Health Law & Managed Care

Healthcare is an area of law that is constantly evolving, with the Affordable Care Act provisions still rippling through the industry, and privacy and data protection concerns requiring constant vigilance, the National Law Review covers the latest developments in the Health Care Industry. The National Law Review offers analysis of news coming out of Congress related to health care legislation, as well as covering state and local laws related to health care.

Readers will also find an extensive list of cases, news, and up-to-date information on various topics in the healthcare and managed care sector. Litigation, regulatory actions being taken against doctors or pharmacies, mediation and arbitration, and coverage of the latest in drug pricing, the opioid epidemic, employer-healthcare coverage options, and legal news about health and hospital systems and physician groups.

The National Law Review covers news related to Medicare and Medicaid, to CMS funding, changes to IPAs, PHO, HMO, MSO, and other entities. Readers will find information related to managed care, assisted living facilities, at-home care, and news/legislation from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Additionally, regulations and updates released by the FDA are covered, as well as changing state and federal regulations related to telehealth and telemedicine are also on the site.

Cybersecurity in health care and compliance with HIPAA are major concerns for the industry. Additionally, Ransomware developments and other data security breaches have required a greater emphasis on safeguarding patient-records and information. More compliance and restrictions are in place for doctors/hospitals sharing patient records, HIPPA regulations have become more stringent, and e-health records, have seen a number of changes in how hospitals and doctors’ offices, deal with patient-record management internally. The National Law Review offers expert legal analysis on changing regulations related to healthcare.

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Mar 11 2014	Conceiving Real Protection: Paternalistic Surrogacy Laws & The Necessity of Massachusetts Legislation that Appropriately Protects the Gestational Surrogate	Northeastern University School of Law
Mar 11 2014	Secure Text Messaging in a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) World?	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Mar 11 2014	The 2014 Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan: Select Provisions Applicable To Physician Practices	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar 11 2014	Health Care Reform and Workers Compensation	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Mar 10 2014	Health Care Update -- March 10, 2014	Mintz
Mar 10 2014	Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Workshop Examines Competition Issues For Biosimilars	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar 10 2014	Cities And Counties Are Not Immune From Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Enforcement, Skagit County, Washington Pays $215,000	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 10 2014	Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Updates Guidance Addressing Distribution of Scientific and Medical Publications on Unapproved New Uses	McDermott Will & Emery
Mar 9 2014	Don’t Go Changing to Try and Please Me…FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts information	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar 9 2014	The Name Game: FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Revisits its 2009 Draft Guidance on ‘Evaporated Cane Juice’	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar 8 2014	Social Media Guidance Issued For Pharmaceutical Entities	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 8 2014	A Look Behind OIGs (Office of Inspector General) Work Plan Re: Health Care	Poyner Spruill LLP
Mar 8 2014	Blowing The Whistle On Health Care Fraud	Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Mar 7 2014	FDA Updates Reprint Guidance, Reiterates Narrowness of Off-Label Safe-Harbor --Food and Drug Administration	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar 7 2014	Environmental Groups Appeal Federal Court Order Allowing the State of Florida to Adopt Nutrient Standards For Its Waters	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar 7 2014	Field Set for North Carolina Supreme Court Races	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar 7 2014	National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Finds Employer’s Ban on Unfair Criticism Unlawful	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 7 2014	U.S. Patent Office Issues Guidance for Patent Eligibility of Inventions Involving Laws of Nature and Natural Products	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar 7 2014	Supreme Court May Review Case Vastly Expanding False Claims Act Exposure	Faegre Drinker
Mar 6 2014	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Issues Final Rule on Direct Access of Lab Test Results by Patients	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar 6 2014	Leak Prompts Chemical Safety Board Call for New Rules	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 6 2014	Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Releases Guidelines On Patenting “Natural Phenomena And Natural Products”	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Mar 6 2014	PTO Litigation Center Report – March 6, 2014	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Mar 6 2014	Blue Cross of Rhode Island is Unsuccessful in Bouncing Hospital System’s Antitrust Claim	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar 6 2014	Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Proposes Updates to the “Nutrition Facts” Label for Packaged Foods	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar 6 2014	Health Care Update - March 4, 2014	Mintz
Mar 6 2014	The Copaxone Story in the U.S. and India	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar 6 2014	Avoid the Anti-Corruption “Blacklist:” Chinese Agency Guidance	Mintz
Mar 5 2014	Subjective or Objective Truth? Supreme Court to Decide What Is an “Untrue” Statement of Opinion	Mintz
Mar 5 2014	Notes On Increasing Acute and Post-Acute Integration	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar 5 2014	Will Your Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Program Stand Up to An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Inspection? - Part 3	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 5 2014	The Department of Justice Continues to Bring the "Heat" in Pursuing Health Care Fraud	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar 5 2014	Keeping Current – Recent Changes in Employment Laws	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Mar 5 2014	The Largest Stark Settlement (So Far) is Pending in the Halifax Health Case	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Mar 5 2014	Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Releases Draft Guidance on Distribution of Scientific and Medical Publications on Unapproved Uses	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar 4 2014	Supplier of Industrial and Medical Gases is Acquired	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Mar 4 2014	The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 43: Coordinating the 3-Month Delay under Employer Shared Responsibility Rules with the Ban on Waiting Periods Longer than 90 Days	Mintz
Mar 4 2014	Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services Issue Final and Proposed Regulations Implementing the 90-day Limit on Waiting Periods under the Affordable Care Act	Mintz
Mar 4 2014	The Tipping Point? Consolidation of Medical Practices is Good for Patients … Until it’s Not	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar 4 2014	Health Care Reform Update: Government Releases 90-Day Waiting Restriction Final Rules and a Proposal	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 3 2014	New York Council Amends Earned Sick Time Act Yet Again; Employers Must Comply by April 1, 2014	Mintz
Mar 3 2014	GlaxoSmithKline v. Banner Pharmacaps – Written Description Requirement 101	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Mar 2 2014	Will Your LOTO (Lockout/Tagout) Program Stand Up to an OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Inspection? - Part 2	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 2 2014	Novel IRS Guidance on HRAs (Health Reimbursement Arrangements), VEBAs (Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association) and Domestic Partner Benefits	Katten
Mar 2 2014	Bill To Drug Test Pharma Employees Filed In U.S. House of Representatives	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb 28 2014	Will Your Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Program Stand Up to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Inspection? - Part 1	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb 28 2014	New York City Council Expands New York Earned Sick Time Act	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb 27 2014	Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Announces Start of Voluntary Supply Chain Pilot Program	Faegre Drinker
Feb 27 2014	D.C. Lawsuit Challenges Health Exchange Distinctions	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Feb 27 2014	2014 Work Plan for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), Hospice & Home Health Services	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC

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