On November 12, 2013, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released Advisory Opinion 13-15 concluding that a proposed arrangement between an anesthesiology group and a hospital-based psychiatry group could potentially generate prohibited...

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals recently issued two rulings that have a significant impact on the way employers may defend cases brought under West Virginia's deliberate intent statute (W.Va. Code § 23-4-2). Concisely stated, in Young v....

On September 26, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2600, which would exempt the sale and lease of condominium units from certain requirements of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSFDA). The bill awaits further action...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a new rule, effective October 1, 2013, under which hospital inpatient admissions are considered reasonable and medically necessary if the physician expects a patient’s stay to cross two...