MS Gov Nixes Health Insurance Reform Bills Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) vetoed two health insurance reform measures that were passed by the Legislature with bipartisan support. One of the bills ( SB 2622 ) would have accelerated the prior authorization...
Walgreens Caught in Red-State, Blue-State Battle over Abortion Pills California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said last week that his state was cutting ties with Walgreens, including a $54 million contract to provide medications to inmates of the state’s correctional...
Amazon Closes $3.9B One Medical Deal Amazon announced last week that it had closed its $3.9 billion deal to buy One Medical, furthering its efforts to expand its growing medical services business. The tech giant’s announcement came the day after The Wall...
CA to Consider $25 Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers A bill introduced last week in California ( SB 525 ) would establish a statewide $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers and support staff. The bill would require healthcare facilities and home health agencies...
Flurry of Bills Targeting Vaccine Makers and Mandates: Already this year lawmakers in 18 states have introduced over 80 measures dealing with vaccine policy, according to Dorit Reiss, a professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law. Most of...
As Co-owner and Managing Partner of Stotler Hayes Group LLC , Kelly Hayes has a simple philosophy that speaks to the success her firm has achieved. “Our goal is to have all of our clients be as happy as our happiest client,” she explains. So, what...
Learn about external review of adverse determinations involving claims for payment for healthcare services under commercial health insurance policies. Gain insights on the mechanism that must be in place to allow for review of denied healthcare claims. Understand...
Learn how to negotiate and draft agreements between drug or medical device companies (sponsors) and contract research organizations (CROs) to design, monitor, and audit clinical trials. Sponsors routinely retain CROs to handle administrative and oversight responsibilities...
U.S. Hospital Use of Volunteers May Violate Federal Rules: Volunteer workers have become an integral part of the labor force at hospitals across the country. According to analysis of federal and other data by Kaiser Health News, hospitals may use over $5 billion...
Check out this practice note from Practical Guidance Healthcare which discusses the seven steps of an effective compliance program. Get up to speed on key compliance program components, including developing and implementing written compliance policies and procedures;...
Make this checklist your go-to resource when structuring an MSO. Professional investors have long been interested in investing in healthcare businesses, but long-held prohibitions have prevented many outside investors from entering the healthcare arena. This checklist...
Calling all group health plans! Rely on this template to satisfy the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirement that covered entities provide individuals with a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) that complies with HIPAA Privacy Rule...
Hospitals Getting Creative to Mitigate Staffing Shortages With contract labor expenses up almost 500 percent from where they were before the pandemic, a growing number of hospital systems are creating in-house staffing systems to help them deal with the nationwide...
This practice note will get you up to speed on special enrollment rules that require employer sponsors of group health plans to allow employees to enroll themselves or their eligible dependents in group health plans upon the occurrence of certain specified events...
Rely on this practice note for a discussion of commonly used sections of medical practice management contracts. Review excerpts from three types of contracts: (1) where the manager acquires the assets of a medical practice, (2) where the practice is set up or created...