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Federal Court Affirms Denial of Medicare Payment for Inpatient On-Call Services to Critical Access Hospital

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

On March 31, 2021, Judge Carl Nichols of the United Stated District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision upholding CMS’s denial of reimbursement to a California Critical Access Hospital (CAH) for compensation it paid to physicians for being on call to provide inpatient services.

Updates from the SEC’s Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Acting Director John Coates participated in a fireside chat on April 7, 2021 during the annual Global Capital Markets & the US Securities Laws program hosted by the Practicing Law Institute (PLI)....

PRA extends deadline for EBA outsourcing guidelines remediation due to COVID-19

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

Following the PRA's December 2019 consultation on operational resilience and outsourcing (CP30/19) (see article here), on 29 March 2021: the PRA published a policy statement on outsourcing and third party risk management (PS7/21) (Outsourcing Statement); and......

Effective Immediately – Group Health Plans Must Be Ready to Demonstrate Compliance with Mental Health Parity Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

On April 2, 2021, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) confirmed that group health plan sponsors must be prepared now to provide specific proof, upon request by the Departments, that the plan complies with the federal

“Purple Book” Patent Listing Under Biological Product Patent Transparency Act: What is Required, and What to Expect?

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

The Biological Product Patent Transparency Act (“BPPT”) – tucked into Congress’s omnibus spending bill (“Consolidated Appropriations Act,” H.R. 133, Pub. L. No.

Recent AML Enforcement Trends in the UK

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

The UK has stepped up its anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement approach in recent months, both issuing larger fines and looking to expand the scope of activities it regulates.

This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders (UPDATED)

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as safer at home and face covering mandates. Some jurisdictions also require employers to screen the health of employees, often as they begin a shift....

New York paves the way for LIBOR transition

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

A newly enacted New York statute will ease the transition from U.S. Dollar LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) while reducing the uncertainty and litigation risk posed by agreements that cannot be amended to adequately address the cessation of U.S. Dollar LIBOR....

Insuring Political Risk in the United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

On March 13, 2020, three plainclothes police officers forced entry into an apartment and fired some 32 shots. A woman sleeping in her bed was shot six times and died.

Department of Labor Posts ARPA COBRA Subsidy Notices; Dedicated Web Page

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

Today the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the section of the Department of Labor that handles all things employee benefit plans, posted a dedicated webpage with much anticipated (and much needed) employer tools on the “COBRA subsidy” provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of

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