In early December 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized the local transportation safe harbor under the Federal anti-kickback statute (81 FR 88368). Health care providers of all types have long offered transportation to patients in need with the primary motivation being increased […]
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Sixty Days Means … Sixty Days: Recent OCR Action Highlights the Need for Timely Breach Notification
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a settlement based on a covered entity’s failure to meet the breach notification timeline requirements set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Breach Notification Rule (Rule). On January 9, […]
Proposed Legislation Jeopardizes the Nebraska State Historic Tax Credit
Not quite three years ago, we shared the good news that then-Governor Heineman signed the Nebraska State Historic Tax Credit into law on April 17, 2014. Now, the program is in jeopardy in the Nebraska Legislature. According to the linked report, which the University of Nebraska prepared for the State […]
Litigation Increasing Over Unsolicited Calls and Texts to Wireless Phones
Federal and state laws weave a complicated web of rules governing business calls to customers. The FCC’s and FTC’s broad interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), along with technological advances in telephone services, have led to increased litigation arising from autodialed calls and texts to wireless phones. The […]
Defend Trade Secrets Act and Whistleblower Protections
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”) was signed into law and became effective May 11, 2016. The DTSA grants federal jurisdiction over private civil actions for the misappropriation of trade secrets and allows owners of trade secrets to choose either state courts under Nebraska common law or the […]