Health Law Alert

Imagine this hypothetical scenario—a hospital has individual employment agreements with physicians.  The Board has kept a hands-off approach, focusing mainly on the impact to the bottom line, and leaves it to the CEO, to negotiate these contracts.  The CEO has negotiated each contract as one-off contracts, doing what is needed […]

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Illinois legislature passed, and the governor signed into law, a state privacy law as a part of a larger state legislative response to federal immigration policy. The “Health Care Sanctity and Privacy Act” (the “Act”) includes several new policy and procedural requirements for […]

By February 16, 2026, all HIPAA Covered Entities, including all employer-sponsored group health plans, must adopt an updated Notice of Privacy Practices. The Office for Civil Rights published a final rule updating various provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule in 2024. While much of the rule was vacated by a […]

Beginning January 1, 2026, high earners must designate their catch-up contributions made to a retirement plan as Roth.  While the IRS previously delayed implementation of these mandatory Roth catch-up contributions, no further relief has been granted, and employers and service providers need to be ready to implement the rule for […]

Oracle’s Java is a programming language and development platform used across virtually all sectors, from tech giants like Amazon and Google, to local hospitals and schools. Oracle advertises that Java helps reduce costs, shortens development timeframes, drives innovation, and improves application services. It turns out, however, that downloading and using […]