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Migrating to a New Philosophy: Teamwork
A growing firm transitions its culture.California Association of Rural Health Clinics v. Douglas
Firm to Staff: If You're Not a Lawyer, You Likely Won't Work for Us Anymore
CMS Cameron McKenna is to either lay off or relocate almost one third of its support staff as a result of its outsourcing agreement with Integreon.Impact of the Secondary Payer Act on Workers' Compensation
The time has come to consider the long-term impact of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act on workers' compensation claims. Five years ago, Medicare reinvigorated its focus on the Secondary Payer Act by imposing reporting requirements under Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, which first became effective May 1, 2009. Section 111 added mandatory reporting requirements for liability insurers (including entities that self-insure), no-fault insurers and workers' compensation insurers (nongroup health plan insurers or NGHPs) providing coverage to Medicare beneficiaries.Beware of Added Complications in Claims Involving Medicare Beneficiaries
New reporting requirements, combined with existing rules regarding reimbursement of Medicare liens, require litigants to be particularly diligent when dealing with claimants who are Medicare beneficiaries.No Deliberative Privilege for State in Dispute Over Records
In a ruling that will curb the government's ability to keep records secret, a state appeals court says the deliberative process privilege does not apply in a contract suit where the records at issue are material to the litigation.FTC Preserves Status Quo in Long-Term Care Pharmacy Market
Omnicare Inc.'s eight-month pursuit of acquiring PharMerica Corp. finally crumbled recently under the weight of the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit. If successful, Omnicare's post-acquisition market share would have been 57 percent of the long-term care pharmacy (LTC pharmacy) market. The FTC stepped in to stop what it believed would have been a resulting anti-competitive advantage that would hurt the health care market, its patients and the taxpayers "who foot much of the bill under Medicare."Letter to the Editor: Reading Too Much into Minor Case
Dan Schweitzer, Supreme Court counsel of the National Association of Attorneys General, responds to Simon Lazarus' NLJ piece about the implications of Wos v. E.M.A.Trending Stories
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