On January 31, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the “Patient Safety Work Product” privilege cannot shield Florida health care providers from Amendment 7 requests. The court’s decision in Charles v. Southern Baptist...more
On January 20, hours after his inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the heads of all executive departments and agencies to “waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation...more
Significant changes to the Medicare payment system are underway. The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is set to take effect January 1, 2017.
MACRA represents a deliberate departure by the...more
10/11/2016
/ Alternative Payment Models (APM) ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Electronic Health Record Incentives ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Incentives ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Medicare Part B ,
MIPS ,
Nurse Practitioners ,
Nurses ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Penalties ,
Physician Assistants ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
PQRS ,
Quality Payment Program (QPP) ,
Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) ,
Value-Based Payments
IN THE SPOTLIGHT -
The CFPB Takes First Enforcement Action Related to Data Security Practices.
LIFE INSURANCE -
Class Certified in Unique Fixed Indexed Annuity Case.
Alleged Misrepresentations to DFS Warrant...more
5/6/2016
/ Auto Insurance ,
Automotive Loans ,
Bad Faith ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Derivatives ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FCC ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Junk Bonds ,
Life Insurance ,
RESPA ,
Retirement Plan ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SLUSA ,
Stark Law ,
TCPA ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorists ,
Waivers
When the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar in late 2015, health care providers began optimistically awaiting a decision. This case is expected to decide...more
In This Issue:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT -
- Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage
LIFE INSURANCE -
- Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case
- Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News...more
10/8/2015
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
AIG ,
Auto Body Shop ,
Bailout ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Big Data ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
CT Supreme Court ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Derivative Suit ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Disparate Impact ,
EB-5 ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FFIEC ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreclosure ,
Healthcare ,
Insurance Industry ,
King v Burwell ,
Life Insurance ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mutual Funds ,
NAIC ,
Online Advertisements ,
Ransomware ,
Reassigned Phone Numbers ,
Regulation A ,
RI Supreme Court ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Treble Damages ,
Whistleblowers
The U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Michigan recently initiated a civil antitrust action to enjoin certain marketing agreements between four south-central Michigan hospital systems alleging that the agreements...more
10/7/2015
/ Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Final Judgment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Marketing ,
Operating Agreements ,
Settlement Offer ,
Sherman Act ,
Unfair Competition
"Death spirals" were avoided today when the U.S. Supreme Court released its long awaited opinion in King v. Burwell, holding that tax credits are available to subsidize coverage for qualified individuals in all states,...more