What do healthcare reform and the “fiscal cliff” have in common? Tax increases *

USA - July 5 2012
On June 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the new healthcare reform law in part by ruling that (1) the individual mandate is a tax and (2) Congress has authority to impose the individual mandate under Congress’s taxing power.

Co-authors: Samuel Olchyk, Ralph S. Tyler, The Honorable Bart Stupak, Christopher E. Condeluci.

CMS proposes regulations for returning Medicare overpayments *

USA - March 2 2012
There has never been a more important time for entities to be diligent in ensuring they have effective compliance programs that can prevent, detect and respond to potential noncompliance issues such as overpayments. 

Co-authors: Robert Zinkham.