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Health Care Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/4/2015

Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/23/2015

The Massachusetts Marketplace takes steps to ease consumer confusion by reducing choice among QHPs; North Carolina appears poised to pass Medicaid reform legislation; and bipartisan support is gaining for defining businesses...more

Religious Institutions: September 2015

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/16/2015

Respondeat superior (literally, "let the master answer" in Latin) is a doctrine that applies when an employer or principal has the ability and authority to direct and control the pertinent acts of the employee. Put otherwise,...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - July 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/22/2015

In quick succession, governors in Alaska and Utah announce Medicaid expansions this week; Iowa is transitioning its expansion away from the Marketplace to Medicaid managed care, for now; and, HHS extends its exception to...more

Feds Define Which “Closely Held Corporations” Are Eligible to Opt Out of Contraception Mandate Under ACA

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/16/2015

One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. et al, that for-profit closely held corporations must be permitted to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate on...more

Religious Institutions: June 2015

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/18/2015

Religious institutions commonly make payments to or receive payments directly or indirectly from governmental agencies for services rendered; e.g., day cares that benefit from public scholarships, hospitals that participate...more

This Hobby Lobby Proposal Is Much Mistaken

Allen Matkins on 10/20/2014

Suzanne Weakley, editor-in-chief of the CEB Business Law Practitioner, recently called my attention to this letter from six professors at U.C. Berkeley (Robert P. Bartlett III, Richard Buxbaum, Stavros Gadinis, Justin...more

Supreme Court Grants Injunction to Religious University Barring Strict Enforcement of Accommodation Scheme for ACA Contraception...

Franczek P.C. on 9/3/2014

The United States Supreme Court granted Wheaton College, a religious non-profit college in Illinois, an injunction permitting the college to opt into the ACA contraception mandate’s accommodation scheme available to certain...more

Hobby Lobby ripples still being measured

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 8/12/2014

How can the controversial decision in the Hobby Lobby contraception coverage case impact employers? The U.S. Supreme Court in June decided the controversial case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. The court ruled...more

Health Care Update - July 2014 #3

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/23/2014

In This Issue: - First Guidance following Hobby Lobby released - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act - Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives - Other Congressional and State Initiatives ...more

Supreme Court Holds That The ACA Mandate To Include Group Health Coverage For Certain Contraceptives Violates The Religious...

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 7/21/2014

On June 30, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that closely held, for-profit corporations may claim a religious exemption from the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) mandate of providing certain types of...more

For-Profit Corporations Can Object to Federal Laws on Religious Grounds

Pierce Atwood LLP on 7/18/2014

The United Statutes Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision holds that for-profit closely held corporations can object, on the basis of sincerely held religious beliefs, to the contraception mandate imposed by the Patient...more

Supreme Court Issues Decisions that Change Employment Law Landscape

Benesch on 7/11/2014

The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its 2013 session by handing down three decisions that may significantly affect recent controversial rulings by the National Labor Relations Board, Affordable Care Act mandates on employer...more

Closely Held Corporations Can Be Exempt from ACA Contraception Provisions Based on Religious Objections

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/3/2014

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires certain employers to cover women’s preventive health care under their nongrandfathered group health plans at no cost to employees. The U.S. Department of Health...more

Health Care Update - June 2014 #4

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/1/2014

In This Issue: - Hobby Lobby decision further complicates ACA implementation - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act - Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives - Other Congressional and State...more

Two Significant Decisions Affecting Employers Issued the Final Day of the U.S. Supreme Court Session

Miller & Martin PLLC on 7/1/2014

On the last day of its 2013-2014 session, the U.S. Supreme Court held today that (1) for-profit companies are protected as "persons" under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) and (2) that the...more

Health Care Update

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/1/2014

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Upcoming Hearings and Markups; Excerpt from Implementation of the...more

Monthly Benefits Update - February 2014

Franczek P.C. on 3/5/2014

Health & Welfare Plans - Health Care Reform: IRS Issues Final ACA “Pay or Play” Regulations - The IRS issued final regulations regarding the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care...more

Shaking Down the Thunder from the Sky: Notre Dame’s Challenge to the Contraception Mandate

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/3/2014

The Supreme Court will inevitably decide to what extent the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects religiously affiliated employers from providing insurance coverage for contraceptive services, as is generally required...more

Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Employer Contraception Mandate

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/27/2014

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review another challenge to a portion of the Affordable Care Act. Hobby Lobby, a chain of crafts and hobby stores sued, challenging the ACA’s provision which mandates that...more

U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Two Cases On the Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Mandate

King & Spalding on 12/5/2013

On November 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court announced it would hear two cases that test the provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) known as the contraceptive mandate, which requires employer-provided group...more

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