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Corporate Counsel

Longtime GC of Big Medicaid Insurer Out Amid C-Suite Shakeup

AmeriHealth Caritas is coping with the loss of a big Florida Medicaid contract and with a decline in the number of Medicaid enrollees nationwide.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Upcoming Changes to Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting: What WC Insurers and Attorneys Need to Know

On April 4, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement significant changes to the reporting requirements for workers' compensation claims involving Medicare beneficiaries. This new policy aims to enhance oversight and ensure proper coordination of benefits, particularly concerning Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs).
5 minute read

National Law Journal

'Immediate Threat'?: Md. Supreme Court Revives Medical Doctor's Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit

The Maryland Supreme Court ruled a "reasonable juror" could conclude the hospital "breached" the settlement agreement by reporting information that is "materially inconsistent" with the contract.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

11th Circuit Allows Florida Transgender Health Care Ban to Continue Pending Full Appeal on Constitutionality of Law

"[E]ven if the district court were correct in its animus decision, heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause does not apply to invidious discrimination based on a non-suspect class, and '[n]either the Supreme Court nor this court has recognized transgender status as a quasi-suspect class,'" the majority opinion said.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden Administration Tells Justices That Bans on Gender Care Are Sex Discrimination

The nine justices are set to consider the legality of a Tennessee law preventing doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria in trans youth.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cigna Taps Rising Star as Chief Legal Officer

Longtime legal chief Nicole Jones, who's taken on an array of additional leadership roles in recent years, is staying with the company and will continue to have oversight of legal.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Former CVS Exec Faces Trade Secrets Suit for Allegedly Helping Chickasaw Nation Case

Former CVS executive Adam Korn allegedly divulged confidential information about the company's reimbursement practices to support a suit filed by the Chickasaw Nation.
3 minute read

Law.com

'Let's Be Blunt': State Court Justice Urges Revision of Civil Service Defense Rules to 'Prevent Gamesmanship'

"While that behavior does not violate the civil rules, it does affront the goals and values of the civil-justice process," a concurring justice wrote.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Judge Allows Centers to Promote Abortion 'Reversal' Protocol

U.S. District Judge John Sinatra Jr. wrote that "falsity alone may not suffice to bring the speech outside the First Amendment," and said the state conceded that no one had experienced actual harm.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

9th Circuit Seems Skeptical of Idaho Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Teen

Appeals court considers whether the state's prohibition violates the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause.
4 minute read

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