Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House 5.18.12 by Pierce Atwood LLP on 5/21/2012 Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. If you would like more specific information regarding an item in this newsletter...more
Capital Thinking Update - May 14, 2012 by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/15/2012 General Legislative The House is not in session on Monday, May 14, 2012. The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. On Tuesday the House will consider...more
Benefits Update - May 2012: FAQs Regarding Summary Of Benefits And Coverage by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 5/11/2012 In response to the February 14, 2012 final rules and regulations issued by the Labor Department regarding the summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) provisions of Health Care Reform, the DOL, in conjunction with Health and...more
Good Company - Spring 2012 by Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA on 5/8/2012 In This Issue: - Keeping Track of Your Employees: Use of Electronic Monitoring May Be an Invasion of Privacy: Employers who use location-tracking devices such as a Global Positioning System (GPS) or smartphone may...more
May 2, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 5/2/2012 The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more
More About the Medicare Tax on Net Investment Income by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 4/30/2012 In an advisory issued last month, we generally described the new Medicare tax under Section 1411 of the Internal Revenue Code which applies beginning January 1, 2013 and is equal to 3.8% on the “net investment income” of U.S....more
MLA's Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up -- April 27, 2012 by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 4/30/2012 In this Issue: Federal Update: House Committee on Energy and Commerce Approves Cuts to ACA…, …Prevention and Public Health Fund at Risk in Student Loan Bill, and FDA User Fee Bill Stalls in House; Around Town; From The...more
China 20/20 Legal and Regulatory Developments - April 27, 2012 by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/27/2012 In This Issue: - Measures to Supervise Overseas Investments of Central Enterprises - Provisions Governing Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Food - China to Amend Measures for Foreign Invested Medical...more
Funding Opportunity: Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents by King & Spalding on 4/17/2012 The deadline to submit a nonbinding Notice of Intent to Apply to become an “Enhanced Care & Coordination Provider” is April 30, 2012. CMS has announced an Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing...more
CMS To Pay Hospitals Over $3 Billion for CMS’ Miscalculation by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/17/2012 Hospital chains Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet) announced on April 12th that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has admitted that it erroneously calculated the...more
China Briefing - March 2012 (April 13, 2012) by Reed Smith on 4/17/2012 Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Health Care & Life Sciences News •American Medical Device Maker Accused of Bribery to Doctors in China and other Countries (Xinhua Net 2012-03-27) – March 27, 2012 On March...more
From The Capitol - April 2012 by Warner Norcross & Judd on 4/17/2012 As the Legislature is winding up its spring break, House and Senate members are well on their way to passing a state budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Nearly all the budgets have been reported from their subcommittees to...more
This Week in Washington - April 6, 2012 by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/13/2012 In This Issue: - DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS Congress is in recess, returning April 16th. Late last week, newly-appointed Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough released a procedural opinion that last summer’s...more
Benefit News of Note For Human Resources and Finance Departments by Poyner Spruill LLP on 4/10/2012 It’s April. For those of you in a planning mode, here’s what you may want to think about... Your Pension Plan and Retiree Medical Costs May Be Rising. The culprit behind the cost increase, better than expected...more
Minnesota Legislature Takes A Break by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 4/9/2012 The Minnesota Legislature had another busy week in St. Paul with hours-long floor sessions that included the passage of many omnibus bills and approval of conference committee reports. Lawmakers are now headed home for their...more