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Iowa Supreme Court Rules on Defamation Claims in Board of Medicine Reports

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There were two cases this year at the Iowa Supreme Court which related to issues involving Iowa Board of Medicine claims.  In one case it was a question of the hospital’s ongoing responsibility to assess physician competence....more

King & Spalding

D.C. District Court Dismisses a Hospital’s Challenge of Another Hospital’s Failure to Provide Wage Documentation to CMS

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On March 21, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that a hospital lacked standing to challenge a decision of the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (the “PRRB”), since the hospital failed to...more

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News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NLRB Affirms Its Previous Decision Requiring Employer to Continue Providing Annual Wage Increases Beyond Contract Expiration

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We previously blogged about the NLRB’s relatively shocking September 2012 decision in Finley Hospital (359 NLRB No. 9), in which the Board held that an employer was required to continue providing wage increases after the...more

BakerHostetler

Another Federal Court Decertifies FLSA Collective Action of Hospital Workers Challenging Auto-Deduct Policy

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We have previously discussed that, while medical providers have become a common target of plaintiffs asserting wage and hour claims arising out of so-called “auto-deduct” policies, more and more courts are realizing that the...more

Baker Donelson

Court Affirms CMS's Adjustments to Wage Index

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Deferring to CMS, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently upheld the agency’s treatment of hospitals’ payments to employees for wage index purposes. Atrium Medical Center v. U.S. Dept. of Health &...more

BakerHostetler

Detroit District Court Certifies Antitrust Class of Registered Nurse

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What is the right compensation for a particular job? That’s the question virtually every employer must face. Pay too little, and the employer may not be able to fill a position or must settle for less than the best...more

King & Spalding

CMS Releases FY 2015 Hospital Wage Index Development Timetable

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CMS has released the Wage Index Development Timetable for FY 2015. This is the schedule that governs the review and corrections process for hospital wage index values. According to the Timetable, CMS will release two...more

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Rural Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Lab Cost Savings Program issued favorable OIG Advisory Opinion

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On December 31, 2012 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") issued a favorable Advisory Opinion No.12-22 for a hospital cardiology group compensation arrangement that includes a...more

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