rule Modifying Conditions of Participation	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/14/2013
Business Associates Beware: The New HIPAA Omnibus Rule and It's Consequences	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/13/2013
Appeals Court Upholds Individual Insurance Mandate Amid Mandate Implementation Efforts	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/13/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - February 11, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/13/2013
HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule – published Jan. 25, 2013 Six Points Health Care Professionals and Organizations (and those who do business with them) Need To Know NOW	Armstrong Teasdale	2/13/2013
State Legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and Autism: New Laws Bring in Waves of Change	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	2/13/2013
New Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Regulations Affect Business Associates and Subcontractors	McDermott Will & Emery	2/12/2013
Federal Government Releases Proposed Affordable Care Act (ACA) Rule For Minimum Essential Coverage	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/12/2013
As Goes Ohio Medicaid Expansion, So Goes the Nation?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/10/2013
What Every Business Needs to Know About the New Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Law	Raymond Law Group LLC	2/10/2013
Department of Labor Releases Final Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Regulations	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	2/9/2013
Second Circuit Narrows Employee Retirement Income Security Act "ERISA" Exhaustion Requirement When Employee Benefit Plan Document Is Ambiguous on Need to Follow Claims Procedures	McDermott Will & Emery	2/9/2013
Obama Administration Outlines Religious Accommodations for Contraception Coverage Mandate		2/9/2013
HIPAA Risk Analysis (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)	Poyner Spruill LLP	2/9/2013
Department of Labor "DOL" Issues Final Rule and Survey Results on FMLA's (Family Medical Leave Act) 20th Anniversary	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	2/9/2013
Mintz Levin Publishes Comparison of Proposed and Final Sunshine Act Regulations	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/9/2013
Obama Administration Revises the Contraceptive Mandate, but Provides No Accommodations for For-Profit Companies with Religious Objections	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/9/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "CMS" Announces Participants in Bundled Payment Initiative	McDermott Will & Emery	2/8/2013
Finally, Final Rule on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Released	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/8/2013
Changes to Your Facility's Corporate Structure	Poyner Spruill LLP	2/8/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Shines Light on Financial Relationships	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2/8/2013
The Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate and the Collectively Bargained Workforce	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/8/2013
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Updates Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System	McDermott Will & Emery	2/8/2013
Happy Anniversary, FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)!	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/8/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (“CMS”) CR7631: Changes to Place of Service Coding Effective April 1, 2013	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2/8/2013
New Score, New Hope for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Fix? Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Releases Budget and Economic Outlook	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/7/2013
Dewonkify – Chained Consumer Price Index (CPI)	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/7/2013
Health Care Law Reform Update - February 4, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/7/2013
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Publishes Proposed Changes to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA’s) Proficiency Testing Regulations	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/6/2013
Better Late than Never - The Sunshine Act Final Regulations are Finally Here! - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/6/2013
HIPAA Enforcement: Is It Finally Here?	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	2/6/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Physician Payments Sunshine Act Final Rule	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/5/2013
Health Care Law Reform: Employer Shared Responsibility Requirements Require Action & Exchange Notice Delayed	Vedder Price	2/5/2013
Let the Collection and Reporting Begin: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Publishes Final Sunshine Act Regulations	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/5/2013
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule; Data Collection to Begin on August 1, 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/4/2013
Generics Challenge to Crestor Patent Fails	McDermott Will & Emery	2/4/2013
DOL, IRS, and HHS Put the Brakes on Stand-Alone Health Reimbursement Arrangements Used to Access Health Insurance Coverage in the Individual Market	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/3/2013
Sanctioned Parties in Exceptional Cases Continue to Get Fresh Second Look from Federal Circuit	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2013
CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/3/2013
Contraception Coverage and Exemptions for Religious Employers: Federal Government Releases Proposed Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/3/2013
HHS Releases Language for Use in Updating Business Associate Agreements	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	2/3/2013
Affordable Care Act “sunshine” Rule Increases Transparency in Health Care: Federal Government Releases Final Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/2/2013
A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/2/2013
IRS Releases Proposed and Final Regulations Regarding Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	2/2/2013
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule Released	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/2/2013
HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Research	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/2/2013
Hints of Bipartisan Cooperation on Health Issues in the Energy & Commerce Committee	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/1/2013
All Aboard the HIPAA Omnibus: Navigating the New Privacy and Security Regulations	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/1/2013
New ACA Regulations Address Minimum Essential Coverage and Exemptions	McDermott Will & Emery	2/1/2013
Data Breach Analysis Changes Under New HIPAA Rule	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/1/2013
FDA Will Not Appeal Second Circuit Decision in U.S. v. Caronia	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/1/2013
Federal Government Releases Individual Mandate Regulations	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/1/2013
HIPAA Bulletin: Key Effects of the Newly Published Final Omnibus Rule	Vedder Price	1/31/2013
The HIPAA “Omnibus” Final Rule Part 1 – Revisions to the Rules on Breach Notification; Notice of Privacy Practices; and Marketing and Fundraising Communications	Dickinson Wright PLLC	1/31/2013
January 30, 2013 Wisconsin Court Holds that Non-Profit Medical Group Must Pay Physician Even When Compensation May Not be Fair Market Value	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/31/2013
DOJ Approves Greater New York Hospital Association’s Proposed Gainsharing Program	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/30/2013
Direct Liability and Responsibilities Under the HIPAA Final Rule: What Should Business Associates Know?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/30/2013
OCR Releases Sample Business Associate Agreement Provisions	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/30/2013
DOL Extends Notification Deadline for Purchase of Medical Benefits on Health Insurance Exchanges	McDermott Will & Emery	1/30/2013
Final HIPAA Rule Has Sweeping Impact on Covered Entities and Business Associates	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	1/29/2013
ACLU Files Petitioners’ Brief in AMP v. Myriad Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/29/2013
New Jersey Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/28/2013
EPA Releases New Report on Children's Health and the Environment in America	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	1/27/2013
Department of Health and Human Services "HHS" Issues Final HIPAA/HITECH Rule	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	1/27/2013
Final Rules Under HIPAA/HITECH Impact Employer Plans	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	1/26/2013
Covered Entities Required to Modify Notice of Privacy Practices Under New HIPAA Rule	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/26/2013
FDA Issues Two Proposed Rules That Will Significantly Change Regulatory Requirements For Food Safety	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/26/2013
HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule & Business Associate Agreements	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/26/2013
The Dos and Don’ts of Implementing a Mandatory Flu Vaccine Policy Outside the Hospital Setting	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	1/25/2013
Affliction and Social Media	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	1/25/2013
A Comprehensive Summary of the Final Omnibus HIPAA/HITECH Rules	Poyner Spruill LLP	1/25/2013
Subcontractors under the HIPAA Final Rule	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/25/2013
Firing Employees Who Don’t Get Flu Shots: What Risks Do Hospitals Face?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	1/24/2013
HIPAA Omnibus Rule Reference Chart	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/23/2013
Medicare Will Likely Cut Imaging Reimbursement in 2014	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/23/2013
HHS Releases HIPAA / HITECH Omnibus Final Rule	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	1/23/2013
Pfizer FCPA Settlement Emphasizes the Importance of Robust Compliance Programs for the Healthcare Industry	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/23/2013
New IRS Rules for Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions under Health Care Reform	Armstrong Teasdale	1/22/2013
Tax Planning in 2013 for Individuals and Small Business Owners	Williams Kastner	1/22/2013
Brace for Impact – Final HITECH Rules Will Require Substantially More Breach Reporting	Poyner Spruill LLP	1/22/2013
Crossman v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc.	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/21/2013
Life Sciences Company Obtains Dismissal of Shareholder Class Action	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	1/21/2013
HIPAA and HITECH Act Rule Summary	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	1/21/2013
HIPAA Rules... Finally!	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/20/2013
HIPAA Final Rule Released: What to Expect	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/20/2013
Finally! HHS Office of Civil Rights Releases HIPAA Omnibus Rule With Sweeping Changes to Compliance Requirements and Enforcement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/20/2013
Gun Violence Prompts HHS to Release Letter on Disclosures of Protected Health Information to Avert Threats to Health or Safety	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/20/2013
Can Employees Take FMLA Leave for the Flu?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/20/2013
HITECH Omnibus Rule Basics	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/19/2013
HHS Releases HIPAA and HITECH ACT Mega-Rule	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	1/19/2013
HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule Brings “Sweeping Change” to Health Care Industry	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/19/2013
HITECH Omnibus Rule Published Breaking News	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/19/2013
HHS Releases Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/19/2013
HHS Releases HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	1/19/2013
Healthcare Providers Push Forward with Significant Construction or Renovation Projects	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/18/2013
OIG Issues Detailed Co-Management Agreement Advisory Opinion	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/18/2013
The Joint Commission Requests Comments on Alarm Management	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/18/2013
The Wrap-Around Slap-Around for Primary Care Centers	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	1/18/2013
Stakeholders Call for Final Sunshine Act Rule	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/18/2013
Excise Tax Kicks In Jan. 1 on Certain Medical Devices	Varnum LLP	1/17/2013
FDA Issues List of Medical Device Guidance Documents Planned for 2013	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/16/2013
FDA Issues Final Guidance on Refuse to Accept Policy for 510(k)s and Premarket Approval Applications (PMAs): Food, Drug & Device Law Alert	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/15/2013
Recent Ruling Demonstrates That You Might Find Religion Where You Least Expect It	Poyner Spruill LLP	1/15/2013
Federal Communications Commission Expands Availability of 400 Million Dollar Rural Health Care Support Mechanism	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/15/2013
Notification Threshold Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Increased to $70.9 million	McDermott Will & Emery	1/15/2013
IRS Updates Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System	McDermott Will & Emery	1/14/2013
Medicare Shared Savings Program Grows by 106 ACOs in 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/14/2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services "CMS" Announces 106 NEW ACOs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/13/2013
OIG Approves Gift Cards to Encourage Clinical Visits to Health Center	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/13/2013
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on cGMPs for Food to Implement Parts of Food Safety Modernization Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/12/2013
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Produce Safety to Implement Parts of Food Safety Modernization Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/12/2013
Court Rules in Favor of Employers in Class Action Group Rating Case	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/11/2013
OIG Blesses Co-Management Arrangement	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/10/2013
Congress Avoids the Fiscal ‘Cliff’—Now What?	McDermott Will & Emery	1/10/2013
Massachusetts Governeor Patrick's Administration Proposes Elimination of Fair Share Contribution Requirements	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/10/2013
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and Anticipated Medicare and Medicaid Payment Reforms	McDermott Will & Emery	1/10/2013
OIG Provides Guidance Regarding Provision of Electronic Interface to Physicians	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/8/2013
Congress Amends the Medicare Secondary Payer Act	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/8/2013
Words of Warning: “No breach too small”: Department of Health and Human Services	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/7/2013
What Can Healthcare Entities Learn from the First Settlement for a HIPAA Breach Involving Fewer than 500 Patients?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/7/2013
Healthcare Real Estate and the Affordable Care Act	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/6/2013
There’s an app for that (cough)? Mobile Apps in the Healthcare Industry	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/5/2013
Late Action to Avert “Fiscal Cliff” Includes Several Health Policy Changes	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/5/2013
Contraceptive Mandate Appeal Held in Abeyance Pending Issuance of Final Rule	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	1/5/2013
HHS Announces First Settlement of HIPAA Breach Affecting Fewer Than 500 Individuals	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/5/2013
Federal Communications Commission "FCC" Establishes New Healthcare Connect Fund	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/4/2013
Fiscal Cliffhanger: Congress Passes Federal Tax & Health Care Legislation for 2013	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	1/4/2013
OIG Offers Additional Guidance on Hospital Relationships with Physicians	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/4/2013
Late Action to Avert “Fiscal Cliff” Includes Several Health Policy Changes	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/4/2013
How Large Employers, Full Time Employees will be Determined for Affordable Care Act	Varnum LLP	1/2/2013
HHS Issues Proposed Regulations Implementing Reinsurance Fees Paid by Carriers and Group Health Plans Under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/2/2013
Telemedicine: Physicians Need to Know State Requirements	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/1/2013
2013 Brings Significant Criminal Background Check Changes for Ohio Home Health Agencies "HHAs"	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/1/2013
New California Disability Regulations to Become Effective December 30, 2012	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	12/30/2012
Preliminary Testing of Medical Devices in Animals Enables Their Use in Humans - Patent Law Issues	McDermott Will & Emery	12/30/2012
EPA Tightens Air Quality Standards for Fine Particles	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	12/30/2012
Where to Spend Your Healthcare Investment Dollars	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/29/2012
Diagnostic Claims For Assessing the Risk of Down’s Syndrome Are Not Patent Eligible	McDermott Will & Emery	12/28/2012
Supreme Court Denies a Request to Temporarily Enjoin the Contraceptive Mandate	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/28/2012
Healthcare Providers Push Forward with Significant Construction or Renovation Projects	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/28/2012
Excise Tax Kicks In Jan. 1 on Certain Medical Devices	Varnum LLP	12/28/2012
Significant New Fees for Group Health Plans in 2014-2016	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	12/27/2012
Sustainable Growth Rate: Here We Go Again!	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	12/26/2012
2012: "The Real Year of the (Healthcare) REIT"?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/26/2012
OIG Approves Hospital’s Electronic Interface Arrangement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/25/2012
Medical Office Building Built to Resist Severe Weather	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/24/2012
No ADA Protection for Termination Due to Fear of Swine Flu	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/24/2012
FTC Approves Settlement of Noncompetition Case Against Renown Health Voiding Ten Physicians’ Noncompetition Agreements	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/23/2012
Doctors Wait for SGR Fix	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/22/2012
Trinity Health Corporation Agrees to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	12/22/2012
Group Health Plans: Year-End Action Items, Upcoming Changes, New Guidance	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	12/21/2012
In re Rosuvastatin Calcium Patent Litigation – Making “Therasense” out of Confusion	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	12/21/2012
Merck Compelled to Disclose Documents; Confidentiality and Privilege Waived with Prior Disclosure to Government	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/21/2012
Employment Screening: Medical Inquiries and Examinations	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	12/20/2012
Is Work From Home Counted in Determining FMLA Eligibility?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	12/19/2012
2013 Notice to Employees Concerning the American Health Benefit Exchanges	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	12/18/2012
European Commission (EC) Introduces Major Changes to Medical Device Regulation	McDermott Will & Emery	12/18/2012
Human Augmentation: A Bioethical Implication Analysis of Cybernetics, Nanotechnology, and Upgrades to the Human Body	Southern University Law Center	12/17/2012
EPA Announces Next Round of Clean Air Standards to Reduce Harmful Soot Pollution	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	12/16/2012
HHS Issues Comprehensive “Essential Health Benefits” Proposed Regulations		12/14/2012
Health Care Reform Update - December 10, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/12/2012
Supreme Court to Decide "Pay for Delay" Antitrust Case Involving Generic Drugs	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/12/2012
OIG Approves Pharmacy’s Provision of Free or Below Market Value Items in Limited Circumstances	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/12/2012
2012's Record Healthcare Fraud Recovery Calls for Compliance	Armstrong Teasdale	12/12/2012
HIPAA De-Identification Guidance	McDermott Will & Emery	12/12/2012
Dewonkify – SGR	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/11/2012
VitalStim and Three Others Assert Infringement of Four Patents Against eSwallow USA	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/11/2012
Federal Court Vacates Conviction for Truthful Off-Label Promotion of FDA-Approved Drug	McDermott Will & Emery	12/11/2012
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on “Pay-for-Delay” Antitrust Issue	McDermott Will & Emery	12/11/2012
Second Circuit Reverses Conviction for Off-Label Promotion Based on First Amendment	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/11/2012
Second Circuit Rejects Government’s Off-Label Enforcement Approach	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/10/2012
DOJ Touts Active Enforcement of the False Claims Act in FY 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/9/2012
Dewonkify – Offset: A Funding Source Used to Pay for Government Spending	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/8/2012
Proposed ACA Regulations on Transitional Reinsurance Program Premiums and Potential Effects for Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	12/7/2012
Massachusetts Refines Its Sunshine Law; Final Federal Sunshine Regulations Moving Ahead	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/7/2012
‘Off-Label’ FDA Cases Can Run Afoul of First Amendment, Federal Appeals Court Holds	Ifrah Law	12/6/2012
Pharmaceutical Patent Transfers Subject to the Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act): Increased Review Raises Importance of Valuation	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	12/6/2012
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) Fees – A Primer on the Tax Treatment of Entrance and Monthly Fees	McDermott Will & Emery	12/6/2012
Are Medicaid Claims Becoming the Next Battleground for False Claims Act (FCA) Cases?	Ifrah Law	12/6/2012
Proposed Regulations Addressing Multi-State Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	12/5/2012
Multi-State Plan Proposed Rule Released	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/5/2012
Federal Courts Clarify Reasonable-Accommodation Standards	Vedder Price	12/5/2012
The 1/3: Childhood Obesity in the Twenty First Century	Southern University Law Center	12/5/2012
Watch What They Say and What They Do: The Seventh Circuit Examines What Constitutes Notice of Employee Eligibility for FMLA Leave	Vedder Price	12/4/2012
The Patentability of Isolated DNA Will be Decided by the Supreme Court	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	12/4/2012
Long-Delayed Sunshine Rule One Step Closer to Release	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/4/2012
Federal Agencies Release Key Health Reform Rules	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/4/2012
Why A "Special Session" of North Carolina's General Assembly?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/3/2012
2012 Year-End Tax Planning Considerations	Williams Kastner	12/3/2012
Entitlement Reform: Possible Changes to Medicare & Medicaid	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	12/3/2012
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Issues Revised Hydrofracking Regulations	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	12/3/2012
OCR Issues Guidance on Methods for De-Identification of PHI Under HIPAA	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/3/2012
Essential Health Benefits Proposed Rule: Additional Detail with Few Surprises	McDermott Will & Emery	12/1/2012
The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange: How Obamacare is Changing the Health Insurance Marketplace	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	11/30/2012
PPACA and Me	Dickinson Wright PLLC	11/29/2012
New Proposed Wellness Guidance under PPACA	McDermott Will & Emery	11/29/2012
OCR Releases HIPAA Guidance on De-Identification of PHI	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/28/2012
Current Trends in Obamacare: Where is it Going and What to Watch For	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/28/2012
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Phoebe Putney Hospital Merger Challenge	McDermott Will & Emery	11/28/2012
EPA Recommends New Recreational Water Quality Criteria to Better Protect Public Health	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	11/28/2012
Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Drug Maker Fails Because “Off-Guideline” Marketing Does Not Constitute “Off-Label” Marketing	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	11/27/2012
Federal Agencies Propose Three Important Health Care Reform Regulations		11/27/2012
Businesses Must Determine Whether the Pay-or-Play Provisions in the Affordable Care Act Apply	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	11/27/2012
Non-Physician Care Providers May Order Portable X-Ray Services Under New Medicare Payment Rule	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/26/2012
Amendments to CLIA’s Proficiency Testing Provisions Passed by Congress	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/25/2012
Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Obviousness in DNA Patent Application	McDermott Will & Emery	11/24/2012
Court Takes Expansive View of Duty to Report Child Abuse	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	11/22/2012
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Targets Self-Referred Advanced Imaging Services	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/22/2012
An Effective Compliance Program: Preventive Medicine for the Individual and Small Physician Group Practice	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	11/22/2012
HHS Releases Proposed Rules Governing ACA Insurance Requirements	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/21/2012
New 3.8% Tax on Sale of Real Estate Effective January 1, 2013	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/21/2012
Edwards Lifesciences v. Corevalve – Pig Valve Implants Enabling	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/20/2012
The Utah Hospital Association and the AMA Weigh in on the State Medicaid Expansion Debate	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/20/2012
OIG Increases Focus on Medicaid Personal Care Services	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/20/2012
Another Setback for Health Insurance Exchanges	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/20/2012
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Falls Short in Response to Healthcare Data Breaches		11/20/2012
DOJ and SEC Issue Highly Anticipated FCPA Guidance	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/19/2012
Second Federal Court Temporarily Enjoins Application of Contraceptive Mandate to a For-Profit Business	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/19/2012
Reimbursement Issues Facing Molecular Pathology Services in Calendar Year 2013 and Beyond	McDermott Will & Emery	11/19/2012
HHS Extends State Exchange Deadline Yet Again	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	11/19/2012
Investing In the Chinese Health Care Sector: A New Frontier to be Explored with Care	McDermott Will & Emery	11/17/2012
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule Released by CMS	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/15/2012
Overview of 2013 Final Rule on DME Written Order and Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	11/14/2012
Court Rejects Challenges to Health Reform Mandates and Medicare Regulations	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/14/2012
Fiscal Cliff, Taxmageddon, Sequestration – What Does It All Mean?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	11/13/2012
MedPAC Aims to Equalize Reimbursement Rates	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	11/13/2012
2012 Year End Tax Planning Alert	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	11/13/2012
Private Exchanges: Consumer-Driven Health Care’s Next Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/13/2012
Does the Use of Electronic Health Records Lead to Increased Billing Fraud?	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	11/13/2012
Regional Conflicts in Workers Compensation	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	11/12/2012
Michigan Municipal Bonds for Retirement Liabilities	Dickinson Wright PLLC	11/12/2012
Health Care Providers Are Immune to Civil Liability, Despite Peer-Review Shortcomings, Federal Court Rules	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/11/2012
The Fiscal Cliff: January 1st Tax Increases Loom	Much Shelist, P.C.	11/10/2012
Consumer-Driven Health Care’s Next Act: Rise of the Private Exchanges	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/10/2012
Medical Marijuana: Weeding Through the New Massachusetts Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/9/2012
Food Retailers: FDA Is Coming to Town	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	11/9/2012
Reforming Medicare Audits	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	11/9/2012
Massachusetts Post-Election: Looking to Raise Taxes and Expand Regulation to Balance Books	McDermott Will & Emery	11/9/2012
Hospitals Challenge CMS Auditing Policy in Court	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/8/2012
The Cost of Equalization: New HHS Rules Increase Medicaid Pay to Doctors and Cut Medicare Pay	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/8/2012
Patent War Between St. Jude Medical and Volcano Has Mixed Results	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	11/8/2012
Medicare and Medicaid Reforms Coming in a Second Obama Administration	McDermott Will & Emery	11/7/2012
D-Day for ObamaCare?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/7/2012
New York Agencies Revise Proposed Regulations Relating To Compensation and Administrative Expenses	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	11/7/2012
Sixth Circuit Overturns $82.6 Million Medicare Fraud Judgment	McDermott Will & Emery	11/6/2012
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Issues Final Rule for Medicaid Rate Increase	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/5/2012
Patents Not Obvious Due to a Lack of Motivation to Combine Prior Art	McDermott Will & Emery	11/5/2012
Federal Government to Launch Multistate Health Insurance Plans	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/3/2012
2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Issues of Interest to Independent Laboratories	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/3/2012
Restitution Payments by Physician Held to be Tax-Deductible	Dickinson Wright PLLC	11/2/2012
The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange: Little Gnome Facts	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	11/1/2012
Medicaid Spending and Enrollment Decrease in 2012, Survey Finds	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/31/2012
Germany Amends Competition Law: Key Changes	McDermott Will & Emery	10/30/2012
What Employers Need to Know for 2012 and 2013 Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act	McDermott Will & Emery	10/30/2012
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Contours of "State Action" Exemption to Antitrust Laws	Schiff Hardin LLP	10/30/2012
Insurance Rate Increases Tempered After Implementation of Rate Review	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/29/2012
Obamacare on Trial: A Book Review	The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC	10/28/2012
Medicare Therapy Coverage Policy to Be Revised	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/28/2012
2014 Meaningful Use Clinical Quality Measures Now Available	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/28/2012
Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Pledges Focus on Medicare Billing Abuse Involving Electronic Records	Center for Public Integrity	10/28/2012
HHS Proposed Settlement of Medicare Case would lead to Expanded Reimbursement for Skilled Nursing and Therapy Services	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/27/2012
Report Claims GOP Proposed Cuts Would Drop 37.5 Million People from Medicaid Rolls	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/27/2012
Changes to Deadlines for Stage Two – Meaningful Use in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	10/26/2012
House Committee Subpoenas HHS for Medicare Advantage Demonstration Documents	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/25/2012
Health Care Reform Increases Compliance and Enforcement Concerns	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	10/25/2012
Government Sanctioned for Destruction of Documents	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/24/2012
Health Care Law Reform Update: October 22, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/24/2012
IRS Announces Employee Benefit Plan Limits for 2013	McDermott Will & Emery	10/23/2012
House Committee Moving Forward with Subpoena Regarding Medicare Advantage Demonstration Project	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/22/2012
Disability Mentoring Day: Pay it Forward	U.S. Department of Labor	10/22/2012
2013 COLAs for Employee Benefit Plans	Varnum LLP	10/21/2012
Seventh Circuit Decision Holds that Taxes Paid by Illinois Hospitals Are Not Fully Reimbursable Under Medicare	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/21/2012
Ten Ways to Save Money, Energy and Protect Your Health This Winter	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	10/21/2012
The Legal Battle Over Health Reform, Continued	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/20/2012
Compliance Alert for Group Health Plans Annual Notices to Employees/Participants	Schiff Hardin LLP	10/19/2012
Key Hospital Pay-for-Performance Programs Are Now in Effect	McDermott Will & Emery	10/19/2012
Here Comes the Sun, Are You Prepared? – Tips for Navigating the New Sunshine Provisions	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	10/18/2012
Confounding Issues about Compounding Pharmacy Regulation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/18/2012
New Guidance on Form 8889 for Health Savings Accounts	McDermott Will & Emery	10/17/2012
Health Care Reform Update - October 15, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/17/2012
Concentration Range Claims Cannot Be Narrowly Construed to Preserve Validity	McDermott Will & Emery	10/16/2012
Healthcare Providers Responding to Meningitis Cases Linked to Tainted Steroid Injections	McDermott Will & Emery	10/15/2012
HHS OIG Identifies Shortcomings in CMS’s Response to Data Breaches and Medical Identity Theft		10/15/2012
Healthcare Providers Responding to Meningitis Cases Linked to Tainted Steroid Injections	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/14/2012
Court Rules Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Not Subject to Social Security, Medicare Taxes	Varnum LLP	10/14/2012
New Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans Go Live	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/14/2012
Sixth Circuit Upholds Wal-Mart’s Termination of Employee for Using Medical Marihuana	Dickinson Wright PLLC	10/14/2012
No Material Change - No Forbidden CON Application Amendment	Poyner Spruill LLP	10/13/2012
Corporate Integrity Agreements: OIG Provides Glimpse of the Future	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/12/2012
To Encrypt Email or Not to Encrypt Email?	Poyner Spruill LLP	10/12/2012
The Gain Act: Providing Additional Market Exclusivity for Antibiotics to Treat Drug-Resistant Infections	Schiff Hardin LLP	10/12/2012
Fiscal Year 2013 Work Plan Highlights OIG’s Medicare Parts C and D Priorities	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/12/2012
Getting Your Business Ready for CMS Meaningful Use Audits	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	10/11/2012
IRS Guidance on Additional Medicare Tax	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/11/2012
Highlights of the OIG's 2013 Work Plan		10/11/2012
Health Care Reform Law Update: October 8, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/10/2012
Next Steps to Comply with Health Care Reform	Schiff Hardin LLP	10/10/2012
State and Federal Pharmaceutical Enforcement Litigation: What’s Next?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/8/2012
Reimbursement and Payment Highlights from the HHS OIG’s Work Plan		10/8/2012
Deputy Director Dafny: FTC Focuses on Diversion Ratios, Not Geographic Markets for Hospital Mergers	McDermott Will & Emery	10/8/2012
Communications Advisory October 2‚ 2012 FCC Will Work to Implement mHealth Task Force Report	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/8/2012
In ‘Bitter Pill,’ FDA Seizes Domain Names of Firms Selling Illegal Pharmaceuticals	Ifrah Law	10/7/2012
Pay-For-Performance—Hospitals Penalized for High Readmission Rates Under Affordable Care Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/6/2012
New York Governor Vetoes Legislation Intended to Conform State Self-Referral Ban to the Stark Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/5/2012
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Releases Report	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	10/4/2012
The “Wild Wild West” Of SMS	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	10/4/2012
HHS OIG Releases Work Plan for FY 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/4/2012
Employee Benefits Alert - 2013 Plan Year Reduction in Health Flexible Spending Account Deferrals	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/3/2012
Health Care Law Reform Update- October 1, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/3/2012
ACA Readmissions Reduction Program Takes Effect Today	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/1/2012
Caution Required When Releasing Health-Care Records Under Wisconsin’s “Billing and Collection” Exception	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/29/2012
Beware the Weakest Link: Human Behavior		9/28/2012
PCORI Announces Online Portal for Submitting Questions	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/28/2012
Individual Responsibility under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	9/28/2012
IMPACT: Cabinet officials signal crackdown on Medicare billing abuse	Center for Public Integrity	9/28/2012
Joint CMS, DOJ Letter on EHR’s Potential for Billing Fraud; AHA, AAHC Respond	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/28/2012
Information Collection for the Escape and Evacuation Plans for Surface Coal Mines, Surface Facilities and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines	Andrews Kurth LLP	9/27/2012
HHS and DOJ Issue Warning on Electronic Medical Record Related Payment Fraud	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/26/2012
Chinese FDA Proposes Inspection of Foreign Pharma Sites	McDermott Will & Emery	9/26/2012
Personalized Medicine Takes Off While Diagnostic Assays are Grounded	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/26/2012
Health Care Law Reform Update	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/26/2012
Massachusetts DPH Proposes Amendments to Regulations to Implement Gift Ban Law Changes	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/25/2012
Update: Massachusetts Amends 105 C.M.R. 970.000 “Gift Ban” Law	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/25/2012
CMS Announces Final Rule Regarding Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/24/2012
The Federal Circuit’s Recent “Safe Harbor” Ruling Could Impact Biosimilars Drug Development	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/22/2012
Senator Grassley says Providers Who Overbill Medicare are Draining its Finances	Center for Public Integrity	9/22/2012
Medicare Audit Challenges to Paying Nursing and Allied Health Program Pass-Through Costs	McDermott Will & Emery	9/22/2012
Are Biosimilars the Next Generation of Small Drug Manufacturers?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/21/2012
Is a Cloud Vendor a Business Associate?	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	9/21/2012
MEEI Breach Notification Prompts OCR Investigation and Settlement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/20/2012
ONC Issues Revised Certification Criteria for EHR Technology Used to Earn Incentive Payments	McDermott Will & Emery	9/20/2012
Seventh Circuit Creates New Disability Accommodation Obligations for Employers	Schiff Hardin LLP	9/19/2012
Wellness Program Falls Within ADA Safe Harbor	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/18/2012
Health Care Reform Law Update September 18, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/18/2012
Breach Report Leads to $1.5 Million HIPAA Security Settlement	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/18/2012
Labor and Employment Law Newsletter: Sept. 2012	Vedder Price	9/17/2012
OIG Issues Advisory Opinion RE: Waiver of Co-Payments by Ambulance Suppliers	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	9/17/2012
Is HIPAA in the Clouds?	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	9/17/2012
The Healthcare Cost Containment Dialogue Continues	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	9/17/2012
Electronic Health Records: Looking Past Skepticism	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/16/2012
Medicare Cracking the Codes: How Doctors and Hospitals Have Collected Billions in Questionable Medicare Fees	Center for Public Integrity	9/16/2012
Planned Parenthood Airs Ads Opposing Romney	Center for Public Integrity	9/16/2012
Can a Hospital Alliance Constitute a Single Entity for Antitrust Purposes? It Depends, Says One District Court	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/15/2012
CMS Seeks Improved Quality of Care, Patient Engagement Through Stage 2 Meaningful Use Criteria	McDermott Will & Emery	9/15/2012
The Antitrust Agencies’ Latest Favorite Target: MFN Clauses	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/15/2012
ONC Releases Web-Based Privacy & Security Training Module for Health Care Providers	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/15/2012
Health Affairs Briefing Speakers Discuss Payment Reform Research	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/14/2012
Breaking – White House Releases Sequestration Report	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/14/2012
Legislative Update: Congress Returns for Final Session Before Elections	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/13/2012
Sequestration Fight Heats Up in Healthcare Law	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/13/2012
Seventh Circuit Reverses Course on Reassignment Labor Accommodation	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/12/2012
IRS Issues Rules on "Full-time Employees" and 90-day Waiting Period Limitation under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/11/2012
Seventh Circuit Reverses Course on Reassignment Accommodation, Leaving United Airlines Grounded	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/11/2012
Opinion: Maine's health care fantasy	Center for Public Integrity	9/10/2012
Third Circuit Addresses The Notice An Employee Must Give Of Unforeseeable FMLA Leave	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/8/2012
Joint Commission Releases Revisions to Deeming Requirements for Hospitals and CAHs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/7/2012
New Guidance on Affordable Care Act Provisions Issued	McDermott Will & Emery	9/7/2012
Federal Circuit Reaffirms the Patentability of Isolated DNA in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/7/2012
Massachusetts Health Care Reform Fair Share Law Amended by Economic Development Bill	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/6/2012
Federal Circuit Resurrects ‘Induced Infringement;’ Narrows ‘Joint Infringement Defense’	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	9/6/2012
Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating Attendance Policy Enforcement and ADA Compliance	Vedder Price	9/6/2012
Akamai/McKesson Decided– Implications for Personalized Medicine Patents	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/6/2012
Agencies Issue Long Awaited Guidance under Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility Rules and 90-Day Waiting Period Limit	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/6/2012
The FDA Proposes New Rule on Unique Medical Device Identification and Marking Requirements	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/6/2012
The Democratic Platform – What it Means for Healthcare	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/5/2012
Beware this Threat to Exec-Comp Tax Deductions	McDermott Will & Emery	9/4/2012
Guess Who’s Coming to Visit? Long-Term Care Facility Inspections	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	9/4/2012
Florida Board of Medicine Promulgates an Opinion on Scope of Services a Physician Assistant may Perform	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	9/4/2012
IRS Issues Q&As on the Additional Medicare Tax under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/4/2012
HHS Clarifies Temporary Enforcement Safe Harbor for Contraceptive Services under Plans of Certain Religious Employers	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/4/2012
Patient Centered Medical Homes and Massachusetts Health Care Cost Containment Legislation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/3/2012
Is Employer-Ordered Counseling a Medical Exam Covered By The ADA?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/3/2012
Psychological Counseling May Constitute a Medical Examination Under the ADA	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/3/2012
HHS Issues Updated Blueprint for Health Insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/2/2012
Accommodation: ADA Does Not Apply Accommodation for Employees' Disabled Children	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	9/2/2012
Compliance Plan – A Provider’s Defense	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	9/2/2012
HHS Issues Updated Blueprint for Health Insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act		9/1/2012
Pharmaceutical Industry Executives Face Enforcement Risks Under The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/1/2012
HHS/CCIIO Revises Temporary Enforcement Safe Harbor on Contraceptive Coverage Offered by Religiously Affiliated Tax-Exempt Entities	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/31/2012
The Republican Platform – What It Means for Healthcare	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/31/2012
Risk assessments are critical to avoid data blackmail		8/30/2012
How Many Calories is in that Burger? PPACA Makes Sure you know.	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	8/30/2012
Two Approaches to Health Care Spending in NEJM	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/29/2012
FDA Amends and Extends Regulations on Medical Device Registration and Listing	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	8/28/2012
Manipulating Medicare: With the Paul Ryan pick, Medicare has returned as a top election topic	Center for Public Integrity	8/27/2012
California Assembly Votes to Amend State False Claims Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/27/2012
Docs at Conventions: Doctors for America will Provide Reality Check, Dispense Free Care	Center for Public Integrity	8/27/2012
Another Loss for the Robinson-Patman Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/26/2012
Fraud, Waste and Abuse Controls	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	8/25/2012
Hackers Demand Ransom to Keep Medical Records Private		8/25/2012
Federal Circuit Breathes Life Back Into DNA Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	8/24/2012
Kentucky Health Cooperative Insurance, Available in 2014	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	8/24/2012
Wisconsin DHS Issues Memo Outlining Requirements for Confidentiality and Disposal of Health Care Records	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/24/2012
Multi-Million Medicare Fraud and HIPAA Conviction: A Cautionary Tale	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/24/2012
Federal Court Temporarily Enjoins Application of Contraceptive Mandate To A Local Business	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	8/24/2012
FTC Flexes Healthcare Regulatory Muscle	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/23/2012
Workers Comp in the NFL	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	8/23/2012
Change in Canadian Allergen Labeling	Varnum LLP	8/22/2012
House Bill Introduced on Clinical Trial Database Registry	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/21/2012
Social Medicine?: Impact of Social Media	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/20/2012
The Perils of Prescribing Controlled Substances	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	8/20/2012
FTC Proposes Amendments to HSR Rules Targeting Certain Pharmaceutical Licensing Arrangements	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/19/2012
FTC’s Proposed Rules Would Generate More HSR Filings for Transfers of Pharmaceutical Patent Rights	McDermott Will & Emery	8/19/2012
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Refuse to Accept Policy for 510(k)s	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	8/18/2012
Technology: Medical device companies may see increased regulation	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/18/2012
CMS Issues Final Rule on Incorrectly Classified SCHs	McDermott Will & Emery	8/17/2012
New Wisconsin Dentistry Examining Board Rules Outline New Continuing Education and Licensure Requirements	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/17/2012
Northern District of Illinois Holds that Plaintiffs’ Proposal of a Consolidated Trial May Trigger Federal Jurisdiction Under CAFA as a Mass Action	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	8/16/2012
Proposed Changes to HSR Rules for Pharmaceutical Companies	McDermott Will & Emery	8/15/2012
Global Exchange on Workplace Safety and Health	U.S. Department of Labor	8/15/2012
Medical Loss Ratio Rebates: The Clock Is Ticking	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/14/2012
Wisconsin DHS’ 24-Hour Standard for Authentication of Physician Orders Now Applies	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/13/2012
The New Health Care Law W-2 Reporting	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	8/13/2012
False Claims Act Case Questioning Quality of Laboratory Services Unsealed in New Mexico	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/12/2012
Romney's Vice President Choice has a Deficit Reduction Plan that could Bankrupt Many Senior Citizens.	Center for Public Integrity	8/11/2012
EPA Awards $2 Million to Small Businesses to Support Environmental Innovation, Protect Health	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	8/11/2012
New Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law Makes Important Changes to the “Fair Share Contribution” Rules Affecting Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/11/2012
Is The Deck Stacked In Nursing Facility Survey Appeals?	Poyner Spruill LLP	8/10/2012
FTC Uses Creative Remedy to Halt Cardiology Practice Merger: Requires Suspension of Employed Physicians’ Non-Compete Contracts	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/10/2012
Medical Loss Ratio Refunds	McDermott Will & Emery	8/9/2012
Expanding False Claims Act Liability	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/9/2012
Food Fight in 36B--The Looming Challenge to the Affordable Care Act's Premium Tax Credit Rules	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/8/2012
Increase in HIPAA Enforcement Activity Continues and Spreads	Poyner Spruill LLP	8/8/2012
Tremendous Transactional Opportunities in Life Sciences / Healthcare	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/7/2012
2013 Will Be a Slow Growth Year For Long Term Care in North Carolina	Poyner Spruill LLP	8/7/2012
The Perils of Prescribing Controlled Substances	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	8/7/2012
Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate’s Costly Fix	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/5/2012
Medical Device Security: How Safe is Wireless Technology?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/5/2012
Two New Ordinances Go into Effect in Philadelphia	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/5/2012
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law - Top Ten Take-Aways	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/4/2012
Cost Growth Benchmark and Performance Improvement Plans Under Massachusetts’s New Health Care Reform Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/3/2012
Year Since the Debt Ceiling Deal: What’s Next?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	8/3/2012
Supreme Court to Hear FTC Challenge to Anticompetitive Merger	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	8/3/2012
Beyond the Individual Mandate: Additional Considerations for Businesses & Health Care Providers Under the Current State of Health Care Reform	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/2/2012
New Flexibility for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies in Massachusetts, but at a Price	McDermott Will & Emery	8/2/2012
Advisory Opinion No. 12-09 Issued by OIG	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	8/2/2012
No Change in Course on ACA Federal Antifraud and Transparency Provisions	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/2/2012
EPA and USDA Announce First-Ever Microbial Risk Assessment Guidance / Guideline will help better determine health risks from food and waterborne pathogens	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	8/1/2012
What Is an “Abstract Idea”? Who’s on First? What’s on Second?	McDermott Will & Emery	8/1/2012
Massachusetts Health Care Reform - Fair Share Hearing practices	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/1/2012
Massachusetts Legislature Passes Comprehensive Health Care Payment Reform	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/1/2012
Banner Health Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $255,000	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	8/1/2012
Federal Dollars Are Ripe for the Harvest- ACA	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	7/31/2012
Federal Judge Rules for Nurses in Multi-Million Dollar Class Action for Unpaid Overtime	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/31/2012
Public-Private Partnership to Fight Fraud Formed	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/31/2012
D.C. Circuit Rejects Length of Purdue Executives’ Exclusion but Remands for Reconsideration	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/30/2012
Change in 340B Program Registration Deadlines	McDermott Will & Emery	7/29/2012
ADA – Accommodation – Disabilities	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	7/29/2012
Employers: Take Steps Now for Affordable Care Act Compliance	Varnum LLP	7/28/2012
Overview of 2013 MPFS Proposed Rule and DME Written Order and Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	7/28/2012
The Physician Employment Trend Continues	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	7/27/2012
CMS Proposes New Hardship Exemptions to Medicare eRx Penalties	McDermott Will & Emery	7/25/2012
Federal Government Fight Against Health Care Fraud: Fifteen Years - $20.6 Billion - Not Bad!!	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC	7/25/2012
OIG Issues Provider Podcast and Guidance on Adverse Events	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/24/2012
OCR Releases HIPAA Audit Protocol	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/24/2012
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Unique Medical Device Identification	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/23/2012
First-Ever Electronic Medical Records and Advanced Imaging Technology Being Brought to 2012 London Olympics	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/23/2012
Massachusetts Amends Anti-Kickback Law	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/22/2012
Court Orders Hawaii HealthCare Professionals and Its Owner to Pay over $190,000 for Age Discrimination	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	7/22/2012
Thoughts on the D.C. Pharmaceutical Detailer’s License Requirement	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/22/2012
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The Supreme Court Decision	McDermott Will & Emery	7/22/2012
The FDA Safety and Innovation Act: Much More Than Just User Fees	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/21/2012
The Affordable Care Act, Stand-Alone Health Reimbursement Accounts, and the Prospects for Consumer-Driven Health Plans	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/20/2012
Medicare Tax Increase: Should You Increase Your Withholdings?	Armstrong Teasdale	7/20/2012
Health Care Reform Update	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/19/2012
Still Waiting for Guidance on Informed Consent of Decisionally-Impaired Subjects	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/18/2012
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Pre-Submission Meetings for Medical Device Marketing Approval	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/18/2012
Mine Safety and Health Administration's Final Rule on Work Area Examinations	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	7/18/2012
House Releases FY 2013 Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/17/2012
The Joint Commission Approves Standards Revisions Addressing Patient Flow, Boarding, Behavioral Health Emergencies	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/17/2012
The Healthcare Sector and the Future of ACA Implementation	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/17/2012
Sixth Circuit Expands on "Cat's Paw" Discrimination	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/17/2012
Massachusetts Amends Its Drug and Device Marketing Law	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/16/2012
Fight over unionization of Michigan home health care workers continues in federal court and at the ballot box in November	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/16/2012
New Medicare Bad Debt Proposed Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/15/2012
Feds Act on Black Lung	Center for Public Integrity	7/15/2012
Wisconsin Supreme Court Concludes that Charitable Hospitals May Enforce Hospital Lien on a Medicaid Recipient's Personal Injury Settlement as an Alternative to Billing Medicaid	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/14/2012
OSHA - Employers have a duty to help prevent heat-related illnesses	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/14/2012
Massachusetts Softens the Gift Ban Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/13/2012
Compensation Provisions in Physician – Hospital Employment Agreements: A Pot of Gold or Fool’s Gold?	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	7/13/2012
The Next (Big) Affordable Care Act Argument--and How it Impacts Employers and Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/13/2012
Montana Supreme Court Holds Obesity Alone Is An Impairment	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/13/2012
Exception for Coupons on Branded Pharmaceuticals Added to Massachusetts Anti-Kickback Statute	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/13/2012
HHS May Waive ACA Individual Mandate for Some Low-Income Residents of Some States	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/13/2012
Massachusetts Adopts Revisions to Health Care Practitioner “Gift Ban” Law	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/12/2012
Reaffirming the Legal Rights of Miners	U.S. Department of Labor	7/12/2012
“In Leukemia Treatment, Glimpses of the Future” of Medicine and IP	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/11/2012
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Medical Device Labeling	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/11/2012
Form W-2 Reporting for Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: Is Your Franchise System Prepared?	Armstrong Teasdale	7/11/2012
The Myriad Decision in the U.S. Supreme Court	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/11/2012
Health Care Reform Update - July 9, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/10/2012
Compliance with the Affordable Care Act in the Wake of NFIB v. Sebelius: The Way Forward for Employers and Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/10/2012
HHS Names 89 New ACOs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/10/2012
The Supreme Court Rules: Pharmaceutical Representatives Qualify as Outside Salespersons	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/9/2012
Black Lung Surges Back In Coal Country	Center for Public Integrity	7/9/2012
DOL Publishes New Employees' Guide to the FMLA		7/9/2012
New DOL Guidebook Makes FMLA Easier For Employees to Understand	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	7/9/2012
FDA to Delay Enforcement of Certain Provisions of Food Safety Modernization Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/8/2012
The Lady, or the Tiger: Making Informed Choices in 2013's Uncertain Federal Income Tax Environment	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	7/8/2012
Obamacare: Full Steam Ahead for Implementation of Act	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	7/8/2012
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/8/2012
Alaska Medicaid and OCR Reach Seven-Figure Settlement Over Stolen Device; What HIPAA Covered Entities Can Learn	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/7/2012
Form W-2 Reporting for Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: Is Your Organization Prepared?	Armstrong Teasdale	7/7/2012
CGS Changes Coding Requirements and Clarifies Modifier-25	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	7/7/2012
What To Do with MLR Rebates under Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/5/2012
Massachusetts Legislature Makes Major Changes to the Gift Ban Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/5/2012
Supreme Court's Ruling on Healthcare Impacts Employers	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/4/2012
Office of Management and Budget "OMB" Extends Review Period for HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/4/2012
CMS Announces New Opportunity to Participate in the Advance Payment Model for ACOs	McDermott Will & Emery	7/4/2012
Severability…What Severability?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/3/2012
OCR Publishes HIPAA Audit Protocols		7/3/2012
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Summary Of The U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling	Armstrong Teasdale	7/3/2012
Sixth Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit in Holding that Pre-2008 ADA Cases Requires “But-for” Showing of Discrimination	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/3/2012
Supreme Court Upholds Health Reform Coverage Mandate	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/2/2012
What The Supreme Court's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Could Mean For Franchises	Armstrong Teasdale	7/2/2012
Alaska Medicaid Settles HIPAA Security Case for $1.7 Million	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/2/2012
Supreme Court Issues Health Care Ruling	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	7/2/2012
What is the Medical Device Industry Getting for Its Money?	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/1/2012
7th Circuit Finds Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Exempt Under FLSA Administrative Exemption	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/1/2012
HIPAA Audit Protocols Now Public; Plus, Preliminary Insights from OCR	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/1/2012
The Individual Mandate – Third Argument is a Charm	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/30/2012
International Franchise Association: Supreme Court Ruling Puts Jobs At Franchise Businesses At Risk	Armstrong Teasdale	6/30/2012
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/30/2012
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act	Schiff Hardin LLP	6/29/2012
U.S. Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act Decision: Impacts on Life Sciences	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/29/2012
Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds the Affordable Care Act: Roberts Rules?	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/29/2012
Supreme Court Rules on Healthcare; Employers and Providers Eye Next Steps	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6/29/2012
Employer Group Health Plans and the Constitutionality of the ACA	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/28/2012
Supreme Court Health Care Ruling: Preliminary Analysis & Implications Going Forward		6/28/2012
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	6/28/2012
The Supreme Court’s Decision on Medicaid Expansion – Leave the Carrot, Take Away the Stick…	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/28/2012
Health Care Law: Full Text Now Available Through GPO	The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC	6/28/2012
Affordable Care Act Lives On: Focus on Employer Compliance Returns	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	6/28/2012
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform: Virtually All Americans Required to Buy Health Insurance or Face Increased Taxes	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	6/28/2012
Health Care Reform—What Happens Now?	McDermott Will & Emery	6/28/2012
“Obamacare” Survives – Including Path to Generic Biologicals	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/28/2012
New Jersey’s Highest Court Rejects “Absolute Liability” Standard for Employee Assault of Patient	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/28/2012
Supreme Court Upholds ACA, Including the Individual Mandate	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/28/2012
Treasury Department and IRS Issue Final Regulations Implementing Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/28/2012
The Supreme Court’s Immigration Decision May Give Clues On The Upcoming Decision On The Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/27/2012
New Jersey’s Appellate Court Denies Employer’s Attempt to Dismiss Claims on Eve of Trial Based on Employee Agreement to Arbitrate	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/27/2012
Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Exempt Under the FLSA	Schiff Hardin LLP	6/27/2012
In Affirming Pharmaceutical Reps’ Exempt Status, U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Defer to DOL	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/26/2012
New FDA Informed Consent Requirements for Applicable Clinical Trials: Practical Approaches for Implementation	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/26/2012
World’s First Stem-Cell Drug Approval Achieved in Canada	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/25/2012
Abbott Off-Label Settlement Facts and Figures	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/25/2012
U.S. Clinical Trial Website Pairing — a Need for Privacy Safeguards	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/24/2012
HITECH: Business Associates Beware – New Rules, Audits and Enforcement on the Horizon!	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/24/2012
HHS-OIG Changes Boilerplate in its Advisory Opinions, But It’s Still Unfair	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/24/2012
Drug and Device Development Outsourcing	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/23/2012
EPA Announces $3 Million In Environmental Job Training Grants	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	6/21/2012
FCC Announces Rulemaking Enabling Remote Monitoring of Health Care Data	McDermott Will & Emery	6/21/2012
OIG Self-Disclosure Protocol Redesign After 14 Years	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/21/2012
Johns Hopkins Home Health Care to Pay $160,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	6/20/2012
Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited Decision in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6/20/2012
OIG Solicits Comments and Recommendations for Revising Self-Disclosure Protocol	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/20/2012
Revised Condition of Participation for Hospital Governance Permits Single Governing Body for Multiple Hospitals	McDermott Will & Emery	6/20/2012
Supreme Court: Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Are Exempt from Overtime Pay Requirements Per FLSA'S Outside Sales Exemption	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/19/2012
Illinois Legislature Clarifies Requirements for Non-Profit Hospital Property Tax Exemption, Increases Charity Care Requirements	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/18/2012
Recent PPACA Guidance on New $2,500 Health FSA Limit	McDermott Will & Emery	6/18/2012
Hospital Consolidations: Facing Competing Pressures to Merge and Remain Independent	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	6/17/2012
OCR Shares Preliminary HITECH Audit Results; What Regulated Entities Can Expect Next	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/17/2012
CMS Changes to 72-Hour Rule for Wholly Owned or Operated Hospital Entities	McDermott Will & Emery	6/17/2012
Enhanced Payment Opportunities Under Recently Announced CMS Primary Care Initiative	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/16/2012
An Ounce of Prevention…EEOC Discusses Medical Inquiries	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	6/15/2012
Groundbreaking Legislation on Property Tax and Sales Tax Exemptions for Illinois Hospitals	McDermott Will & Emery	6/15/2012
HHS Names HealthyCT, Inc. a CO-OP Loan Recipient	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6/14/2012
IRS Provides Implementation Details for $2,500 Health FSA Limit – Is "Use It or Lose It" on the Way Out?	Poyner Spruill LLP	6/13/2012
Diesel Fumes Linked to Cancer: Diesel Engine Exhaust Earns 'carcinogenic' Label	Center for Public Integrity	6/13/2012
Treasury Department and IRS Issue Proposed Rule Implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research Fees for Insured and Self-insured Health Plans	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/13/2012
D.C. Circuit Refuses Enforcement of Board’s Du Pont Decision Regarding Changes to Benefits	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6/12/2012
First Steps in the Era of Value-Based Health Care Purchasing	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/11/2012
Graduate Medical Education "GME" Reimbursement; CMS Proposes Changes under the 2013 IPPS Proposed Rule	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/11/2012
NLRB Defends Mini-Bargaining Units; Says That is Nothing New	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6/11/2012
Whitehall Healthcare to Pay $35,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	6/10/2012
OIG Advisory Opinion 12-06 Disapproves of Proposed Arrangements Between ASCs and Anesthesia Services Providers	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/10/2012
HHS Office of Civil Rights Co-Hosts Security Conference and Announces New Educational Materials	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/9/2012
MA House Passes Health Care Cost Containment Bill	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/8/2012
CMS Announces New Data Initiative	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/8/2012
Internal Revenue Service Issues Guidance on New Research Fee	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/7/2012
Second ANDA Filer Has Jurisdiction in Declaratory Judgment Action	McDermott Will & Emery	6/7/2012
OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Ambulatory Surgery Center Anesthesia Models	McDermott Will & Emery	6/6/2012
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues Final Rule Re: Student Health Insurance Coverage under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/6/2012
FDA Labels and Method Claims Must Be in Sync, or ANDA Infringement Is Sunk	McDermott Will & Emery	6/6/2012
Supreme Court: Generic Drug Manufacturers Have Counterclaim Right to Correct Improper Use Codes	McDermott Will & Emery	6/4/2012
OIG Spring 2012 Semiannual Report Released to Congress	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/3/2012
Five Traps for the Unwary Licensee	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	6/3/2012
Expiration of Grandfather Protection for Technical Component Services Billing Is Looming	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/3/2012
EPA Draft Ammonia Assessment Available for Public Comment	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	6/3/2012
Large Contributions to Both Chambers Make for Smooth and Speedy Passage of FDA Bills	MapLight	6/1/2012
Abbott’s $1.6 Billion Settlement Stands as Cautionary Tale to Pharma Companies	Ifrah Law	5/29/2012
IRS Issues FAQs on Tax Treatment of Medical Loss Ratio "MLR" Rebates	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/27/2012
Revised Conditions of Participation for Hospitals: Quest for Streamlining Presents Opportunity to Update Policies, Procedures, Processes	McDermott Will & Emery	5/26/2012
MA Senate Passes Health Care Payment Reform Legislation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/24/2012
Prometheus Unbound – Are Methods Of Medical Treatment The Next “Targets”?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/24/2012
HIPAA Criminal Penalties – Defendant May Be Found Guilty without “Knowledge” That Acts Are Illegal	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/23/2012
FDA Finalizes Rule Expanding Scope of Clinical Investigator Disqualification	McDermott Will & Emery	5/22/2012
Department of Labor's OFCCP Postpones TRICARE Network Provider Compliance Reviews	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/21/2012
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: A Primer on the False Claims Act	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/20/2012
Kendall v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc. – The Interplay between the New Jersey Product Liability Act's Presumption of Adequacy for FDA-Approved Warnings and the Discovery Rule in Evaluating a Statue of Limitations Defense	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	5/19/2012
Michael Bloomberg Enters CA Prop. 29 (Cigarette Tax) Money Race with a $500K Contribution	MapLight	5/18/2012
HHS Officials Explain Risk Adjustment Methodology		5/18/2012
Buyers And Sellers Beware – Federal And State Antitrust Authorities Heighten Scrutiny Of Healthcare Provider M&A	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	5/17/2012
CMS Proposes Changes to Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System for Fiscal Year 2013	McDermott Will & Emery	5/16/2012
Supreme Court Decision Opens Door for Possible Implied Conflict Preemption of Over-the-Counter Drugs	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/16/2012
Recent Case Highlights Split of Authority on Whether Corporate Agreements Can Amend Employee Benefit Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	5/16/2012
Impact of New Medicare Investment Tax on Trusts and Estates	Armstrong Teasdale	5/16/2012
Health Care Reform Update - May 15, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/15/2012
A Tried and True Summary Judgment Option in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Failure to Warn Cases	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/14/2012
No Trademark Protection for Design of Closure Cap for Medical Collection Tubes	McDermott Will & Emery	5/13/2012
Plaintiffs’ Attempts to Hold Brand Manufacturers Liable for Harm Caused By Generic Products Thwarted Again Despite Mensing’s Glimmer of Hope	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/13/2012
Massachusetts Releases Health Care Cost Containment Legislation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/12/2012
Eleventh Circuit Rejects FTC Challenge to Reverse Payment Settlement	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/12/2012
Lawsuit Challenges ALJ Final Decision Authority in Medicaid Appeals	Poyner Spruill LLP	5/12/2012
First Quarter 2012 Update on Industry Trends in Health Care Fraud Enforcement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/11/2012
Abbott Labs to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Consumer Protection and Misbranding Claims	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/10/2012
IRS Asks for Comments on Employer Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage Under Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/10/2012
Study Finds that the AMA Committee Recommendations on Doctor Fees Are Followed Nine Times out of Ten	Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health	5/10/2012
Responding to an Audit? Be Prepared!		5/10/2012
Health Care Enforcement: 2012 Trends Quarterly Review — Part IV in a Continuing Series on Health Care Enforcement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/9/2012
Otsuka v. Sandoz – Motivation Trumps Structure	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/9/2012
CMS to Extend Timetable for Implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act	McDermott Will & Emery	5/9/2012
Navigant: Reports of Data Breaches On the Increase Across Industries	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/9/2012
ICD-10 Delay – HHS Proposes Extending Compliance Date for ICD-10 to October 1, 2014	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/9/2012
Press Coverage Triggers HIPAA-Related Inquiry	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/8/2012
A Sign of the Times: Nonpayment of Resident Accounts, Transfer/Discharge and Related Issues	Poyner Spruill LLP	5/8/2012
Essential Health Transaction Planning for Providers in Today’s Antitrust Enforcement Climate	McDermott Will & Emery	5/8/2012
IRS Requests Comments on Minimum Value and Reporting Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	5/7/2012
CMS, CCIO, and IRS Release Guidance Proposals on Employer Health Insurance Coverage		5/7/2012
Understand FDA’s Authority Over Your Records: Interim Regulation & Guidance Under FSMA	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/7/2012
Medicare Fraud Strike Force Bust Involves Highest Amount of False Billings in a Single Takedown	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/7/2012
Sunshine Act Implementation Delayed Until 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/6/2012
IRS to Pay Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims for Tax Periods Ending Before April 1, 2005	McDermott Will & Emery	5/5/2012
Senators Seek Input from Health Care Community on Fraud and Abuse Prevention	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/4/2012
Open Letter from Senate Finance Committee Seeks Fraud-Fighting Input	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/4/2012
HHS Plugs Payment Suspensions as Key Tool in Latest Takedown	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/4/2012
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Use of Nanotechnology in Cosmetics	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/3/2012
OIG Advisory Opinion 12-05 Approves Consumer Rewards Program	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/3/2012
The Supreme Court’s Caraco Pharma. v. Novo Nordisk Decision: Scope of Counterclaim Provision Expanded	Schiff Hardin LLP	5/2/2012
Updated FMLA Forms	Vedder Price	5/2/2012
HHS Releases Guidance on Medical Loss Ratio Requirements	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/2/2012
Preparing for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Healthcare Decision	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/1/2012
Massachusetts House Votes to Repeal Gift Ban Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/30/2012
Providers Should Be Alert to New CMS Provider Enrollment Revalidation Processes	McDermott Will & Emery	4/30/2012
Medical Doctors, PhDs Enter New Apprenticeship Program	U.S. Department of Labor	4/30/2012
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Fees Assessed on Health Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	4/28/2012
Medicare Board of Trustees Report Trust Exhaustion in 2024	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/27/2012
Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Health Care Fraud Enforcement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/27/2012
Receive a Grand Jury Subpoena? What’s a Health Care Provider to do?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	4/26/2012
FDA Finalizes Benefit-Risk Determination Methodology for Certain Medical Devices	McDermott Will & Emery	4/22/2012
The Rising Cost of HIPAA Violations: $100,000 Fine Levied on Physician Group	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/21/2012
Eurand v. Mylan –A “School Of Obviousness"	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/20/2012
Manufacturers Affected by Recent Medicare Part D Rule	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/20/2012
Fourth Circuit Vacates Stark Damages Award; Provides Interpretation of Key Stark Law Provisions	McDermott Will & Emery	4/19/2012
CMS To Pay Hospitals Over $3 Billion for CMS’ Miscalculation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/18/2012
Supreme Court Reverses In Caraco Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/17/2012
Industry Trends in Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/16/2012
CMS Selects 27 ACOs	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/15/2012
CMS Issues Final Rule Impacting Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Programs for Contract Year 2013	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/15/2012
China Solicits Comments on Draft Rules for Writing Periodic Safety Update Reports	McDermott Will & Emery	4/13/2012
Draft Biosimilars Approval Guideline Released by FDA: More Questions than Answers?	Vedder Price	4/12/2012
CMS’ Proposed Rule Delays ICD-10 Deadline to October 2014	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/11/2012
China Continues to Encourage Establishment of Non-Public Medical Facilities by Non-Governmental Entities	McDermott Will & Emery	4/10/2012
China: Companies are Urged to Pay Social Insurance for Expatriate Employees	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/9/2012
Rockford Returns — Part II Court Grants FTC’s Preliminary Injunction Against Hospital Merger to Preserve Status Quo for Preliminary Hearing	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/9/2012
FDA Issues Draft Guidance Implementing Direct-to-Consumer Television Ad Pre-Dissemination Review Program	McDermott Will & Emery	4/9/2012
Healthcare Tops the Agenda of U.S. Antitrust Enforcers	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/6/2012
Agencies Release Final Regulations and FAQs Regarding Summary of Benefits and Coverage ("SBC") Requirements	Schiff Hardin LLP	4/5/2012
Five Key Issues to Consider When Negotiating In-License Agreements With Nonprofit Entities Part I	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/4/2012
DHHS Publishes Final Rule on State Insurance Exchanges	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/4/2012
CMS Issues Final Rule Holding Part C and D Sponsors to Quality Standards	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/4/2012
Health Care Reform Update April 3, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/4/2012
FDA Issues Guidance on Risk-Benefit Determinations for New Medical Devices - Food, Drug & Device Law Alert	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	4/2/2012
Can't Touch This - Supreme Court Finds Personalized Medicine Patent Claims Invalid	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	4/2/2012
HHS Issues Report to Congress on the Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/1/2012
USPTO Preliminary Guidelines Spread Mayo on Patent-Eligibility	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	4/1/2012
Patent Claims Must Recite “Significantly More” than a Law of Nature	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2012
HHS Issues Report to Congress on the Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/31/2012
HIPAA Omnibus Rule Expected Within 90 Days – Pending Review at OMB	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/30/2012
Physician Payments Soon To Be In the Sunshine	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	3/29/2012
Legal Challenge To “ObamaCare” Threatens Generic Biologicals	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/29/2012
FTC Petitions for Rare Supreme Court Review of Hospital Acquisition	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/29/2012
New HIPAA Rules May Be Finalized By Early Summer	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/28/2012
Weekly Health Care Reform Update on March 26, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/28/2012
Supreme Court Invalidates Biotech Method Patent in Mayo v. Prometheus	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/27/2012
Slogans versus substance in the battle over ObamaCare's future: ANALYSIS	Center for Public Integrity	3/27/2012
Supreme Court Remands In Myriad Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/26/2012
FMLA Liability Expanded to Individual Supervisors	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/26/2012
CMS Clarifies Key ACO Eligibility Requirements	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/26/2012
The Affordable Care Act: Two Years Closer to Making More Jobs “Good Jobs” - Includes Video	U.S. Department of Labor	3/25/2012
Supreme Court Rules in Prometheus: Patent Claims Must Recite “Significantly More” than a Law of Nature	McDermott Will & Emery	3/25/2012
Personalized Medicine Patents Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/24/2012
The Supreme Court's Mayo v. Prometheus Decision The Implications for Biotechnology	Schiff Hardin LLP	3/23/2012
Florida v. HHS Raises Key Constitutional Issues Related to Health Care Reform		3/23/2012
Intellectual Property Law Alert - Supreme Court Finds Broad Diagnostic Method Is Not Eligible for Patent Protection	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/23/2012
Indiana Tax Court: No “Per Se” Tax Exemption for Assisted Living Providers	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/23/2012
Navigating the Evolving Regulation and Commercialization of Stem Cell Research	McDermott Will & Emery	3/22/2012
Supreme Court Rules that Certain Diagnostic Methods Based on Laws of Nature are not Patent-Eligible	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/22/2012
HIPAA/HITECH Enforcement Action Alert	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/22/2012
States Immune From Self-Care FMLA Claims	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/22/2012
Victory for Medical Practitioners - No Patents for Determining Dosages	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	3/22/2012
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision in Mayo v. Prometheus	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/21/2012
IFPMA Releases Revised Code for Interactions with Health Care Professionals and Other Stakeholders	McDermott Will & Emery	3/20/2012
HHS OCR Announces First Settlement of a Self-Reported HIPAA Violation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/18/2012
Stemming Narcotics Fraud	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	3/18/2012
HHS Settles HIPAA Case for $1.5 Million	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/18/2012
Poisoning is a Major Cause of Death from Injury in the U.S. / US Government raising awareness of accidental exposures during National Poison Prevention Week	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	3/17/2012
Deadline for Summary of Benefits and Coverage Approaching	Varnum LLP	3/16/2012
The Inability To Work Overtime Is Not ADA Disability	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	3/16/2012
Conflicting Developments in Same-Sex Marriage Laws Add Complexity for Benefit Plan Sponsors	McDermott Will & Emery	3/15/2012
Transporting Patient Covered Under Professional and Auto Liability Policies	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	3/15/2012
HHS Releases Final Rule on Affordable Insurance Exchanges		3/15/2012
Summaries of Benefits and Coverage Due This Fall	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/14/2012
ANDA Allegation May Confer Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, But Not State a Claim upon which Relief Can Be Granted	McDermott Will & Emery	3/12/2012
CMS Proposes 60 Day Repayment of Overpayment Regulations	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/11/2012
A Gripping (Graft) Saga Draws to a Close	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2012
New York Court Finds Private Right of Action Under State’s Prompt Pay Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/11/2012
New FDA Research Consent Form Requirements Now Effective	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/10/2012
OIG Releases Materials for Health Care Boards of Directors	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/10/2012
Food, Drug & Device Law Alert - FDA Issues Guidance on IRB Continuing Review Responsibilities	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/9/2012
FDA Schedules Public Hearing to Evaluate Potential New Drug Approval Paradigm	McDermott Will & Emery	3/7/2012
New FDA Research Consent Form Requirements – Effective Today	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/7/2012
ACGME Announces its Next Accreditation System	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/7/2012
Health Care “Reform” in an Uncertain Judicial and Political Landscape	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/7/2012
CMS Issues Final Payment Error Calculation Methodology for Medicare Advantage RADV Audits	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/7/2012
The Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Holds That An Insurance Policy's "Employee" Exclusion Applies To A Seasonal/Short-Term Worker Who Was Not "Furnished" To The Employer	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/6/2012
Summary of Benefits and Coverage: Final Rules Issued, Requirement Effective Beginning September 23, 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/6/2012
Long-Delayed Diesel Study Published	Center for Public Integrity	3/5/2012
Leave of Absence as Reasonable Accommodation for Disability? It Depends.	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/3/2012
United States Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Healthcare Reform	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	3/3/2012
FDA Updates and Issues Guidance Documents on Food Records in Light of Food Safety Modernization Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/1/2012
Bayer v. Lupin – Patenting The Label Redux	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/28/2012
Drug Lobby Gave $9.4 Million to Nonprofits that Spent Big on 2010 Election	Center for Public Integrity	2/28/2012
HHS, DOL, and IRS Issue FAQs Addressing Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility, and Waiting Periods under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/27/2012
An Update on FDA Records Access Powers	Varnum LLP	2/26/2012
HIPAA Breach Reporting Deadline Approaching	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/26/2012
A New Generation of Nurses	U.S. Department of Labor	2/25/2012
Congress, President Agree to Extend Expiring Medicare and Medicaid Payments	McDermott Will & Emery	2/24/2012
FDA Kicks Enforcement Into Higher Gear in FYs 2010 and 2011	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/23/2012
DOL Releases Updated FMLA Forms - But Do They Comply with the Law?	Varnum LLP	2/23/2012
CMS Publishes Proposed Rule on Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments	McDermott Will & Emery	2/23/2012
Health Care Reform Update	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/22/2012
Self-audits now required to avoid Medicare billing errors being punished as false claims	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/22/2012
CMS’s Proposed “Sunshine” Regulations: Implications for Research	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/21/2012
CMS Posts MLR Guidance: Payments to Entities such as IPAs, PHOs, and ACOs	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/20/2012
Health Care Reform Update February 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/19/2012
Congress Passes Ten-Month Extension of Doc-Fix	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/19/2012
IRS Issues Revenue Procedure on CO-OP Application for Tax-Exempt Status - Healthcare Alert	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/19/2012
CMS Publishes Proposed Rule on Return of Medicare and Medicaid Overpayments	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/18/2012
District Court Allows Trial on Whether a Below Cost but Competitively Bid Arrangement Can Lead to a Kickback Violation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/18/2012
Summary of Benefits and Coverage Disclosure Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	2/17/2012
Clinical Labs Face Additional Fee Cuts in Final Payroll Tax Cut Deal	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/17/2012
CMS Issues Proposed Regulations for the 60-Day Rule on Overpayment Refunds	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/17/2012
FDA Publishes Draft Biosimilars Guidance	McDermott Will & Emery	2/17/2012
FDA Issues Long-Awaited Draft Guidance Documents on Biosimilars	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/17/2012
HITECH Data Breach Reporting Deadline Approaches	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/15/2012
Key Components of President Obama's Budget Proposal	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/15/2012
Buying Cloud-Based Health IT Systems in 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/12/2012
US Labor Department extends comment period on proposed rule to improve employment opportunities for workers with disabilities	U.S. Department of Labor	2/12/2012
OIG Warns Physicians of Fraud Liability from Medicare Reassignments	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/12/2012
HHS Releases Final Rule on Plain Language Requirements for Health Plans	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/11/2012
Ambulatory Surgery Facility Inspection Reports Now Available On Line	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	2/11/2012
Effect of New Michigan Health Insurance Claims Assessment Act on Group Health Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	2/11/2012
Michigan Retired Residents: Are your estate planning documents compatible where you spend your winter?	Varnum LLP	2/11/2012
FDA Issues Three Draft Guidances for Biosimilars	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/10/2012
California Same-Sex Marriage Ban Found Unconstitutional	McDermott Will & Emery	2/9/2012
The Employee Benefits Landscape in 2012: PART I	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2/9/2012
Infection Data Now Published on CMS Hospital Compare Website	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/9/2012
Illinois Reverses Position on Income Tax Treatment of Benefits for Civil Union Partners	McDermott Will & Emery	2/9/2012
DOL Proposes New FMLA Regulations on Military Family Leave	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/9/2012
HITECH Data Breach Reporting Deadline Approaches	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/9/2012
Professional Media Corporation to Pay $58,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Bias Suit	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	2/8/2012
HealthCare.gov Helps Same-Sex Couples Find Coverage by Adding New Details	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	2/8/2012
FDA and Medical Devices Industry Reach Tentative Agreement on User Fees	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/8/2012
DOL's Investigation Recovers More Than $202,000 in Back Wages at 2 Alabama Rehab & Long-term Care Facilities	U.S. Department of Labor	2/7/2012
Product Liability Claims Against Generics After Pliva v. Mensing: Do Any Claims Survive?	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	2/6/2012
IRS Issues Additional Guidance under the Affordable Care Act on Informational Reporting to Employees of the Cost of Group Health Insurance Coverage	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/5/2012
IRS Issues Revised Guidance on W-2 Reporting Requirements for Employer-Sponsored Health Plan Coverage	McDermott Will & Emery	2/4/2012
HHS Provides Additional Guidance on Health Plan Coverage of Contraceptive Services by Nonprofit Religious Employers	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2012
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Decision Rejects Associational Discrimination Claims under Chapter 151B	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/3/2012
Illinois Reverses Position on Income Tax Treatment of Benefits for Civil Union Partners	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2012
The FDA’s Efforts To Regulate Dietary Supplements, Then And Now	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	2/3/2012
Bill to License Single ORs is Reintroduced	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	2/2/2012
Labor Secretary Solis Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Implement Statutory Amendments to FMLA	U.S. Department of Labor	2/1/2012
January 2012 Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	2/1/2012
HHS Provides Additional Guidance on Health Plan Coverage of Contraceptive Services by Nonprofit Religious Employers	McDermott Will & Emery	1/31/2012
Wellness Programs	Varnum LLP	1/31/2012
Proposed Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations Leave Many in the Dark	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/31/2012
The Emerging Risks of 2012	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/30/2012
U.S. Department of Labor Focuses Enforcement Efforts on North Carolina Residential Care Facilities		1/30/2012
Loophole in Senate Bill May Create Nuclear Risks	Center for Public Integrity	1/30/2012
Employing Individuals Excluded From Federal Health Care Programs: A Follow-up to November’s Article	Poyner Spruill LLP	1/28/2012
New 7th Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the Bar to the Predominance Element at Class Certification	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/28/2012
OCR Begins HIPAA Audits Under the Watchful Eye of Congress--What to Expect and How to Prepare	Poyner Spruill LLP	1/28/2012
Reminder: Include GINA "Safe Harbor" Language in FMLA Forms	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/27/2012
CMS’s Recovery Audit Contractors Appear Poised to Audit Facilities With Ultra High Therapy RUGs	Poyner Spruill LLP	1/26/2012
HHS Launches Health IT Challenge to Improve Care Transitions for Hospital-Discharge Patients	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	1/26/2012
OIG’s Most Wanted List	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/25/2012
Update Re: State to License One Room ORs	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/25/2012
Supreme Court Upholds Ruling: PAs Cannot Administer EMGs	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/24/2012
Life Sciences' Financial Relationships in the Spotlight: CMS Issues Proposed Rule for Transparency Reporting of Certain Financial Interests	McDermott Will & Emery	1/24/2012
California Enacts 22 New Employment Laws Impacting All Companies Doing Business In The State	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/24/2012
“Pascalization” Provides a New Alternative for Food Preservation	Varnum LLP	1/22/2012
New National Biodefense Science Board members will advise HHS	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	1/21/2012
HHS Proposes to Allow States to Define “Essential Health Benefits”	McDermott Will & Emery	1/21/2012
HHS Finds “Unreasonable” Rate Hikes Using ACA Rate Review Authority	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/17/2012
Affordable Care Act Holding Insurers Accountable for Premium Hikes	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	1/16/2012
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on CDRH Appeals Processes	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/15/2012
Updated Guidance on Form W-2 Reporting of Healthcare Coverage	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	1/13/2012
Providing Health Services Under TRICARE No Longer Creates Affirmative Action Requirements for Health Care Employers	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/12/2012
DOJ’s SCOTUS Brief Defends Constitutionality of Individual Mandate	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/11/2012
Congress, President Extend Endangered Medicare and Medicaid Programs	McDermott Will & Emery	1/11/2012
CMS Issues HIPAA Standard for Electronic Funds Transfers	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/10/2012
Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	1/10/2012
CMS Issues Proposed Rule Implementing the “Federal Sunshine Law” Reporting Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	1/9/2012
Final health IT innovators win funding for cancer treatment apps	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	1/9/2012
Four Commonly Asked Questions About Patient Medical Information: VIDEO	Center for Public Integrity	1/8/2012
CMS Issues HIPAA Standard for Electronic Funds Transfers	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/7/2012
New Jersey Regulatory Developments - December 19, 2011	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/6/2012
St. Mercy Medical Center settles violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	1/4/2012
TRICARE No Longer Basis for OFCCP Jurisdiction		1/4/2012
Prior Conception and Reduction to Practice Defeats Invention	McDermott Will & Emery	1/4/2012
New data: Affordable Care Act helps 2.5 million additional young adults get health insurance	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	1/4/2012
Managing Dental Claims in Workers Comp	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/3/2012
GE Healthcare Pays $30 Million to Resolve Potential False Claims Act Liability	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/1/2012
The ACO Final Rule Is Released Are You Ready		1/1/2012
Congress, President Extend Endangered Medicare and Medicaid Programs	McDermott Will & Emery	12/31/2011
Health Care Entities Using Social Media: Guidance from the Division of Quality Assurance	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/30/2011
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Information on Off-Label Uses	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/30/2011
Obama Administration awards nearly $300 million to states for enrolling eligible children in health coverage	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	12/29/2011
"Independent" Informal Dispute Resolution Goes Live on January 1, 2012	Poyner Spruill LLP	12/28/2011
Fraud, Prescription Drugs, and the Elderly	SUNY Buffalo Law School	12/27/2011
POLST Act Signed into Law	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	12/26/2011
Congress Approves Two-Month Extension of Doc-Fix	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/25/2011
Russia's New Public Health Law Will Impact Medical Device, Drug Companies	Armstrong Teasdale	12/25/2011
Physician Sentenced for Private Health Insurance Fraud	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/23/2011
Imminent Withholding of Medicare Physician Payments Appears Likely	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	12/23/2011
Hiring or Contracting with Excluded Individuals or Entities	Poyner Spruill LLP	12/23/2011
FDA Public Meeting on Biosimilars (User Fees): Implications for the Forthcoming Biosimilars Regulatory Pathway	Schiff Hardin LLP	12/22/2011
Group Health Plans: Year-End Action Items, Upcoming Changes	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	12/22/2011
HHS Announces 32 Pioneer ACOs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/20/2011
Thirty-Two Health Care Organizations to Participate in Pioneer ACO Program	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/19/2011
Supreme Court Announces Dates for Oral Argument on ACA Challenge	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/19/2011
CMS’ 2012 OPPS Final Rule Revises Physician Supervision Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	12/18/2011
CMS Releases Proposed “Sunshine” Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/15/2011
Food, Drug & Device Law Alert - FDA Proposes Performance Goals and User Fees for Biosimilars	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/15/2011
OIG Releases HEAT Training Videos	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/14/2011
China to Streamline Clinical Trials	McDermott Will & Emery	12/14/2011
CMS Issues Final Rule Allowing Access to Medicare Data	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/13/2011
House End of Year Package Would Cut Hospital Funding More than $17 billion	McDermott Will & Emery	12/13/2011
Brominated Battle: Soda Chemical has Cloudy Health History	Center for Public Integrity	12/12/2011
FTC Staff Report Summarizes Recent Pay-for-Delay Settlements	McDermott Will & Emery	12/12/2011
Final Rule for CO-Ops – “A New Competitive Presence” In The Insurance Marketplace	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/12/2011
FDA Announces Proposals for Biosimilars User Fees and Performance Review Goals	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/12/2011
Healthcare Providers: When In Doubt, Self-Report!	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	12/11/2011
CMS Releases Final Medical Loss Ratio Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/10/2011
Securing Health Care for Workers and Small Businesses	U.S. Department of Labor	12/9/2011
More Big Pharma Companies Cough Up Big Dollars in DOJ Settlements	Ifrah Law	12/9/2011
UK Supreme Court Steps Into line with Europe, but Rejects U.S. Approach	McDermott Will & Emery	12/6/2011
US Labor Department Proposes Rules under Affordable Care Act to Crack Down on Health Care fraud, Protect Workers and Small Businesses	U.S. Department of Labor	12/5/2011
Is Michael Jackson's Doctor Disqualified from Medicare? Or are Two Senators Mistaken?	Center for Public Integrity	12/4/2011
Eighth Circuit Not Ready to Move Away from Traditional Market Definition Process	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	12/2/2011
Michael Jackson's Doctor, Other Convicted Felons, Still Listed as Medicare Providers	Center for Public Integrity	12/1/2011
Is Coming Together to Form the Larger Same (or Multi) Specialty Medical Practice the Answer?	Baker Hostetler	11/29/2011
Significant Changes to San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance Require Immediate Employer Action; ERISA Preemption Controversy Reopened	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	11/28/2011
ANALYSIS: Despite GOP Claims, U.S. Health Care Nowhere Near 'Best' in the World	Center for Public Integrity	11/28/2011
CMS Releases its 2012 ACO Application; Pioneer ACOs Advance	McDermott Will & Emery	11/26/2011
President Obama Announces Marilyn Tavenner as Berwick’s Replacement at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/25/2011
OCR Rolls Out HIPAA Audit Program	McDermott Will & Emery	11/25/2011
Jackson Park Hospital To Pay $80,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit For Race And Sex Discrimination And Retaliation	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	11/24/2011
Health Insurer Charging Unreasonable Rate Increases	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	11/24/2011
Unprecedented Tool Developed for Small Businesses to find and Compare Health Insurance Plans	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	11/22/2011
CMS Imposes Medicaid Payment Restrictions on Provider-Preventable Conditions	McDermott Will & Emery	11/22/2011
Nursing Home Bill Signed by Wisconsin Governor	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/22/2011
China NDRC Fines Two Pharmaceutical Distributors for Monopolistic Practice	McDermott Will & Emery	11/21/2011
Physician Separation Issues	Baker Hostetler	11/21/2011
HIPAA Privacy and Security Audit Program Begins This Month	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	11/20/2011
Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Obamacare as Constitutional: ANALYSIS	Center for Public Integrity	11/20/2011
Covered Entities: Be Prepared for a HIPAA Privacy and Security Audit	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/19/2011
Reminder: New York Employers Now Must Report Whether Health Insurance Is Available to Employees’ Dependents	Vedder Price	11/18/2011
DOJ Official Reiterates Threat to Prosecute Criminally Responsible Corporate Officials for Violations of FD&C Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/18/2011
OCR Audits of Covered Entities for HIPAA Compliance to Begin November 2011	Williams Kastner	11/16/2011
No Mandatory Antitrust Review for ACOs	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	11/16/2011
FTC/DOJ Remove Mandatory Antitrust Review for MSSP-Participating ACOs in Final Policy Statement	McDermott Will & Emery	11/16/2011
We Can’t Wait: Health Care Innovation Challenge will improve care, save money, focus on health care jobs	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	11/15/2011
FDA Issues Two Draft Guidances To Facilitate Medical Device Clinical Trials in Humans	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/15/2011
California Consumer Group Pushing Ballot Initiative Requiring Regulatory Approval for Insurance Price Hikes	Center for Public Integrity	11/14/2011
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to ACA	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/14/2011
ANALYSIS: A new affront group	Center for Public Integrity	11/13/2011
D.C. Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of ACA Individual Mandate	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/12/2011
Wisconsin Eliminates Income Tax Disparity on Health Coverage for Adult Children	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/9/2011
Federal appeals court upholds survivors’ right to automatic benefits under Black Lung Benefits Act	U.S. Department of Labor	11/8/2011
CMS Releases its CY 2012 OPPS Final Rule		11/7/2011
CMS Actuary Projects Savings Potential For ACOs	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/5/2011
CMS Releases its CY 2012 Physician Fee Schedule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/5/2011
CMS Rules that Non-Compete Provision Complies with Stark Law’s Physician Recruitment Exception	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	11/4/2011
Workplace Fairness Act Set to Move to the House Floor	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/3/2011
Stimulus Funds Will Build State Health Exchanges But Might Not Sustain Them	Center for Public Integrity	11/3/2011
The OIG Issues An OIG Rule on ACOs and the IRS Provides Additional Guidance For Tax-Exempt Organizations	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/3/2011
Accountable Care Organizations and Shared Savings Program Final Rule	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/2/2011
East Los Angeles community hospital executives ordered to repay $600,000 to employee retirement plan, following US Labor Department investigation	U.S. Department of Labor	11/1/2011
Reasonableness of Hospital Fees (Indiana)	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	11/1/2011
FTC/DOJ Final Policy on Accountable Care Organizations: Important Antitrust Issues Remain Uncertain for Healthcare Collaborations	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	11/1/2011
The OIG Issues An OIG Rule on ACOs and the IRS Provides Additional Guidance For Tax-Exempt Organizations	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/31/2011
Illinois Physician Profile Goes Live on October 19, 2011	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/30/2011
Looking for Something Haunting this Halloween?: DC’s Scariest Statistics	Center for Public Integrity	10/29/2011
Bloody Risks	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	10/29/2011
CMS Issues One Final and Two Proposed Rules in Effort to Reduce Health Care Delivery Costs by Streamlining Regulations	McDermott Will & Emery	10/28/2011
Medicare Part B premiums for 2012 lower than projected	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	10/28/2011
DOJ and FTC Issue Final Policy Statement on Antitrust Enforcement RE: Accountable Care Organizations	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/27/2011
Wisconsin Insurance Law Amended to Conform with Federal Adult Child Coverage Requirements; State Tax Law Expected to be Amended Soon	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/26/2011
Safe-Harbor Provision of Hatch-Waxman Act Does Not Protect Post-Approval Research Activities	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	10/25/2011
Nursing Home Bill Scheduled for Assembly Vote on Tuesday - October 25th	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/25/2011
Wisconsin Healthcare “Apology Bill” Scheduled for Assembly Vote Tomorrow	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/24/2011
Illinois’ Not-So-Unique Struggle: Property Tax Exempt Status for Not-for-Profit Hospitals	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/23/2011
Republican Field Shies Away from History on Insurance Mandate	Center for Public Integrity	10/23/2011
OIG Disallows Path Lab Management Services	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/22/2011
Wisconsin Assembly Bill Implements Affordable Care Act Provisions	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/22/2011
EPA Awards $50 Million for Clean Diesel Projects /Reducing diesel emissions helps decrease asthma attacks and premature deaths	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	10/21/2011
CMS Releases Final ACO Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/21/2011
HHS announces new incentives for providers to work together through Accountable Care Organizations when caring for people with Medicare	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	10/20/2011
Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Decision and Rules that Isolated DNA Sequences Are Patent-Eligible Subject Matter	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/19/2011
HHS Office for Civil Rights Enforces Section 504 and the ADA	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	10/19/2011
5 Steps Companies Should Take Before Launching a Wellness Program	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	10/19/2011
Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	10/17/2011
“New Start” Reviews and Activities Affecting Post-Acute Providers in OIG’s 2012 Work Plan	McDermott Will & Emery	10/17/2011
Proposed Federal Regulation Requires Laboratories to Release Test Results Directly to Patients	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/16/2011
HHS Halts Implementation of the CLASS Program	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/16/2011
A New Era in Food Safety	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	10/15/2011
American Laser Centers To Pay $125,000 To Settle Sexual Harassment And Retaliation Suit By EEOC	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	10/15/2011
The Top Five Traps in Health Care M&A Transactions	McDermott Will & Emery	10/14/2011
Your Rights After A Mastectomy... Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998	U.S. Department of Labor	10/14/2011
California Insurance Commissioner Jones Says Insurers' Power Must be Curbed	Center for Public Integrity	10/13/2011
Podiatrists Have Their Foot in the Door - Sector has taken early advantage of HITECH Act incentive payments	Center for Public Integrity	10/12/2011
More people using free preventive benefits provided by Affordable Care Act	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	10/12/2011
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Health Reform Case	McDermott Will & Emery	10/12/2011
California Enacts 22 New Employment Laws Impacting All Companies Doing Business In The State	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/12/2011
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Obviousness Summary Judgment for Novel Formulation of Prior Art Active Drug Compound	McDermott Will & Emery	10/11/2011
EPA Releases Final Health Assessment for TCE	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	10/11/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Argument in Hospital Case	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/11/2011
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Improved De Novo Petition Process for Medical Devices: Food, Drug & Device Law Alert -	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/10/2011
Six Important Strategies To Reduce The Royalty Burden For A Pharmaceutical Product	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	10/10/2011
Wisconsin DHS Creates Office of Inspector General	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/7/2011
Washington Court Addresses Employee Sensitivity to Environmental Factors	Williams Kastner	10/7/2011
DHS Proposes Cuts to Wisconsin Medicaid Program	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/5/2011
Medical Marijuana User Not Protected from Termination	Williams Kastner	10/5/2011
Supreme Court Opens Term with California Medicaid Rate Cuts Case	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/4/2011
Class Actions Filed Over “Natural Food” Claims - Food, Drug & Device Law/Advertising & Marketing Alert	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/4/2011
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/4/2011
Salmonella Lurks from Farm to Fork	Center for Public Integrity	10/3/2011
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/3/2011
Federal Agencies Falling Short in Protecting U.S. Food Supply	Center for Public Integrity	10/2/2011
FDA Announces New Rules for OTC Sunscreen Products	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/2/2011
New October 15 Deadline for Medicare Part D Creditable / Non-Creditable Coverage Notices	McDermott Will & Emery	10/1/2011
Inefficient Health Care Bureaucracy Costs Physicians $27 Billion Per Year	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	9/30/2011
Senators Want More Aggressive Action to Curb Rampant Medicare Fraud	Center for Public Integrity	9/30/2011
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/30/2011
Defining “Gluten-Free”	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/30/2011
FMLA for pets	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	9/29/2011
ANALYSIS: 'ObamaCare' label is sticking	Center for Public Integrity	9/29/2011
FDA Issues Analysis of Premarket Review Times Under 510(k) Program	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/29/2011
Reducing costs, protecting consumers: The Affordable Care Act on the one year anniversary of the Patient’s Bill of Rights	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	9/27/2011
ANALYSIS: Don't turn your back on Ryan's Medicare plan	Center for Public Integrity	9/27/2011
ANDA Automatic Stay of FDA Approval Does Not Defeat Standing in Sham Litigation Antitrust Counterclaim	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/26/2011
Medical Devices: An Introduction to the Regulatory Regime in China and Options for Foreign Investors in the Medical Device Sector		9/25/2011
Ways & Means Committee Holds Hearing on Hospital Consolidation and Physician Integration	McDermott Will & Emery	9/24/2011
State Attorneys General Not Leaping to Embrace HIPAA Enforcement	Center for Public Integrity	9/23/2011
Federal Court Reverses Course and Refuses to Block Indiana Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement Cuts	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/22/2011
EPA Releases Strategy to Protect People’s Health and the Environment in Communities Overburdened by Pollution	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	9/22/2011
Q&A for Employers: Understanding the Impact of Illinois' New Civil Union Act	Much Shelist, P.C.	9/21/2011
HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds for organizations to become community health centers	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	9/21/2011
2012 Medicare Advantage Premiums Fall and Projected Enrollment Rises	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	9/20/2011
House Subcommittee Considers Repeal of ACA Medical Loss Ratio	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/19/2011
Fourth Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction due to the Tax Anti-Injunction Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/19/2011
NLRB Permits Micro-Units In Specialty Healthcare Decision	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	9/18/2011
“Denial of payment for never events” is the newest Medicaid “remedy” coming your way	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/18/2011
NLRB Facilitates Union Organization of Smaller Bargaining Units	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/17/2011
HHS Releases Final Rule for Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor "RAC" Program	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/16/2011
Pennsylvania Federal Judge Finds the Individual Mandate Unconstitutional and Strikes Down Closely Related Provisions	McDermott Will & Emery	9/15/2011
Arizona Must Continue Offering Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of State Employees	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	9/15/2011
Illinois Physicians and the Patients' Right to Know Act: Physician Profile Program Returns	Much Shelist, P.C.	9/15/2011
Ninth Circuit Attempts to Clarify Learned Professional Exemption's Educational Requirement	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/15/2011
Medical Plan Summary of Benefits and Coverage: The Forthcoming Mini-SPD	Vedder Price	9/14/2011
Rights to Compensation for use of Biospecimens: OHRP and FDA Clarify that Waivers of Rights in Informed Consents are not "Exculpatory"	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/13/2011
NLRB Facilitates Union Organization of Smaller Bargaining Units	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/13/2011
Walgreens Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	9/12/2011
Narrowing Claim Amendment Blocks Application of the Doctrine of Equivalents, Again	McDermott Will & Emery	9/12/2011
HHS Extends Comment Period for Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making Concerning the Common Rule	McDermott Will & Emery	9/11/2011
Challenge to ACA Rejected by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/11/2011
Shanghai Food and Drug Administration Issues Regulation for Domestic Processing and Manufacturing of Foreign Pharmaceutical Companies	McDermott Will & Emery	9/9/2011
91 Charged in Medicare Fraud Strike Force Operations	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/8/2011
HHS Finalizes New Financial Conflicts of Interest Regulations	McDermott Will & Emery	9/8/2011
Board issues decision on appropriate units in non-acute health care facilities	National Labor Relations Board	9/8/2011
Personal Jurisdiction in Trade Secret Cases	McDermott Will & Emery	9/7/2011
EEOC Sues the Scooter Store for Disability Discrimination	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	9/7/2011
Specialty Healthcare 357 NLRB Decision No. 83: Impact on Nursing Home and Resident Care Industry		9/6/2011
The 5 Biggest Accomplishments in Increasing Public Health Awareness in the Past 10 Years	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	9/6/2011
CMS Releases its Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program Final Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/6/2011
A Crawling Issue: Head Lice Treatments Worse Than the Pest Itself?	Center for Public Integrity	9/6/2011
New Jersey Healthcare Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	9/5/2011
HHS awards $40 million to boost public health infrastructure, prepare tomorrow’s public health workforce	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	9/4/2011
State-federal review of health insurance rate increases begins, double-digit price hikes must be justified	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	9/2/2011
Can Genes Be Patented?	McDermott Will & Emery	9/1/2011
The Word is Spreading about the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement’s Insurance Match program	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	9/1/2011
The Mythical Benefits of Tort Reform in Texas	Center for Public Integrity	9/1/2011
In the Cross-Hairs: Healthcare Officers, Directors, and GCs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/30/2011
Office for Civil Rights Senior Advisor Gives HIPAA Enforcement Update Presentation to Attorneys in Indianapolis	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	8/30/2011
HHS Releases Guidance Exempting Existing HRAs from Applying for Restricted Annual Limit Waivers	McDermott Will & Emery	8/30/2011
Illinois Patients’ Right to Know Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	8/28/2011
There’s No Putting GINA Back in the Bottle	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	8/27/2011
New Summary of Benefits and Coverage Required for Health Plans in 2012	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/27/2011
HHS awards $137 million to states to boost prevention and public health	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/26/2011
IRS Proposed Premium Tax Credit Regulations Signal Direction of Future Guidance on Employer Pay-or-Play Penalties	McDermott Will & Emery	8/25/2011
11th Circuit Deals Potentially Devastating Blow to President Obama's Health Care Reform Law	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	8/25/2011
Eleventh Circuit: Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, but Rest of ACA Stands	McDermott Will & Emery	8/25/2011
Affordable Care Act initiative to lower costs, help doctors and hospitals coordinate care	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/23/2011
DOE Laboratories Help Develop Promising New Cancer Fighting Drug, Vemurafenib	U.S. Department of Energy	8/23/2011
Eleventh Circuit Strikes the ACA's Individual Mandate as Unconstitutional, Setting Up a Circuit Split and Making Supreme Court Review More Likely	McDermott Will & Emery	8/23/2011
Bachmann's Iowa Blame Game	Center for Public Integrity	8/21/2011
ACOs – To Do Or Not To Do? Key Considerations for Health Care Providers Under the Proposed Regulations.	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/21/2011
The IOM Report on Reform of the 510(k) Device Clearance Process and Beyond	McDermott Will & Emery	8/19/2011
HHS Awards $40 Million in Grants to Sign up Children for Health Coverage	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/18/2011
National HealthCare Corporation Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	8/18/2011
HHS Proposed Rule Requires Insurers to Use Standardized Summary of Benefits and Coverage Form	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/17/2011
HHS Identifies HIPAA Audit Goals	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/17/2011
New Dosage of a Known Pharmaceutical: Obvious?	McDermott Will & Emery	8/14/2011
HHS, Treasury take new steps to help states build Affordable Insurance Exchanges	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/14/2011
HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to expand access to health care	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/11/2011
Commercial Biopharma in Wisconsin: What Next?	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/10/2011
Medicare prescription drug premiums will not increase, more seniors receiving free preventive care, discounts in the donut hole	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/10/2011
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on 510(k) Device Modifications: New Emphasis on Potential Impact of Modifications	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/10/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win for Hospital Systems with Offsite Facilities	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/10/2011
EPA and USDA Create a Partnership to Improve Drinking Water Systems and Develop Workforce in Rural Communities	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	8/9/2011
Federal Circuit Issues Opinion on Gene Patents in AMP et al v. Myriad Genetics, et al.	McDermott Will & Emery	8/9/2011
Federal judge orders Oakland nursing home to rehire workers following strike	National Labor Relations Board	8/9/2011
Proposed HIPAA Reporting Requirement May Lead to Increased Compliance Costs and Enforcement Action	Poyner Spruill LLP	8/9/2011
Health Care Reform: What Are Accountable Care Organizations "ACO's"	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	8/8/2011
Doctors Sue to End AMA's Role in Setting Medicare Payments	Center for Public Integrity	8/8/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that Isolated DNA is Patentable Subject Matter	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/8/2011
Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing–United States Supreme Court Holds That Failure To Warn Claims Against Generic Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Are Pre-Empted By Federal Law	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	8/8/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that "Isolated DNA Molecules" Are Patentable Subject Matter and Method Claims Merely "Comparing" or "Analyzing" Are Not	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/8/2011
BARDA supports development of new drugs to treat radiation injury	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/7/2011
Preventive Services for Women: New HHS Guidance	Vedder Price	8/7/2011
US Department of Labor’s OSHA announces measures to improve Whistleblower Protection Program	U.S. Department of Labor	8/7/2011
Institute of Medicine Report: Dead on Arrival	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/6/2011
CMS’ 2012 OPPS Proposed Rule Further Revises Physician Supervision Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery	8/6/2011
Affordable Care Act Ensures Women Receive Preventive Services at No Additional Cost	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/4/2011
Myriad Federal Circuit Decision Affirms Patentability of Claims to “Isolated” DNA but Methods Involving Only “Comparing” or “Analyzing” DNA Sequences Unpatentable and No Declaratory Judgment for Those Who Simply Disagree With Patent	Vedder Price	8/4/2011
Save a Life: Know the Facts about North Carolina's Safe Haven Law		8/4/2011
Healthcare Alert: U.S. Announces Process for $3.8B in CO-OP Funds	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	8/4/2011
When Working From Home Turns Deadly	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	8/3/2011
U.S. States Step Up Oversight of Health Insurance Companies' Rate Increases	Center for Public Integrity	8/3/2011
HHS awards $71.3 million to strengthen nursing workforce	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	8/2/2011
New Guidelines on Preventive Services for Women, Including Religious Employer Exception	McDermott Will & Emery	8/2/2011
New FDA Draft Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps Provides Some Clarity, But Raises Many More Questions	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/2/2011
Federal Circuit Upholds the Patentability of Isolated DNA in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	8/2/2011
Divided Panel Finds DNA Molecules Patentable – Cancer Screening Claims Too Abstract	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/30/2011
HHS Proposes Overhaul of Human Subject Protections for Domestic Clinical Trials	McDermott Will & Emery	7/28/2011
OEHHA Identifies 39 New Chemicals for Evaluation Under Proposition 65	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	7/28/2011
HHS announces proposal to improve rules protecting human research subjects	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	7/27/2011
American Academy of Pediatrics Releases New Emergency Pediatric Consent Guidelines	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/27/2011
Regulations Issued for Funding of Regional Insurance Program Under PPACA	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/26/2011
OIG Advisory Opinion Allows Proposed “Preferred Hospital” Network Arrangement for Medigap Insurance Policies	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/26/2011
ALJ Upholds OIG’s Eight-Year Exclusion of Company Owner	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/25/2011
Procedures and Licensing for the Establishment of Life Sciences Companies in China	McDermott Will & Emery	7/25/2011
Covenant v. Wauwatosa: Wisconsin Supreme Court Addresses the Nonprofit Hospital Exemption	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/23/2011
Texas Passes Major Health Care Related Legislation During Special Session	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	7/22/2011
CMS Proposes Quality Reporting Program for Ambulatory Surgery Centers	McDermott Will & Emery	7/20/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Reverses Covenant	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/20/2011
Congressmen Introduce Bill to Repeal HSA Provision of ACA	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/19/2011
Statutory Increase in Medical Records Fees (WI)	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/17/2011
Seven of Nine Circuits Now Recognize Implied False Certification Liability Under the False Claims Act	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/16/2011
Supreme Court Strikes Vermont Data Mining Law and Protects Pharmaceutical Marketing	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/14/2011
OHRP Revises Federalwide Assurance	McDermott Will & Emery	7/14/2011
EU Court Judgment May Add 6.5 Percent Customs Tariff Burden for Parts/Accessories of Medical Devices	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	7/13/2011
Turning Your Facility and Staff into Detectives		7/12/2011
OIG Issues New Advisory Opinion on Hospital to Post-Acute Care Settings Referral Arrangements	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/11/2011
HHS Releases Proposed Rule on Health Exchanges	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/11/2011
New FDA Draft Guidance Regarding Financial Disclosures by Clinical Investigators	McDermott Will & Emery	7/11/2011
CMS Releases its 2012 OPPS Proposed Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/11/2011
HHS grants boost disaster preparedness in hospitals, health care systems	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	7/10/2011
CMS Proposes to Retract New Physician Lab Signature Requirement	McDermott Will & Emery	7/10/2011
FTC And DOJ Issue Proposed Statement Of Antitrust Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Seeking To Participate In The Medicare Shared Savings Program	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	7/10/2011
CMS Releases 2012 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/9/2011
Affordable Care Act cuts health care red tape, saves $12 billion	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	7/9/2011
Special Touch Home Care Services, Inc.(29-CA-26661; 357 NLRB No. 2) Brooklyn, NY, June 30, 2011	National Labor Relations Board	7/8/2011
Court of Appeals Upholds PPACA Individual Mandate	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/7/2011
Split Decision: U.S. Appellate Court Finds Health Reform Law is Constitutional	McDermott Will & Emery	7/6/2011
Physician-Owned Distributors in the Crosshairs: Senate Committees Call on OIG and CMS to Take Action	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/1/2011
Report From Bio International Convention in DC– Everyone In the Patent Pool!	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/1/2011
OIG: Arrangements between DME Supplier and IDTFs May Trigger Sanctions and Implicate Anti-Kickback Statute	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/29/2011
Medicare Physician Payments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	6/28/2011
Generic Drug Manufacturers And Failure To Warn: What duty is there after Pliva v. Mensing?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/27/2011
An Ounce of Prevention - The Importance of Periodic Corporate Audits	Poyner Spruill LLP	6/26/2011
Guidance Regarding Annual Waiver Application Deadline	McDermott Will & Emery	6/24/2011
Final Rule on Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging Process	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6/23/2011
FTC Hosts Workshop on Preventing Patent “Hold-Ups” in Standard-Setting	McDermott Will & Emery	6/23/2011
Clarification of DNR Orders Signed by Nurse Practitioners or Physician's Assistants	Poyner Spruill LLP	6/23/2011
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Mayo v. Prometheus	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/23/2011
June 30, 2011 Deadline To Amend FSAs and HRAs	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/21/2011
Caraco – The Little Counterclaim That Could?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/21/2011
U.S. Supreme Court: Federal Court Could Not Enjoin State Court from Addressing Class Certification Issue	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/21/2011
Cafeteria Plan Amendment For Over-The-Counter Drugs Due June 30, 2011 Under IRS Transition Rule	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	6/20/2011
CMS Announces New Technology to Identify Medicare Fraud	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/18/2011
A Primer on Bid Protest Procedures Under the Kentucky Model Procurement Code	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	6/17/2011
Sunscreen in the Spotlight: FDA Illuminates New Sunscreen Regulations	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/17/2011
CMS Issues a Proposed Rule to Establish CoPs for Community Mental Health Centers	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/17/2011
HHS Issues Proposed Rule; Creates New Access Report Obligations and Amends Existing Accounting of Disclosures Provisions	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/15/2011
Comments to CMS’ 2011 IPPS Proposed Rule are due by June 20th		6/14/2011
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Seeks Public Comments on Preventative Food-Safety Controls	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/14/2011
Seventh Circuit Embraces Use of “One Purpose” Standard Under Anti-Kickback Statute	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/13/2011
Insurer to Purchase Vertically Integrated Medicare Advantage Plan/Provider	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/12/2011
Joint (Direct) Infringement Still Requires Control … But Stay Tuned	McDermott Will & Emery	6/12/2011
Schedule H's PPACA Questions Optional for Tax-Exempt Hospital	McDermott Will & Emery	6/11/2011
Wisconsin DHS: Electronic Copy of Patient Release is Sufficient	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/10/2011
American Hospital Association Suggests Substantial Changes to ACO Rules	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/8/2011
The Compliance Revolution Will Be Televised: As Government Turns Up Heat on Healthcare Fraud, OIG Videos Offer Practical Compliance Pointers	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/7/2011
CMS Proposed Rule Would Allow Access to Medicare Data for Reports on Providers	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/7/2011
HHS announces proposed changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	6/6/2011
CMS Issues Final Rule on Medicaid Payment Adjustments for Provider-Preventable Conditions	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/6/2011
ACO Regulations – Comments Due to CMS by June 6	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/5/2011
Quest’s $241 Million Medi-Cal Settlement: Medi-Cal “Best Price” and the California False Claims Act	McDermott Will & Emery	6/3/2011
E. coli Outbreak Is One of the Worst in History	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	6/1/2011
Interagency working group seeks input on proposed voluntary principles for marketing food to children	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	5/31/2011
Spectrum Healthcare Settles Charges with NLRB and Union, Agrees to Reinstate Employees with Backpay and Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement	National Labor Relations Board	5/30/2011
CMS Releases Proposed Rule for the Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/30/2011
Most Uninsured Unable to Pay Hospital Bills According to New HHS Report	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	5/29/2011
Health Care Reform - Changes to the Medicare Part D Annual Enrollment Period and New Model Creditable & Non-Creditable Coverage Notices Available	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	5/28/2011
US Department of Labor’s OSHA launches national survey on employers’ safety and health practices to help guide future rules, compliance, outreach	U.S. Department of Labor	5/24/2011
California Adopts Federal Tax Treatment of Health Coverage for Adult Children	McDermott Will & Emery	5/24/2011
FDA Requests Comments on the Development of a User Fee Program for Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biological Products	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/24/2011
The “Pioneer” Model: CMS’s Alternative Shared Savings Program for ACOs	McDermott Will & Emery	5/23/2011
Excluded Groups Want in on Health Information Technology Funding	Center for Public Integrity	5/23/2011
Affordable Care Act Helps Fight Unreasonable Health Insurance Premium Increases	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	5/21/2011
Emergency Transport Company Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	5/20/2011
HHS Issues Final Rule on Review of Insurance Premium Increases	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	5/20/2011
Decision of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal – Sexual Crossing and Selection of Plants is Not Patentable Even When Using DNA Markers	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/19/2011
The OIG Has Provided Compliance Training Materials Online		5/19/2011
Which Employers Will Be Responsible For Health Coverage In 2014?	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/18/2011
United States v. Borrasi: Rough Seas in the Kickback Safe Harbors	McDermott Will & Emery	5/18/2011
Disabilities in the Workplace -- Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/17/2011
$100 Million in Affordable Care Act Grants to Help Create Healthier U.S. Communities	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	5/17/2011
California Adopts Favorable Federal Tax Treatment of Health Coverage for Adult Children Under Age 27: Health Care Reform		5/16/2011
Specification Must Sufficiently Describe Claimed Invention to Show Possession of Claimed Subject Matter	McDermott Will & Emery	5/15/2011
Holyoke, Mass. Landlords Face Fines for Failing to Notify Tenants about Lead Paint	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	5/14/2011
Administration Implements Affordable Care Act Provision to Improve Care, Lower Costs	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	5/13/2011
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG: “Obvious to Try” and “Fair Expectation of Success”	McDermott Will & Emery	5/13/2011
Federal Circuit Invalidates Claims to Fully Human Antibodies for Lack of Written Description When Specification Is Limited To Murine and Chimeric Antibodies	Kenyon & Kenyon LLP	5/13/2011
Emergency Room Visits Up 11 Percent in Last Decade; Health Care Reform Could Drive Numbers Higher	Center for Public Integrity	5/12/2011
Reporting the Cost of Health Care Coverage: More for the W-2	Vedder Price	5/12/2011
EPA Helps Build Awareness Around Asthma / Asthma affects nearly 25 million people in the U.S.	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	5/11/2011
CMS Publishes Proposed Policy and 2012 Payment Changes for Stays in Hospitals and Affordable Care Act Quality of Care Provisions	McDermott Will & Emery	5/11/2011
Comprehensive Summary of the Final Regulations to the ADA Amendments Act	Franczek Radelet P.C.	5/9/2011
You Cannot “Game” the Appellate System by Filing a “Protective” Cross-Appeal	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2011
CMS Issues Final Rule to Streamline Hospital and CAH Credentialing of Telemedicine Providers	McDermott Will & Emery	5/5/2011
CMS Finalizes Changes to Telemedicine Requirements		5/3/2011
New York State Extends Amnesty Program for Unpaid HCRA Surcharges to December 31, 2011	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/3/2011
Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Ban	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/2/2011
Arizona Legislature Passes Law Protecting Employers From Medical Marijuana Claims; Governor Expected to Sign Bill Into Law	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/1/2011
Repeal of Expanded Tax Information Reporting Requirements Under PPACA and Small Business Jobs Act of 2010	McDermott Will & Emery	4/29/2011
Wisconsin DHS Releases Memo on Nursing Home Transfer and Discharge Protections	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/28/2011
The Proposed Waivers of the Fraud & Abuse Laws for ACOs: Have OIG and CMS Gone Far Enough?	McDermott Will & Emery	4/28/2011
Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Accountable Care Organizations - ACO's	McDermott Will & Emery	4/27/2011
Levels of Antitrust Scrutiny for ACOs	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/27/2011
CMS Promises Future Guidance on Elder Justice Act Requirement for SNF Owners and Employees to Report Crimes	Poyner Spruill LLP	4/27/2011
CMS Throws Providers a Couple of Bones in New Regulation Governing SNF Survey-Related Civil Money Penalties	Poyner Spruill LLP	4/26/2011
2011 Budget Deal Includes Changes to PPACA	McDermott Will & Emery	4/26/2011
Developments for Employers that Sponsor Wellness Programs	McDermott Will & Emery	4/22/2011
From Trips to ACTA: Establishing the Intent to Uphold Access to Medicine in the Face of Ambiguity	American University Washington College of Law	4/22/2011
How Much Is Your Privacy Worth? According to Department of Health and Human Services, Millions.	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/20/2011
IMPACT: Little-Known AMA Committee That Sets Medicare Pay Catches Heat	Center for Public Integrity	4/20/2011
New Flexibility for States to Improve Medicaid and Implement Innovative Practices	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	4/19/2011
Federal Government Refuses to Defend DOMA; Implications for Employee Benefit Plans	McDermott Will & Emery	4/19/2011
Repeal of Affordable Care Act Free Choice Voucher	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	4/19/2011
FDA Proposes to Expand the Scope of Clinical Investigator Disqualifications	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/19/2011
CMS and OIG Propose Waivers of Certain Fraud and Abuse Laws for Accountable Care Organizations	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	4/18/2011
Partnership for patients to improve care and lower costs for Americans	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	4/18/2011
HHS Announces a New Partnership to Improve Quality	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/16/2011
Accountable Care Organizations: Improving Care Coordination for People with Medicare	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	4/14/2011
Insurance Brokers Seek Health Reform Change to Safeguard Profits	Center for Public Integrity	4/14/2011
DeWine and Lawmakers Introduce Ohio False Claims Act Legislation	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	4/12/2011
Accountable Care Organization (“ACO”) - The Real Journey Begins	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/11/2011
CMS’ Proposed Rules for ACOs: A Summary	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/9/2011
Governmental Immunity May Be the End to a Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Case	Johnson & Bell Ltd.	4/8/2011
CMS/OIG, FTC/DOJ and IRS Weigh In on ACOs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/8/2011
IRS Provides Guidance on W-2 Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plan Coverage	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/7/2011
CMS Releases Data on Hospital Acquired Conditions	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/7/2011
Supreme Court Determines Materiality Standard for Adverse Event Reports	Vedder Price	4/5/2011
US Department of Labor announces grant to help West Virginians cover health insurance payments while seeking re-employment	U.S. Department of Labor	4/4/2011
Survey of Wrongful Death Verdicts for the Very Young and Very Old	Johnson & Bell Ltd.	4/4/2011
OIG Billing Reviews of Medical Device Replacements	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/3/2011
Accountable Care: FTC & DOJ Issue Proposed Antitrust Statement for ACOs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/3/2011
Finding and Fixing Provider-Based Criteria Problems	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/2/2011
Accountable Care: CMS Issues Proposed ACO Rules	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/2/2011
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Release Proposed Rule Relating to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Medicare	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/1/2011
Value-Based Reimbursement: CMS Ups the Ante for Hospitals with Proposed Rulemaking		4/1/2011
Pharmaceutical and Other Companies Beware: New Supreme Court Decision Weighs in on Adverse Event Reports and Potential Liability Under Federal Securities Laws	Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP	3/31/2011
Proposed Bill Aims to Expand Health IT Funds to Mental Health Providers	Center for Public Integrity	3/30/2011
Honesty Is the Best Policy (Along with Documentation) - Reporting Injuries From Nursing Home Falls	Poyner Spruill LLP	3/30/2011
A MATRIXX Revolution, Part II: Supreme Court affirms Ninth Circuit's holding that Life Science Companies Cannot Rely On a Statistical Significance Standard When Deciding Whether Adverse Event Reports are Material for the Purpose of Securities Disclosures	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/29/2011
Summary of North Carolina Senate Bill 33's Medical Malpractice Reform		3/28/2011
Health Information Exchanges: Ready or Not Here They Come!		3/28/2011
Peer Review Protections Broadened Under New Wisconsin Law	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/28/2011
OIG Advisory Opinion Allows Complementary Transportation Services	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/26/2011
Racial Discrimination and the Hostile Work Environment: Employers May Be Responsible for the Actions of Their Customers and Vendors	Much Shelist, P.C.	3/24/2011
Telehealth Bill Aims to Expand Health IT Access for Home Care Providers	Center for Public Integrity	3/23/2011
Recent Developments in Dispositive Motions: To Be or Not, Twombly?	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/20/2011
CMS Publishes Final Rule on Nursing Home CMPs	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/20/2011
Immigration Help for Hospitals: USCIS Issues Memorandum on H-1B Cap Exemption	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/19/2011
Staub v. Proctor Hospital—Supreme Court Creates Uncertainty for Employers When Taking Adverse Actions Against Members of a Protected Class	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/15/2011
GOP Deficit-Cutters Eye Health IT Stimulus Funds as Obama’s Point Man Leaves	Center for Public Integrity	3/14/2011
Is Quicker Really Better? The Overhaul of the 510(k) Process	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/11/2011
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Expanded Privacy and Security Enforcement Authority, Increased Potential for Significant Financial Penalties	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/7/2011
Senators Grassley, Wyden Push to Make Medicare Billing Data Public	Center for Public Integrity	3/7/2011
GAO Releases High-Risk Update on Medicare Program	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/6/2011
Office of the Inspector General "OIG" Publishes New Physician Compliance Guidance	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/5/2011
Independence at Home Provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Wyden/Markey - PPACA section 3024)	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/5/2011
OIG’s Most Wanted Health Care Fugitives List Continues to Grow	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/4/2011
NLRB: A & C Healthcare Services, Inc.(20-CA-33588, et al.; 356 NLRB No. 100) Millbrae, CA, February 25, 2011.	National Labor Relations Board	3/4/2011
Government Accountability Office "GAO": Almost A Tenth of Medicare Spending was Improper	Center for Public Integrity	3/4/2011
“I’m Sorry” Legislation Reintroduced in Wisconsin	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	3/3/2011
Second Major HIPAA Enforcement Action		3/2/2011
The Columbus Dispatch Advocates for Lawmakers to Create an Ohio False Claims Act	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/1/2011
IRS Delays Filing Season for Certain Tax-Exempt Hospitals	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/28/2011
Indirect Purchaser Plavix Class Actions Tossed for Lack of Antitrust Standing	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/25/2011
Department Issues First CMP for HIPAA Privacy Violation		2/24/2011
Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 111 in Fraud Schemes Totaling $225 Million and Expands to Chicago and Dallas	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/22/2011
CMS Grants The Joint Commission Extension on Compliance with Telemedicine Standards		2/22/2011
House Bill Would Expand OIG’s Exclusion Authority	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/21/2011
Regency House of Wallingford, Inc.(34-CA-09895, et al.; 356 NLRB No. 86) Wallingford, CT, January 31, 2011.	National Labor Relations Board	2/19/2011
Budget Deliberations Silent on Medicare or Other Entitlements	Center for Public Integrity	2/18/2011
Superbugs in Your Supermarket Chicken	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	2/17/2011
Is Ohio Moving Towards Its Own False Claims Act?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2/12/2011
Mid-Level Providers May Now Order Respiratory Therapy in Hospitals Under State Law		2/12/2011
Children’s Health Insurance Status Related to Parent’s Health Coverage	Center for Public Integrity	2/9/2011
Here We Go Again – DOJ Investigating ICD Implants		2/8/2011
The Joint Commission: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Must be Credentialed Through the Medical Staff Process		2/7/2011
FDA Issues Guidance on Dietary Supplement cGMP Regulations	Duane Morris LLP	2/7/2011
The Joint Commission "TJC" Looking at Medical Record Documentation		2/6/2011
Department of Health Services "DHS "Reorganizes and Creates Office of Plan Review and Inspection "OPRI"		2/5/2011
Florida Judge Deems Health Reform Law Unconstitutional in 26 State Challenge	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	2/4/2011
Health Care Fraud Penalties May Be On the Rise	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2/3/2011
California's Department of Managed Health Care Announces ACOs Should Expect Licensure Requirement	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/3/2011
Federal Judge with Medical Industry Investments Rules Against Health Care Law	Center for Public Integrity	2/2/2011
Remember Changes to Medicare Timely Filing Requirement under PPCA		2/2/2011
FDA Announces Its Plan For Changes to the 510(k) "Approval" Pathway	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/2/2011
2010 Compliance Review -- What Did I Miss?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/31/2011
Supreme Court Rules That Medical Residents Subject to FICA		1/31/2011
ADA Goes En Banc + Two Preemption Decisions: Fifth Circuit Update	Andrews Kurth LLP	1/31/2011
A Peer Review Reminder to Take Caution with Documentation		1/30/2011
Announcement on Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement		1/29/2011
Wisconsin Omnibus Tort Bill is Signed	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/28/2011
Wisconsin Tort Reform 2011: Governor signed the Omnibus Tort Reform Act	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/27/2011
EEOC Issues Regulations on Use and Disclosure of Genetic Information	Vedder Price	1/27/2011
Reprieve For Fully Insured, Non-Grandfathered Group Health Plans From Complying With PPACA Nondiscrimination Rules	Dykema Gossett PLLC	1/19/2011
Health Industry Gave Millions to State Officials Involved in Lawsuit - State Medical Groups Want Federal Health Reform Law Overturned	Center for Public Integrity	1/18/2011
Employment Law - What’s in Store for 2011?	Dykema Gossett PLLC	1/17/2011
Proposed Tort Reform Bill Contains Numerous Health Care Provisions (WI)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/11/2011
Obesity Costs Canada and the United States $300 Billion Per Year	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/11/2011
President Obama Signs New Expansive Food Safety Law	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/11/2011
Understanding the Privacy Rights of HIPAA & FERPA in Schools	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/7/2011
Agencies Issue Additional FAQs on Health Care Reform and the Mental Health Parity Act	Ford & Harrison LLP	1/7/2011
President Obama Signs Food Safety Modernization Bill Into Law	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/5/2011
IRS Delays Nondiscrimination Requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act	Ford & Harrison LLP	1/5/2011
E-CIGARETTES GET A "SMOKING" BREAK: D.C. Circuit Clarifies Scope of FDA's Authority Over E-Cigarettes	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/4/2011
Case Law Review: Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Sys., Inc.	Vedder Price	1/3/2011
Arizona Employers Must be Ready for New Medical Marijuana Use Law	Ford & Harrison LLP	1/3/2011
HIPAA's Potential Impact on FMLA Certification	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	12/28/2010
Congress Limits Reach of Red Flag Regulations	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	12/27/2010
Health Care Fraud Cases Drop Despite Bigger Budget	Center for Public Integrity	12/24/2010
The Uncertain Future of Isolated DNA Patents	Vedder Price	12/21/2010
TriCare Network Contracts Create Affirmative Action Obligations for Hospitals	Poyner Spruill LLP	12/20/2010
Senate Saves Food Safety Bill	Marler Clark LLP PS	12/20/2010
Money Talks, and for Hospitals and Physicians This Can Become a Real Problem When Negotiating a Fair-Market-Value Compensation Arrangement.		12/19/2010
Self-Disclosure Déjà Vu? - Voluntary SRDP recently released by the CMS looks remarkably familiar.		12/18/2010
Outlook for Physician Practices Improves as One-Year “Doc Fix” Becomes Law	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	12/18/2010
T Minus 60 Days and Counting: CMS’s New Repayment Deadline	Poyner Spruill LLP	12/17/2010
Antitrust Enforcers to Help Doctors and Hospitals with Transition under New Health Care Law, but Does Congress Want More?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/16/2010
Federal Court in Virginia Declares PPACA's "Minimum Essential Coverage" Provision Unconstitutional	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	12/15/2010
IRS Guidance On New Excise Tax On Branded Pharmaceutical Companies: Filing Due January 21, 2011	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/15/2010
TriCare Network Contracts Create Affirmative Action Obligations for Health Care Providers	Poyner Spruill LLP	12/15/2010
CMS Issues Draft Revised Survey and Enforcement Guidance On SNF Advance Directives Policies and Implementation	Poyner Spruill LLP	12/14/2010
Costs for 9/11 Emergency Responders’ Health Plan Under Scrutiny	Center for Public Integrity	12/13/2010
Covenant v. Wauwatosa: Wisconsin Supreme Court Takes a Second Look	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	12/10/2010
Final GINA Regulations Impact All Employers	Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP	12/10/2010
Adjusting the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine: Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments En Banc in Therasense	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/9/2010
New Law Creates Right to “Pump in Private” for Breastfeeding	Vedder Price	12/4/2010
Chamber Seeks Cash From Insurers, Financial Firms For New Effort, Health Reform and Financial Rules Targeted by Anti-Regulation Drive; EPA Rules Too	Center for Public Integrity	12/1/2010
The New Stark Self-Disclosure Protocol	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	11/29/2010
What Employers Can Do About the Flu	Gibbons P.C.	11/26/2010
Health Care Providers, Tricare Reimbursement and the OFCCP: Hope for the Best but Prepare for the Worst	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/25/2010
Health Care Reform Law - Year End Cafeteria Plan Amendments		11/17/2010
Toss or Keep: Document Retention in a Nursing Facility	Poyner Spruill LLP	11/15/2010
FutureCare of North Carolina – A New Voice for Change for Long Term Care	Poyner Spruill LLP	11/14/2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) - Growing Old Ain’t for Wimps	Poyner Spruill LLP	11/13/2010
TRICARE and OFCCP Jurisdiction Over Providers	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	11/12/2010
Cornett v. Johnson & Johnson - New Jersey's Appellate Court Applies Riegel and Buckman to a State Common Law Product Liability Claim	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	11/12/2010
Healthcare Sector Comes Under Increased Government Antitrust Scrutiny	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	11/11/2010
Antitrust Considerations In Forming Accountable Care Organizations And Bundled Payment Arrangements Under The Healthcare Reform Act	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	11/9/2010
Medicare Fraud Included Phantom Services, Equipment	Center for Public Integrity	11/7/2010
United States Weighs in on Myriad Genetics Case	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	11/7/2010
Little-Known AMA Group Has Outsized Influence on Medicare Payments- Helpful Advice or Conflict of Interest?	Center for Public Integrity	11/1/2010
HIPAA Amended: Your Business May Now Be Subject to Strict Confidentiality and Computer Security Requirements	Much Shelist, P.C.	11/1/2010
Are You Ready For the Cloud?	Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC	10/29/2010
CMS Publishes Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Final Rule	Vedder Price	10/25/2010
Attention Health Care Providers: Are You in Violation of the Stark Act?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	10/25/2010
An Analysis of South Africa’s Mental Health Legislation	American University Washington College of Law	10/21/2010
Highlights of the OIG’s 2011 Work Plan		10/12/2010
The Medical Device Rodeo: Harnessing Innovation	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	10/11/2010
Life Sciences Patents Dealt a Significant Blow	Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP	10/4/2010
Unbranded Web Sites: FDA Finds Violative Promotional Practices	Stradley Ronon	10/4/2010
Congress Enacts 2010 Small Business Jobs Act	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	10/1/2010
New Enforcement Action, OIG Advisory Opinion Scrutinize Hospital/Physician Arrangements	Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP	10/1/2010
Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities - Call from EPA for Public Commentary	Andrews Kurth LLP	9/30/2010
The Medicare Maze: How a CPA Can Help New Medicare Enrollees Plan for a Healthy Financial Future.	Williams Kastner	9/28/2010
Class Action Defense Cases–Donovan v. Philip Morris: Massachusetts Federal Court Certifies Class Action Seeking Medical Monitoring For Lung Cancer Of 20-Year Marlboro Smokers	Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell LLP	9/16/2010
HHS Proposes Changes to HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement Regulations	Vedder Price	9/15/2010
Health Care Reform Planning Comes to North Carolina	Poyner Spruill LLP	9/9/2010
Hospice Cap Rule Bites the Dust Before Another Court		9/7/2010
CON Section, May I? - Certificate of Need Requirements for Long Term Care in North Carolina	Poyner Spruill LLP	9/5/2010
Other Health Care Reform Notes on Long Term Care	Poyner Spruill LLP	9/3/2010
Decision-Making Issues - Advanced Directives Q&A		9/2/2010
Claims and Appeal Rules Significantly Modified for Non-grandfathered Health Plans Under New Regulations	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/31/2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Summary	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/24/2010
Choice Healthcare v. Kaiser Foundation: Member Choices Don't Create Jurisdiction Over Health Insurer	Andrews Kurth LLP	8/16/2010
What are the Possible Legal Implications of the Passage of California’s Proposition 19?	Donna Bader	8/13/2010
Covenant v. Wauwatosa: A Taxing Decision for Outpatient Clinics	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	8/11/2010
Medical Marijuana Litigation Offers Full-time Employment for Lawyers.	Donna Bader	8/11/2010
Is California the Pot Capital of the Country?	Donna Bader	8/10/2010
To Grandfather or Not: Affordable Care Act Requirements	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	8/6/2010
Patient Protection and Afforable Care Act Increases Potency of Qui Tam Suits Under the False Claims Act	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	8/5/2010
Health Care Reform: Open Enrollment Communications	Poyner Spruill LLP	8/5/2010
Tax-Exempt Hospitals: Recent New Jersey Court Decision May Impact Property Tax Exemptions	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	8/3/2010
HHS Proposes Major Changes to HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules	Foley Hoag LLP	8/1/2010
New Wisconsin Law Creates Reporting Obligations for Physicians - And Concerns for Peer Reviewers, Managers, and Treatment Providers for Physicians	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	7/30/2010
Understanding the New Healthcare Act: A Primer for Employers	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	7/27/2010
Has the Time Come for "Total Recall" of Medical Products?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/26/2010
Department of Labor Extends Family Medical Leave Act Coverage to Same-Sex, Non-Traditional Parents	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/24/2010
FDA's Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) - Changes on Horizon?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/24/2010
IRS, DOL, & HHS Issue Interim Final Regulations on Annual and Lifetime Coverage Limits, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Coverage Rescission, Emergency Coverage, and Provider Selection	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/23/2010
Health Care Reform: Considering Changes to Your Health Plan	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/22/2010
You Can “Just Say No” To Weapons At Your Facility	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/21/2010
Hospitals and Health Care Providers: You May Be Targets of the U.S. Department of Labor	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	7/21/2010
OBRA vs HIPAA: Who Has the Right to Demand Access to My Residents’ Medical Records?	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/20/2010
The FDA Transparency Initiative: Another One Way Street?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/19/2010
Health Care Reform: How Will it Affect School Districts?		7/17/2010
Elimination of Customs Duties Possible for Over 700 Additional Pharmaceutical Products and Chemical Intermediates	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/14/2010
HHS Set to Identify by Name All Private Practices Experiencing a Breach Affecting 500 or More Individuals	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/9/2010
Healthcare Billing and Denial Patterns for Top Services: 2001–2008	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	7/7/2010
Audits Breaches and Fines Part 2 - Further progress along the HIPAA brick road	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/7/2010
HIPAA and HITECH Act: The Stakes Have Gotten Higher for Group Health Plans	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/6/2010
Risk Analysis – a Critical Step One in Safeguarding e-PHI	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/5/2010
Mind Your PHI - Even in the Trash	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/5/2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Its Impact on Hospice	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/5/2010
Health Care Reform: Dependent Coverage for Children under age 27	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/3/2010
Tips for Successful Medical Staff Hearings	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/3/2010
Audits and Breaches and Fines, Oh My! Make sure your HIPAA privacy and security compliance program has you covered.	Poyner Spruill LLP	7/2/2010
The 50% Tax Credit / Cash Grant for Life Sciences Companies	Troutman Sanders LLP	7/1/2010
Antitrust Division Will Not Challenge Cost Information Exchange Program in California	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/1/2010
FTC Gets Shut Down - Once Again - In Its Bid To Change How Courts View Reverse Payment Settlements	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/30/2010
Banning "Pay-For Delay" Settlements and Resale Price Maintenance are Senate Antitrust Subcommittee's Top Legislative Priorities	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/22/2010
FTC Announces that it is Delaying Enforcement of the Red Flags Rule until December 31, 2010	Much Shelist, P.C.	6/17/2010
SEIU Turning Its Organizing Efforts to Interns, Residents & House Staff - Is Your Hospital Ready?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	6/15/2010
Phase II of the FDA’s Transparency Initiative: The Transparency Task Force Releases Draft Recommendations on FDA’s Public Disclosure Policies	Foley Hoag LLP	6/11/2010
Breaking Down the Affordable Care Act	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	6/11/2010
CMS Guidance on Implementation of Reduction in Coverage Gap	Foley Hoag LLP	6/10/2010
Physician Staffing Issues and Employment-Related Lawsuits: A Litigation Epidemic in the Making?	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.	6/7/2010
IRS Provides Guidance on Application Process for Qualified Therapeutic Discovery Project Investment Tax Credits or Cash Grants	Andrews Kurth LLP	6/4/2010
The Impact of the 2010 Health Reform Law on Hospitals	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	6/3/2010
Businesses at Risk: Protecting Your Valuable Data (Part 2)	Much Shelist, P.C.	6/2/2010
Changes to the Stark Law Enacted as Part of Health Reform Legislation	Vedder Price	5/28/2010
Changes to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Laws Enacted as Part of Health Reform Legislation	Vedder Price	5/27/2010
Health Care Dependent Coverage Regulations Issued	Vedder Price	5/27/2010
Hospital and Health Insurer Deals May Cause Antitrust Problems	Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP	5/24/2010
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