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PODCAST - Inside Law - HIPAA Changes Overview by Emily Wey
GranuFlo and NaturaLyte Accused in Heart Attacks
Lawsuits Claim SSRIs Can Cause Severe Birth Defects
Hernia Patients in Pain as Skin Procedure Fails
Going on the Offense: Proactive Strategies to Reduce Uncertainty
Craft Beer Boom in Michigan
Medicaid Receiving Startlingly Little Attention As Everyone Discusses Medicare
Digital Health: Revolutionizing Healthcare
The Biggest Changes in HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule & Recommended Action Steps—Ted Kobus
Hot Companies in Digital Health
Digital Health: Where is the Action for Entrepreneurs?
Corporate Law Report: Cybersecurity, CEO Social Media, New Workplace Laws, Healthcare Reform in 2013
Jennifer Abril on The Story of Fragrances
Obamacare May Be Headed Back to Supreme Court As Contraception Mandate Comes Under Fire
Supreme Court to Decide Whether or Not Human Genes Are Patentable
Election results and the Affordable Care Act – What can employers do now?
Corporate Law Report: Obamacare Deadlines, $13M for Exotic Dancer Misclassification, 2013 Medicare Taxes, More...
Will New Marijuana Laws Go Up In Smoke?
Stealth Lawyer: Tama Matsuoka Wong, Forager for Restaurant Daniel
Polsinelli Shughart Election Analysis and Legal Insight
In this Issue: - Top News ..Large Hospital Systems Settles for $25.5 Million for False Claims Act Allegations ..Catholics’ Challenge to Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Dismissed As Not Ripe - States...more
News articles, social media, protests, and lunchroom conversation were all dedicated to the two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Hollingsworth v. Perry and Windsor v. United States could potentially transform...more
President Obama's re-election, a newly active NLRB, and important decisions pending before the Supreme Court promise to make 2013 an interesting year in labor and employment law – domestically and internationally. Here is a...more
On November 20, 2012, the IRS, DOL and HHS jointly issued proposed regulations under the Affordable Care Act building on existing HIPAA regulations of wellness programs. The new proposed regulations provide clearer guidance...more
Tassare o non tassare le bibite analcoliche zuccherine e i superalcolici? La domanda è parte della più generale questione se ricorrere o meno alla leva fiscale per correggere abitudini alimentari dannose per...more
Last week, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Ac, the sweeping new health care law enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in 2010. Proponents and opponents of the law each have...more
Il primo passo obbligato per la spending review in sanità è l'inserimento di principi di selettività nell'offerta delle prestazioni. Dall'universalismo assoluto all'universalismo selettivo....more
Finalmente assieme proiezioni regionalizzate della spesa sanitaria (standard e lorda delle inefficienze) e proiezioni regionalizzate delle fonti di finanziamento. L'orizzonte si spinge sino al 2030, con quantificazioni anno...more
In the first year of Governor Brown’s term, he has lost no time signing into law several bills that significantly add to the already burdensome regulations imposed on California employers. This Bulletin summarizes these and...more
Several new California employment laws will be going into effect in 2012. Some of these laws require prompt action to ensure compliance. Employers are encouraged to review employee-related materials and as necessary revise...more
La prima parte della presentazione è dedicata al benchmarking interregionale basato su profili di spesa sanitaria per fascia di età. Questo confronto, a meno di alcuni aspetti che saranno precisati, può...more
The Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act (Public Act 096-1513), which took effect June 1, 2011, provides civil union partners in Illinois all of the legal rights and obligations to which opposite-sex...more
SANIREGIO 2011 di CeRM, Fabio Pammolli e Nicola C. Salerno...more
1. I gap di efficienza e di qualità tra Regioni hanno natura strutturale e trovano conferma impiegando metodologie di analisi diverse. Le cinque Regioni più devianti potrebbero liberare risorse per circa 9,4...more
Le previsioni fatte da CeRM nei giorni scorsi sembrano esser state lungimiranti. Ieri (20 Aprile 2011) stati suddivisi tra le Regioni 104,867 miliardi di Euro come risorse non vincolate, oltre a 1,6 miliardi di Euro come...more
Article first published in The Journal Record - March 17, 2011. With all the changes that have resulted from the recent health care reform legislation, one change could help make things easier for small employers - the...more
Un commento sul confronto che Governo e Regioni stanno avendo in merito al riparto del Fsn di parte corrente per il 2011. Le decisioni che saranno prese sono molto importanti per la riforma federalista ma, proprio per questa...more
This Article Authored by McAfee & Taft Attorney: Jim Prince. Effective for Plan Years which begin after September 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Patient Protection Act") prohibits...more
On December 22, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service, with the agreement of the United States Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services, announced that non-grandfathered, fully-insured group health plans...more
Se ne riparlerà dopo il voto di fiducia del 14 Dicembre. Così ha stabilito la Conferenza delle Regioni del 9 Dicembre 2010. In attesa, questo documento CeRM fa il punto sullo stato dell'arte della...more
Un commento allo schema di decreto sui fabbisogni standard in sanità: pounti innovativi ma anche incertezze e incompletezze. Adesso l'articolato è al vaglio delle Commissioni parlamentari e della Conferenza Stato-Regioni....more
Si propongono nuove regole per l'assetto a regime della ripartizione tra Regioni del Fondo Sanitario Nazionale. Le nuove regole sono coerenti con il federalismo fiscale. Ncs...more
The good news: IRS has delayed one of the thornier provisions of federal health reform that would affect all employers: changes to W-2 reporting requirements. The bad news: Employers may well have to change the way they...more
Questo Working Paper porta un esempio di criterio di ripartizione del Fsn tra le Regioni. Il Wp si propone di illustrare gli effetti di una modalità di fissazione del benchmark e di una regola di riparto in parte...more
In This Issue: *First Wave of Health Care Reform About to Hit Group Health Plans *Insured Health Plans to Comply with Nondiscrimination Rules *Health Plan Coverage of Adult Children Is Tax Free *PPACA Provides a...more
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