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Incentives for Adopting Electronic Health Records
Certain changes to federal law through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or ARRA, now provide incentives for hospitals and health care providers to adopt electronic health records, or EHR. However, for many eligible providers, this may not yet be incentive enough. This article will summarize the changes and state of the law relative to EHR.New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care Organization v. Guhl
N.J.A.C. 10:53A-4.2(c)(1)(i), which prescribes the method of calculation of the reimbursement rate paid to hospice providers for Medicaid recipients who reside in nursing facilities, is valid because it reflects a permissible construction of the federal statute governing that reimbursement rate.Medicare Set-Asides: An Uncertain Legal Landscape
In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner, the senior partner at Kelner and Kelner, Gail S. Kelner. an attorney with the firm, and Joshua D. Kelner, an associate with the firm, write: "In recent years, Medicare has become the bane of the existence of lawyers who practice personal injury law, both on the plaintiff's and defendant's sides. The agency has claimed, through a handful of grossly ambiguous policy memoranda, that its purported "future interest" in settlements must be considered. As a result, so-called Medicare Set Asides—sometimes referred to as MSAs—have become increasingly prevalent."U.K. Law Firms Match Investment Banks on Trainee Pay, Survey Shows
Law firm trainees can now pocket amounts equal to graduate counterparts at investment banks, according to new research, with both camps taking home over �10,000 more than the U.K.'s average graduate starting salary. A new British survey shows graduates entering the legal profession received average pay of �35,500 in 2007. The results reflect significant pay raises for law firm juniors, while graduate salaries at investment banks dipped slightly from 2006's average of �36,000.Improving Medicare Set-Aside System
Although the statue authorizing Medicare set-asides was enacted in 1980 as part of an overall statutory scheme to ensure that the costs of medical services related to personal injuries are not borne by Medicare, at present, there is a dearth of regulatory guidance, leading not only to uncertainty for injured persons, attorneys and liability insurers on how to navigate the system, but to questions of whether a set-aside is necessary and what constitutes a sufficient set-aside.Morgan Lewis on Hand as Shale Gas Goes Global
The Am Law 100 firm is working with CMS Cameron McKenna and leading Ukrainian firm Asters on a roughly $10 billion shale gas development deal signed between Royal Dutch Shell and the government of Ukraine last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Home Depot drops plan to buy EnerBank, cites retail focus
ATLANTA AP - The Home Depot Inc. has withdrawn an application to by a Utah bank, saying that the loan business no longer fits into its strategy of concentrating on its retail trade.The world's largest home improvement store chain announced in May 2006 that it would buy EnerBank USA, a home improvement loan provider, from CMS Energy Corp.Trending Stories
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