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Good Governance for General Counsel: What Your Board Needs to Know Now

by Ober|Kaler on 5/18/2013

A host of regulatory and finance reforms have ushered in significant changes for health care entities, and likewise, for the boards that guide them. How can general counsel broach these changes with their boards and steer...more

Bringing Sunlight to Healthcare Pricing: The CMS Release of Hospital Charge Data

by Robert Wolin | BakerHostetler on 5/17/2013

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis once said that "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." The release of charges billed by some 3,337 Medicare hospitals for 100 of the most common inpatient diagnosis related...more

IRS, Treasury Department Issue Proposed Rules Governing Minimum Value, Affordability, and Wellness Programs

by Alden J. Bianchi | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 5/17/2013

A key policy goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is the expansion of health insurance coverage to all Americans. The concepts of “minimum value” and its correlate “actuarial value” speak to the...more

Raising the Stakes of Worker Misclassification Yet Again

by Morgan Lewis on 5/16/2013

New requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are set to intensify state and federal governments' crackdown on worker misclassification....more

Employers Must Notify Employees of the Availability of Health Insurance Exchanges - Employers Can Use Model Notices Issued by the...

by Allison De Tal, Isabel Safie, John Wahlin | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/16/2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act added Section 18B to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), requiring employers to give notice to employees of the coverage options available through state insurance exchanges....more

Health Care Reform Update: Employee Notice Requirements

by Colleen Lamarre, Sarah Ranni | Phillips Lytle LLP on 5/16/2013

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has issued long-awaited guidance on the health insurance exchange notice requirement that applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Generally, PPACA...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - May 15, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 5/16/2013

Last week the Senate agreed to vote on Marilyn Tavenner’s nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an initiative that will give...more

Health Care Reform Update -- May 13, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Abby Matousek, Jeremy Rabinovitz | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/15/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

Model Notice of Exchanges Issued with New October 1, 2013 Deadline

by Stephanie Smithey | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/15/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Technical Release 2013-02 on May 8, 2013, providing temporary guidance and model notices that will allow employers to comply with another new requirement imposed by the Affordable...more

Affordable Care Act: Employers Must Soon Provide Marketplace Notices to Employees

by J. S. Christie, Andrew Elbon, B. David Joffe, Jack Levy, Gordon Earle Nichols, Laura Schiele Robinson, Jay Turner | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/15/2013

Employers have until October 1, 2013, to provide notice to current employees of coverage options available through the Health Insurance Marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act. On May 8, 2013, the U.S....more

Legal Alert: Notice Of Health Exchange Coverage Options Guidance Released

by Tiffany D. Downs, Scott V. Wagner | FordHarrison on 5/14/2013

The Affordable Care Act added section 18B to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires certain employers to send out notices to employees regarding the availability of the state-based Health Insurance Exchanges...more

Strategic Implementation of Employer Shared Responsibility Rules & 2014 Planning Considerations

by Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 5/14/2013

In This Presentation: •Welcome •Overview of the Employer Shared Responsibility Rules - Impact on Corporate Structure - Time Line Examples to Demonstrate Application of Measurement, Administrative & Stability...more

Top Republican Leaders Decline to Make Appointments to IPAB

by King & Spalding on 5/14/2013

On May 9, 2013, Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH), and Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), sent a letter to President Obama declining to make appointments of individuals to serve on the Individual...more

Model Notices of Health Insurance Options – Employers Must Distribute by October 1, 2013

by Howard Clemons | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/14/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued model notices for informing existing employees and new hires of health coverage options which will be available through the new marketplace of state and federally supported health...more

IRS Releases Guidance on Wellness Programs and “Affordability” under the Employer Mandate

by Stacy H. Barrow, Lynda Noggle, Austen Townsend | Proskauer - ERISA Practice Center on 5/13/2013

On May 3, 2013, the IRS released proposed regulations on certain provisions relating to the federal premium tax credits that eligible individuals will use to purchase subsidized health insurance coverage from public exchanges...more

An Overview of the IRS’s Proposed Rule on Community Health Needs Assessments

by Judy Mayer | Cozen O'Connor on 5/13/2013

On April 5, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officially issued proposed regulations addressing the requirement under Section 501(r)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) that tax-exempt hospitals conduct community...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - May 2013

by Justin Alex, Anthony Cacace, Doughlas Dahl, Lisa Berkowitz Herrnson, Jacklina Len, James R. Napoli, Brian S. Neulander, Myron Rumeld, Neal Schelberg | Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/13/2013

This month our articles focus on the availability of damages in complex ERISA class actions and withdrawal liability actions. Jackie Len first provides Proskauer's perspective on the implications for ERISA litigation arising...more

Capital Infusion - May 2013: Policy Spotlight: Affordable Care Act

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/10/2013

EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND THE IMPACT on PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) continues at an accelerated pace. Some of its most important...more

Senators Back 12-Year Data Exclusivity Period for Biosimilars and President Obama (Once Again) Does Not

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/10/2013

On March 22, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Finance, sent a letter to Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, the Acting United States Trade...more

OIG Revises Special Advisory Bulletin on Exclusions

by Howard Young | Morgan Lewis on 5/10/2013

OIG continues its aggressive interpretation of scope and effect of exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs and clarifies several open questions....more

Who is a Large Employer Under Obamacare?

by Steven Saraisky | Cole Schotz on 5/10/2013

Among other things, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”), commonly referred to as Obamacare, requires “large employers” to provide qualified health coverage for all of their full-time employees, or pay...more

DOL Releases Guidance on Employer Notices about Exchange Availability

by Jean C. Hemphill, Robert Kaplan | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/10/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published guidance on the notice that most employers must provide to their employees by October 1, 2013, about the insurance that will be available through health care marketplaces known...more

IRS Proposes Regulations Regarding Community Health Needs Assessments for Charitable Hospitals

by Steven Smith, Mark A. Stanley | Ober|Kaler on 5/10/2013

The IRS has released its proposed regulations [PDF] detailing the requirements for conducting and reporting Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) under section 501(r)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which were...more

Treasury Proposes Minimum Value Rules for Health Plans

by Kurt Anderson, Brian M. Pinheiro | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/9/2013

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has published proposed regulations that provide guidance on how an employer may determine whether its group health plan provides “minimum value.”...more

Health Care Reform Update -- May 6, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Abby Matousek, Jeremy Rabinovitz | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/8/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled....more

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