With the enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, it has caused a number of issues for employers. It is crucial for employers to stay in legal compliance to avoid audits, and the substantial […]
Yesterday, October 12, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States” (the “Order”). Also on October 12, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services released a statement that the cost-sharing […]
Employer-plan sponsors need to be ready to act as changes to the landscape of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) as applied to employer-sponsored group health plans are looming on the horizon. On January 20, 2017, President Trump […]
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has extended the deadline for 2016 Information Reporting by employers (and other entities) to individuals under Internal Revenue Code sections 6055 and 6056 by just over one month. However, the deadline for these entities […]
New rules for Medicare services are about to take effect that will give people greater access to preventative care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) decided that, beginning January 1, 2017, Medicare will pay more for cognitive and behavioral […]
As an employer, you are likely subject to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. But did you know that your group health plan may also be subject to similar nondiscrimination rules? Employers should carefully analyze whether and to what […]
The Force is with you, Jedi health care workers! This infamous Star Wars theme headlined an annual health care presentation, sponsored by the McLaren Greater Lansing Healthcare Foundation’s Business Partners in Health Committee.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently entered into resolution agreements with the Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. of North Carolina and North Memorial Health Care, a not-for-profit health care system in Minnesota, to […]
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an educational resource for governing boards entitled Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight (Practical Guidance). The Practical Guidance was […]
On March 31, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued Alert TA16-091A warning of new ransomware variants—such as Locky and Samas—responsible for infecting computers at several health care facilities in the first quarter of 2016. Ransomware is a type of […]