Publications

In November 2017, we published an article on Schmidt v. Ramsey, a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the Nebraska Hospital Medical Liability Act (the “Act”). This case involved a claim by the mother of a baby who suffered […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]