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Jordan Collins; Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky Popeo P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 The IRS wrote yesterday in the Federal Register that it is increasing the amount that developers of wind and some other renewable projects can receive via the production tax credit. The credit was set at 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour in 1993 dollars and was indexed to inflation. The IRS has regularly...
| | EU versus Google: A Test Case for the Viability of a Global Data Protection Policy?
Susan L. Foster; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 6, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 (LONDON) The EU has escalated its existing investigation of Google’s global privacy policy, a policy covering all of Google’s services that was introduced by Google last year. Up until April 3, the French data protection authority, CNIL, had effectively been tasked with engaging with...
| | Hannaford Data Breach Class Action Certification: Denied
Kevin M. McGinty; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 6, 2013, previously published on April 2, 2013 Damages issues continue to bedevil would-be data breach class action plaintiffs. A long and growing line of cases holds that consumers cannot maintain claims arising from theft of their personal or financial data without alleging that the theft resulted in financial injury. One notable exception...
| | Sixth Circuit Rules No FCA Liability Based on Violation of Medicare Requirements
Ellyn L. Sternfield; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 6, 2013, previously published on April 3, 2013 On April 1st, the Sixth Circuit reversed an $11.1 million dollar summary judgment finding entered against MedQuest Associates, a diagnostic testing company. In its opinion, the Sixth Circuit found that violation of two Medicare enrollment requirements did not warrant liability under the federal...
| | CMS Sets Dates for Accepting Another Round of MSSP ACO Applications
Stephanie D. Willis; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2013, previously published on April 3, 2013 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to open its doors for another round of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). This year, CMS is requiring prospective ACOs to declare their intent to apply and to submit...
| | New York City Council on the Verge of Mandating Paid Sick Leave
Michael S. Arnold; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 Here we go again. Fresh off its passage of a law prohibiting unemployment discrimination, the New York City Council is now poised to pass a law requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees. If passed, the law would likely affect more than 1 million New York City workers who...
| | Will Federal Protection for EHR Donations Be Extended Beyond December 31, 2013?
Karen S. Lovitch; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 Rumors are circulating that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) will continue to allow the donation of electronic health records (EHR) items and services to physicians past the current...
| | Congressional Representative Signals Willingness to Facilitate Telehealth Services
Ellen L. Janos, Carrie A. Roll; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 27th, 2013 In opening remarks at the Health Information Technology hearing series last week, Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, indicated that she intends to introduce legislation that would create a workable federal definition for telehealth services....
| | Agencies Issue Proposed Regulations Implementing the 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation Under the Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 On March 21, 2013, the Departments of the Treasury/IRS, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) issued a proposed regulation implementing the 90-day waiting period limitation under Section 2708 of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), as added by the...
| | Important Changes to Form I-94
Susan J. Cohen; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 On March 27, 2013 the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published an interim rule in the Federal Register that changes the definition of Form I-94 (also known as an “I-94 card”) in order to allow an I-94 to be issued in electronic format, as well as in its current...
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