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Planning And Paying For Long-Term Care (Part 6 In A Series: Medicaid/Medical Assistance)

by Scott Alan Mitchell | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/10/2013

In Part 5, I discussed the issue of “excess” assets and the “spend-down” process in Medical Assistance. Apart from a couple’s exempt assets (house, one car, household furnishings, etc.), the remaining assets are “countable”...more

Healthcare Law -- Mar 25, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/26/2013

In This Issue: What Does the ACA Mean for Employers?; Manatt’s Attorneys Honored for Exceptional Client Service; and Manatt Health Solutions Expands Our Talent Base to Support Your Growing Range of Challenges....more

Understanding The Impacts Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

by Brion Doyle | Varnum LLP on 3/5/2013

While many of the key provisions and requirements of "Obamacare" (otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA")) do not go into effect until 2014, there is much that can be done in 2013 to...more

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations

by Joel R. Levin, Jeffrey Miller, Jerica L. Peters | Perkins Coie on 2/13/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act or Sunshine Act). The Sunshine Act requires drug,...more

CMS and IRS Publish Proposed Rules on Exemption to Individual Mandate Financial Penalty

by King & Spalding on 2/7/2013

CMS and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two proposed rules on January 30, 2013 setting forth the exemptions an individual may satisfy to avoid financial penalties associated with the Patient Protection and...more

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Rule

by Michael Werner | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/5/2013

In an action that will have broad implications for drug and device manufacturers, researchers, distributors, teaching hospitals and physicians, on February 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly...more

Health Law Alert: Medicaid Pays $1,700,000 to Settle HIPAA Security Violations

by Ober|Kaler on 7/23/2012

In its first enforcement action against a state agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled last month with Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) for...more

Q&A on the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on Healthcare Reform

by Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 7/13/2012

On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care reform legislation. The decision resulted in numerous questions due to the complexity of the...more

Manatt Analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling on the ACA

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/2/2012

The long-awaited Supreme Court decision brings clarity to the future of health care reform and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The following represents Manatt’s first take on the ruling and its...more

UPDATE: Key Provisions of 2010 Healthcare Reform Legislation for Large (50+) Employers

by BrownWinick Law Firm on 6/29/2012

Yesterday, June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with the exception that the Federal government's power to terminate Medicaid funding is to be narrowly read. The main...more

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