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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - June 2024

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KCP supports House bill to restore original intent of Medicare Secondary Payer Act - Kidney Care Partners (KCP) commends the 36 co-sponsors of the bill before the House, who come from both sides of the aisle and represent...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - March 2024

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Five NJ nephrology practices combine under Northeast Kidney Care banner - The combined company claims to be the largest independent group of nephrologists in the state, with 26 locations. ...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2023

Personal information from federal lawmakers and congressional staff members was available on the dark web following a breach of DC Health Link, the health insurance marketplace for Washington, D.C. In an internal memo sent to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - DuPage Medical Group in Chicago said that the personal information of more than 600,000 patients may have been compromised in a July cyberattack. The medical group,...more

Fisher Phillips

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Are You a Hospital or Health Care System with No Poach Agreements?

“No poach agreements” have once again grabbed the legal headlines with a nationally known integrated provider of hospital and physician services a focus of the attention. Allegations of no poach agreements, agreements by...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 2 (February 2021) - The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC), a Medicaid managed care plan, said one of its vendors, Jelly Bean Communications Design, experienced a security incident...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

UC offers $73-million settlement in class-action suit over abusive gynecologist

The University of California has offered to pay $73 million to settle with 5,000 women their class-action lawsuit asserting a staff gynecologist sexually abused them during medical procedures. This is yet another big case...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 11th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - July 22nd-23rd

ACI’s 11th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation will be offered in a virtual format this year to help you make sense of these developments, and their profound impact for managed care....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sixth Circuit Allows Appeal Of Novel Class Action Ordered In Nationwide Opiate Litigation

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In the latest development in the ultra-high stakes nationwide Prescription Opiate Litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently granted the petition of six Ohio cities to appeal the ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Can Association Membership Be Tied to Professional Certification?

Talone settlement highlights the continuing risk nonprofit organizations face if they link membership to credentialing. - Antitrust class action targeted American Osteopathic Association’s practice of requiring physicians...more

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A Tie Too Far: Antitrust Class Action Alleging Physician Association Tied Board Certification to Association Membership Survives...

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A New Jersey district court recently denied a motion to dismiss in an antitrust class action alleging that a physician association illegally tied board certification to association membership in violation of Section 1 of the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Only Surprise Is That It Took This Long...The First Ebola Class Action Has Been Filed

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I am always amused by the manner in which class action lawyers attempt to capitalize on current events and public fears in bringing a “cutting edge” lawsuit that will garner a great amount of media attention. Although the...more

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In Oxford Health, Supreme Court Requires Class-Wide Arbitration of an Individual Claim

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In its recent decision in Oxford Health Plans LLC. v. Sutter, 569 U.S. ____ (2013), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that parties to an arbitration agreement still face the risk of class arbitration even if the agreement does...more

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Supreme Court Holds That Courts Must Defer To Arbitrator’s Decision To Authorize Class Arbitration

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On June 10, 2013, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held in Oxford Health Plans, LLC v. Sutter that an arbitrator’s decision to authorize class arbitration will not be disturbed under Section 10(a)(4) of the Federal...more

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Supreme Court: "Good, Bad or Ugly," Arbitrator's Class Action Ruling Upheld

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On June 10, 2013 a unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standard of review federal courts will use when reviewing an arbitrator’s decision about whether parties contemplated class arbitration when they...more

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