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McDermott Will & Emery

HIPAA Compliance 101: Lessons from a Recent OCR Settlement

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The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a settlement with a community hospital resolving an investigation under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

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Doctor, Doctor . . . Health Plan Litigation Update

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For individuals who work with employer-sponsored benefit plans, the past 18 months has been packed with new developments from federal and state legislatures as well as executive branch initiatives and regulatory guidance....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Don’t Get Bitten by Your COBRA Notices

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In a growing wave of class action lawsuits, plaintiffs are targeting employers who have allegedly failed to provide proper notice of health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985...more

Cozen O'Connor

Vague COBRA Notices Could Prove Venomous

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A recent class action settlement serves to remind employers that the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, commonly referred to as COBRA, has real fangs in the hands of the plaintiffs’ bar. A large financial...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

ERISA Plans Should Act To Reinforce Reimbursement Rights In Light Of Recent SCOTUS Decision

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Group health plan administrators should take actions to address the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that an ERISA plan cannot enforce its equitable lien, which had been established through the plan’s reimbursement...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Supreme Court: For ERISA Plans, Time May Be Money

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A new U.S. Supreme Court decision is a reminder that Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plans must act promptly if they want to assert a lien to secure a participant’s obligation to reimburse medical expenses or...more

Cozen O'Connor

Supreme Court Sends ERISA Plans Racing to the Courthouse for Subrogation Recoveries

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The Supreme Court of the United States recently handed down a decision that opens the door for participants in ERISA-covered benefits plans to stop a lawsuit against them in its tracks by doing something that most people love...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Hurry up and Spend the Money?

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It’s like a simple set of facts on a law school exam with an answer that defies logic. And, yet, Supreme Court precedent has brought us to this illogical conclusion. Facts: Participant agrees to reimburse the plan money it...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Supreme Court Limits ERISA Healthcare Plan’s Reimbursement Rights: What Montanile Really Means

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Last week, the United States Supreme Court held that an ERISA healthcare benefit plan with reimbursement rights can only obtain “appropriate equitable relief” when enforcing its lien against a third-party settlement, thus...more

Alston & Bird

HIPAA Double Take: What Health Plan Sponsors Need to Know Now

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With the onslaught of Affordable Care Act changes, health plan sponsors have much to think about lately. Given the number of other issues affecting them, plan sponsors may feel that HIPAA privacy and security is an issue they...more

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