The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 20 - Pitfalls and Perils: Employee Retention Credit Enforcement Trends
Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims
Podcast: No Surprises Act: New Rules and Guidance for Stakeholders (Part 2) - Diagnosing Health Care
Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 2)
New Developments in the World of Section 230
On-Demand Webinar | Employment Issues With a COVID-19 Vaccine
Is the Aseracare precedent in jeopardy? Courts Questioning Clinical Judgment Standards
Is the Aseracare Precedent in Jeopardy? Courts Questioning Clinical Judgment Standards
Relaxed HIPAA Restrictions For Providers Using Telehealth
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 70: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Criminal Law and Procedure
IAPP Global Privacy Summit Recap, Big Questions, and Indiana Jones Analogies
I-21 – Sexual Harassment (Still), Political Tweeting, and Intersectional Discrimination
On April 5, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") won a jury verdict in its first "shadow trading" insider trading action. Only a few weeks before this verdict, a court denied a motion to dismiss a...more
The California Third District Court of Appeal recently upheld the actions of a healthcare facility reporting a provider to the National Practitioner Data Bank who resigned while under investigation. In doing so, the court...more
On August 19, 2022, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) issued a long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule) on the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process under the No...more
As of January 1, 2022, certain provisions of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act,” commonly referred to as the “No Surprises Act” (Act), are in effect. The Act amends the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income...more
On January 1, 2022, two Interim Final Rules (the “Rules”) that implement key aspects of the No Surprises Act (“NSA”) became effective. The first Interim Final Rule was initially issued by the U.S. Departments of Health and...more
Bass, Berry & Sims and Deloitte presented the 2021 Health Care Investors Conference virtually on November 16... Here are some of the most significant takeaways for healthcare investors from the stimulating discussions and...more
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt communities and businesses around the world. This unprecedented crisis has also focused major scrutiny on force majeure (FM) clauses in contracts, as parties struggle...more
Following the old “better late than never” axiom, the IRS recently announced (see Notice 2018-06) that once again it would be extending the distribution (but not filing) deadline for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting...more
The IRS recently issued Notice 2016-70, which extends certain 2017 deadlines for employer information reporting under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health coverage offered to individuals during the 2016 calendar year. The...more
On the front page of the Saturday New York Times (NYT) was an obituary for Edward Thomas, who joined the Houston Police Department (HPD) in 1948 and finally retired in 2011 at the age of 90. As reported in the article,...more
The Fourth Circuit recently affirmed a $237 million jury verdict against Tuomey Healthcare System under the False Claims Act (FCA) for claims stemming from Stark Law violations. The Stark Law violations stemmed from part-time...more
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes information reporting rules on providers of minimum essential coverage, e.g., insurance carriers and self-funded plans, and on applicable large employers, i.e., those employers that are...more