Insurance Updates – May 22, 2012

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 5/21/2012

On Wednesday, what was shaping up to be “just another week” for exchange watchers dramatically changed, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released additional exchange guidance on the federally facilitated...more

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 5/21/2012

In This Issue: Federal Update -- HHS Releases Additional Exchange Guidance, Funding, Senate Budget Debate Going Nowhere…, …As the Upper Chamber Readies for User Fee Debate, Baucus Officially Weighs in on Tavenner...more

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2012

The IRS recently issued a proposed regulation explaining a new fee imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). For calendar year plans, the fee begins this calendar year and remains in effect through...more

by Daniel E. Cummins on 5/21/2012

In this article published in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, insurance defense attorney Daniel E. Cummins of the Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania insurance defense law firm of Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini &...more

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/18/2012

In This Issue: - Reinsurer’s Obligation to Provide Coverage to Reinsured Not Contingent Upon Exhaustion of Limits of Primary Policy In granting an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, the United States...more

by Sedgwick LLP on 5/17/2012

Here’s a recent case we thought our readers would be interested in that was posted in our May 2012 Media Law Bulletin. When Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc. (Looney) created an architectural design known as the Island...more

by Sean DuBois on 5/17/2012

The laws surrounding pedestrian right of way can be complicated. You need to know 1) when to cross as a pedestrian and 2) when to yield as a motor vehicle driver. Violating any of these laws can cost you big - in both...more

by King & Spalding on 5/17/2012

On May 9, 2012, CMS issued a proposed rule that seeks to increase Medicaid payments for certain primary care services. Among other changes, the proposed rule: •Implements the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that...more