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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Rockford, NY Document Search Results (8) Sort by:  | CMS Issues Proposed Rules on Reporting and Returning of Overpayments Under Medicare
Roy M. Bossen, Michael P. Davidson, Tom H. Luetkemeyer, Daniel M. Purdom; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 9, 2012, previously published on March 6, 2012 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its Proposed Rules for implementing provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Act) on reporting and returning overpayments made under Medicare. The Act made a number of changes to Medicare that enhanced the...
| | Illinois Healthcare Providers See Conflict Between New State Law and HIPAA Privacy Rule
Jerrod L. Barenbaum, Michael P. Davidson; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 2, 2012, previously published on March 1, 2012 In November 2011, the Illinois General Assembly passed Public Act 097-0623 (the Act). The Act amended the Code of Civil Procedure to mandate the release by health care providers of a deceased person’s medical records upon the written request of his or her surviving spouse, adult children,...
| | Marital Trust Allocation Formula in Wills or Trusts May Need to Be Updated Now
Stephen A. Frost, Marcia L. Mueller; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2011, previously published on December 13, 2011 The decoupling of the Illinois estate tax from the federal estate tax creates significant complexities in the estate plans of married couples residing in Illinois. Historically, married couples in Illinois used A/B trust provisions to insure that no estate taxes would be due on the death of the...
| | Gift Tax—the Window of Opportunity
James W. Keeling, James M. Lestikow; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2011, previously published on December 13, 2011 From now through December 31, 2012, individual taxpayers may gift up to $5 million during their lifetime without incurring federal gift taxes. Prior to 2011, aggregate lifetime gifts were limited to $1 million. Thus, a married couple now has the capacity to make aggregate lifetime gifts up to $10...
| | Illinois Adopts Transfer on Death Deeds
Marcia L. Mueller; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2011, previously published on December 13, 2011 The Illinois Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act (Act) becomes effective January 1, 2012. The Act allows an Illinois landowner (or landowners, if real estate is jointly owned) to execute a deed during the landowner’s lifetime that transfers the real property located in Illinois to a...
| | Teacher Tenure Under SB7 and PERA
Yashekia T. Simpkins, Kathryn S. Vander Broek, Michael L. Wagner; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 12, 2011, previously published on December 9, 2011 This issue of The Report Card is the fifth and final article in a series covering the various changes to Illinois law affected by Senate Bill 7 (Public Act 097-0008) (Act). Amendments to the Act change the pathway to tenure for teachers hired after a school district implements the Performance...
| | NLRB Identifies New Test for Assessing Bargaining Units in Nonacute Care Facilities
Brett A. Strand; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 7, 2011, previously published on September 1, 2011 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently stated that it will no longer apply a special standard when determining whether bargaining units in nonacute health care facilities are appropriate under the National Labor Relations Act. Instead, employees in health care facilities other than...
| | National Labor Relations Board Identifies New Test for Assessing Bargaining Units in Non-Acute Care Facilities
James R. Pirages, Brett A. Strand; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 5, 2011, previously published on August 31, 2011 In a decision made public on August 30, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board has stated that it will no longer apply a special standard when determining whether bargaining units in non-acute health care facilities are appropriate under the National Labor Relations Act. Instead, employees in...
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