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CMS Finalizes Telehealth Coverage and Reimbursement Changes in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

The Big Picture - Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically—but temporarily—expanded coverage and reimbursement for telehealth services....

Speak on a level that they understand

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

I have been an ERISA attorney for 22 years now and it’s gone by pretty quickly. I have worked for a few ERISA attorneys and have seen quite a few out there giving speeches around here and there....
By: Ary Rosenbaum

2021 SEC Filing and Staleness Calendars and Annual Regulatory Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

In preparation for 2021, reporting companies should be aware of the SEC filing deadlines and financial statement "staleness" dates that will apply to them, as well as recent regulatory reforms that may affect the preparation and contents of their disclosures or their capital-raising obligations..

FDA in 2020: What a Year!

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

What a year for the Food and Drug Administration! FDA, an agency with regulatory oversight of 20-25% of products on which consumers spend, including food and medicines, but which typically stays out of the limelight, was thrust into the public eye amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 11, December 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Welcome to the Last All Consuming Issue of 2020 - Welcome to our last issue of All Consuming for 2020, a year of unprecedented obstacles.

FTC Loses Preliminary Challenge to Tie-up of Two Philadelphia Healthcare Networks

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

On December 8, 2020, Judge Gerald Pappert in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a request from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania attorney general (AG) to preliminarily enjoin a proposed merger between Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) and Alber

Hemp Suits: Proactive Risk Management is Key

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Business transactions come with the risk that litigation may arise at some point in the life of the parties' dealings. Transactions involving hemp—whether pertaining to its growth, production, or sale—are not immune.

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, December 2020 # 11

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

In Washington: The bipartisan “908 negotiators” unveiled summaries and text of their $908 billion coronavirus relief proposal that has now been divided into two sections to allow the House and Senate to vote on the controversial and noncontroversial sections separately....

“Fishy” Allegations: Judge Finds Plaintiffs’ Testimony in False Ad Suit Against SeaWorld Lacked Credibility

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Following a three-day bench trial, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California recently held that Plaintiffs lack standing to pursue their false advertising claims against SeaWorld relating to its treatment of orca whales. Kelly Nelson, et al. v.

HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Issues Notice of Potential Rulemaking Containing Major Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

On December 10, OCR issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) outlining its plan for major changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which governs the way that most individual protected health information (PHI) can be used in the United States....

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