Publications

On November 8, 2013, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services announced the publication of the final rules under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). The final rules include requirements to ensure parity between mental health or substance use disorder benefits and […]

After rescinding proposed instructions on Medicare provider enrollment denials for applicants with outstanding overpayment liability earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has clarified its guidance. CMS’s revisions to chapter 15 of the Medicare Program Integrity Manual outline the process by which a provider enrollment application […]

In October, the Nebraska State Bar Association approved and adopted revised Nebraska Real Estate Title Standards. Although the Nebraska Real Estate Title Standards are not substantive law, they provide minimum standards for performing searches of chains of title for real estate in Nebraska. These standards ensure title searchers and abstractors […]

As we reported in an October 15, 2013, Dirt Alert Article, the United States Environmental Protection Agency adopted a proposed Amendment to Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries to incorporate ASTM International’s E1527-13 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process.” The period to submit […]

Iowa: A recent Iowa Supreme Court decision, Dorshkind v. Oak Park Place of Dubuque II, L.L.C., addressed the public policy exception to at-will employment. The court upheld a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a wrongful termination claim where the employee’s discharge was the result of an internal complaint she […]