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Preventive care mandate update: burden shifts from religious organizations to insurers; unanswered questions remain

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 16 2012

On February 10, 2012, President Obama announced a policy change intended to address the concerns of many religiously affiliated organizations over the preventive care mandate that requires nongrandfathered group health plans to provide FDAapproved contraceptive and sterilization procedures to women with no cost sharing

California adopts and expands the protections afforded by the Federal Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 15 2011

California has passed a law expanding the protections of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and other antidiscrimination provisions of California law to cover genetic information

Medical marijuana in the workplace

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 11 2011

The Hospitality Lawg would like to thank Holli Hartman for submitting this post

California moves to eliminate manual lifting of patients in acute care facilities

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 10 2011

In January 2012, California will join six other states that have eliminated or restricted the use of manual lifting of patients in hospitals

Professional liability insurance - sexual assault loophole

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 29 2011

Radiology Associates filed suit against its insurers to compel the insurers to defend Radiology Associates against claims stemming from an employee's alleged sexual assault of a patient while performing an unauthorized examination at their facility

Court denies certification of proposed class under COBRA due to inadequate representation

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 18 2011

Of all the potential reasons to deny certification under Rule 23(a) (numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy of representation), probably the least commonly used is that of adequacy of representation

New Texas privacy law expands HIPAAHITECH requirements in key areas

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 4 2011

Residents of the state of Texas recently received additional protections when Governor Rick Perry signed a measure into law protecting patients’ data in EHRs and increasing penalties for violation of the healthcare privacy laws

Form W-2 reporting of employer-sponsored health plan coverage -- prepare for compliance now

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 23 2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) added Section 6051(a)(14) to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), imposing a new W-2 reporting requirement on employers

Court refuses discovery to find a representative plaintiff

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2011

A recent California case demonstrates that a class action that should never have been brought can still bounce around the court system for years

Joint venture company advisory opinion

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 14 2011

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) OIG on April 7 issued OIG Advisory Opinion No. 11-03, in which it concluded that the formation and operation of a new long-term care pharmacy to be owned by an employee of a sponsoring long-term care pharmacy along with long-term care facility owners could potentially constitute a kickback

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