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CMS Releases Guidance on Medicaid Alternative Benefit Plans and EHBs
As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), certain expansions were required to the Medicaid program. In its landmark ruling on health care reform, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that it was unconstitutional to require states to expand their Medicaid programs as called for in the ACA.An Update on Electronic Health Records and 'Meaningful Use'
This summer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued final regulations on the definition of "meaningful use" for purposes of health care providers obtaining incentive benefits for use of electronic health records (EHR) pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).Correctional Medical Services Inc. v. Department of Corrections
Neither the deliberative process privilege nor the official information privilege protects the documents plaintiff seeks in this breach-of-contract action.Traps for the Unwary: Defendant's Obligations Under Medicare
In their Medical Malpractice Defense column, John L.A. Lyddane and Barbara D. Goldberg of Martin Clearwater & Bell provide an overview of some of the basic Medicare reporting requirements and offer compliance suggestions. They also address the issue of whether funds should be held, withheld or placed in trust to fund future medical payments.Law Firm Inks $852 Million Outsourcing Deal
Legal process outsourcing company Integreon has entered into what it describes as the largest legal outsourcing deal ever, worth $852 million over 10 years, with British law firm CMS Cameron McKenna. CMS employees whose "middle office" duties are covered by the deal will continue with their jobs but will draw their paychecks from Integreon rather than from the law firm. CMS Cameron's openness about both the price tag and the deal itself marks a departure from law firms' more typical habit of outsourcing on the down low.Accountable Care Organizations Are Key to Health Reform Law
David A. Manko, a partner at Rivkin Radler, and George Choriatis, and associate at the firm, write that, now that the Health Reform Act has been enacted, the most important next step with respect to the Medicare Shared Savings Program is for CMS to issue regulations implementing the program.CMS Russia Cuts 30 Jobs in Second Round of Layoffs
CMS Russia has laid off 30 staff members in Moscow, including 10 fee earners, in a redundancy round that ended Nov. 27. The Moscow office has cut a total of 29 fee-earner positions and 32 support-staff roles in 2009, following a previous round of job cuts that closed in June. CMS launched its Russia office in January through the merger of the local offices of CMS Cameron McKenna and its French and German alliance firms. The firm attributed the cuts to the significant reduction of work in the Moscow market.Trending Stories
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