Website Compliance for Higher Education in the U.S. under the GDPR
By Linh Nguyen and Sheila Sokolowski. Welcome to the second HMBR series of FAQs developed to inform colleges and universities in the United States about how various activities may bring them under the jurisdiction of European Union (EU) data protection authorities. This series focuses on website compliance and should be […]
Reading the ACA Tea Leaves: How to Bargain Contracts and Advise Your Clients on Healthcare
On August 1, 2018 Patrick E. Deady participated in a webinar sponsored by the AFL-CIO’s Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LCC) on how collective bargaining has been impacted by the Affordable Care Act and the changes initiated by the Trump Administration and how to navigate the healthcare landscape when negotiating multi-year collective […]
Patrick E. Deady Appointed Union-Side ABA’s Outreach to Law Students Committee Co-Chair
On September 4, 2018, Patrick E. Deady was appointed the Union-Side Co-Chair of the Outreach to Law Students Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. Mr. Deady just completed a three-year term as the Union-Side Co-Chair of the Section’s Developing Labor Law Committee.
Sheila Sokolowski and Robyn Shapiro Present on Legal Issues Involving Researchers at Upcoming SOCRA Conference
Sheila Sokolowski and Robyn Shapiro will be speaking on September 27th at the 2018 SOCRA Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Legal Issues Involving Researchers, Including Fraud and Misconduct Traditionally research has been the one area in medicine where, other than the regulatory process, there has been […]
Overcoming Market Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 4
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and part 2 continued this discussion in terms of obstacles and solutions. In part 3, we explored exactly how clinical integration […]
Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 3
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and part 2 continued this discussion in terms of obstacles and solutions. Now, in part 3, we’ll delve deeper into how […]
Federal Student Aid: Instructions for Not-for-Profit Institutions
With the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issuance of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14, the Federal Student Aid Office of the Department of Education has issued instructions for Not-for-Profit Institutions to Input Financial Statement Data into the eZ-Audit System. For more information on the updates and instructions for data entry, […]
Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 2
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and the potential problems they create. Now, we will enumerate some of the challenges that mergers that create market concentration face, […]
It’s Time for ACOs to Properly Follow MSSP Compliance Regulations
By Mary Grace Babbo. Edited by Carol Hogan and Kathleen Salzer. Time for a Reexamination: Why ACO Compliance is Important When an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) files for renewal after their initial three-year participation agreement, CMS reviews all of the ACO’s materials to ensure that the ACO group follows all […]
Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 1
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. The Rise of the Hospital Merger In a post-recession America, the value and scope of hospital and healthcare mergers have risen considerably. 2015 saw a large spike in the number of mergers and acquisitions, with the all-time largest valuation […]