Publications

The Jimmo v. Sebelius case, settled in 2013, clarified Medicare coverage of nursing services and therapy to prevent deterioration, the so-called “maintenance coverage” standard.  The clarification was necessary to dispense with a long-held erroneous belief that Medicare only covered nursing and therapy services when the beneficiary was expected to improve.  Ironically, there […]

On August 2, 2017, in the 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Acute Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Final Rule (the “Final Rule”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released changes to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (“Meaningful Use”).  The […]

On January 1, 2017, the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act (“Act”) went into effect.  Its adoption provides numerous changes for the formation and operation of Nebraska corporations.  This article will highlight three of the changes from the Act that any corporation should consider adopting and incorporating into their governing documents. […]

Yes, you heard correctly!  Just when employers were getting used to the January 2017 version, the USCIS released another revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.  For now, employers may use this revised version or continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of November 14, 2016 through September […]

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an Iowa agricultural products company could not enforce a noncompete agreement against one of its independent contractors as it was unreasonable. Ag Spectrum Co. v. Elder, __ F.3d__,  2017 WL 3271303, at *1 (8th Cir. Aug. 2, 2017).   Vaughn Elder […]