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FDIC Tests Funding Mechanisms under Legacy Loans Program
Alyson Bagley Bragg, Lawrence D. Bragg, Mark V. Nuccio, Patricia Teixeira, November 18, 2009
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has started to sell assets out of receivership to test funding mechanisms that may be used in future sales of troubled assets under the Legacy Loans Program (LLP) that was first announced in July. The LLP is part of the Public-Private Investment...

Senator Baucus Opens Final Phase of Health Reform Debate with Release of Much-Anticipated Legislation
Barbara D.A. Eyman, Stephen A. Warnke, Nathan Brown, Harvey Cotton, September 21, 2009
Senator Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released his much-anticipated health reform legislation, "America's Healthy Future Act of 2009." The proposal has no Republican supporters as yet, but it remains the most likely template for successful bipartisan...

HHS Issues Notification Requirements for Breaches of Protected Health Information
Michele M. Garvin, Timothy M. McCrystal, Stephen A. Warnke, Jennifer Santos, August 28, 2009
On August 24, 2009, the Federal Register published a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule implementing new breach notification requirements for unsecured protected health information (PHI). The interim final rule requires providers, health plans, and other covered...

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