On November 15, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the 2018 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule (the “MPFS Final Rule”) in the Federal Register. The MPFS Final Rule addresses changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B payment policies, as well […]
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Attention, Health Care Institutions: Get Your Affirmative Action Plan in Place ASAP!
As we jump into 2018, health care institutions who receive TRICARE dollars should assess whether those TRICARE dollars are high enough to require them to prepare Affirmative Action Plans (“AAPs”). If they do, they must get their AAPs in place beginning this year, so that they have the requisite information […]
New Excise Tax on Excess Executive Remuneration Paid by Tax Exempt Organizations
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was enacted into law on December 22, 2017, introduced a new excise tax on excess compensation (or excess parachute payments) that is paid to “covered employees” by tax-exempt organizations, including government entities with exempt income, beginning with taxable years beginning after December 31, […]
Have You Been Using E-Verify for More than 10 Years?
On January 1, 2016, the E-Verify Program began annually deleting transaction records that are more than 10 years old from the system at the end of the calendar year. For 2017, this means that employers will no longer have access through the system to any cases created prior to December […]
ADA Does Not Require Extended Leave – Says 7th Circuit
In an aggressive effort by the EEOC, multiple employers have settled cases where the EEOC has alleged that the ADA requires extended, long term leave as a form of accommodation under the ADA. Some of these class action claims have settled in the tens of millions of dollars. As the […]

