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March 05, 2010 Vol. VIII Issue 9


 

Top Stories

Obama Continues Push For Healthcare Reform
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said March 4 that he believes healthcare reform legislation could pass by March 18 when President Barack Obama is scheduled to leave on a trip to Indonesia and... Full Story
ONC Issues Proposed Rule For HIT Certification Programs
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has issued a proposed rule to establish a temporary and permanent... Full Story

Articles and Analyses

IRS Concedes That Medical Resident Stipends Are Not Subject To FICA Taxes For Quarters Before April 1, 2005: Now What? By Thomas D. Sykes and Michael N. Fine, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP

Employment and Labor

Fifth Circuit Rejects Nursing Administrator’s Action Alleging Retaliatory Discharge For Reporting Resident Abuse Health Law Digest
U.S. Court In Kentucky Finds Terminated Physician Not Bound By Non-Compete Provision Health Law Digest

Food and Drug Law

GAO Says Better Oversight Of FDA’s Criminal Investigative Unit Needed, Agency Says Changes Underway
Seventh Circuit Finds No Federal Preemption Of Failure-To-Warn Claim Against Maker Of Paxil Health Law Digest

Fraud and Abuse

Senate Panel Considers Medicare Part D Oversight Challenges That Could Compromise Program Integrity
Seventh Circuit Affirms Healthcare Fraud Conviction Health Law Digest
Update
U.S. Court In Illinois Refuses To Dismiss Qui Tam Action Against Medical Supplier Health Law Digest

Health Information Technology

FTC Appeals Ruling Enjoining Application Of Red Flags Rule To Lawyers
HHS, OMB Propose Creation Of Federal Interagency HIT Task Force

Healthcare Spending

GAO Says Literature Review Yielded No Empirical Evidence Of GPO Cost-Savings

Managed Care

Florida Appeals Court Rejects Hospital’s Claim That HMOs Must Pay Full Billed Charges For Out-Of-Network Emergency Services Health Law Digest

Medicaid

Ninth Circuit Upholds Injunction Blocking Medi-Cal Rate Cuts Health Law Digest

Medical Malpractice

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Georgia Law With No Tolling For Mental Incompetents In Malpractice Cases Health Law Digest

Medicare

CMS Announces Suspension Of Fox Insurance Company's Part D Marketing And Enrollment
GAO Finds Rising Cost Of Specialty-Tier Drugs Leads To Escalating Out-Of-Pocket Drug Costs
House Lawmakers Introduce Bill Allowing Medicare To Negotiate Drug Prices
MA Plan Sponsors Routinely Violate CMS Marketing Regulations, OIG Says
Obama Signs Law Delaying For One-Month Medicare Physician Payment Cuts

Patient Safety

OIG Says Physician, Nurse Medical Record Review Most Effective For Identifying Adverse Events

Physicians

Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Claims By Suspended Physician Against Hospital's Attorney
U.S. Court In Nevada Rules In Physician’s Favor On Due Process Claims Against Hospital Chief Of Staff Health Law Digest

Tax

IRS Concedes That Medical Resident Stipends Are Not Subject To FICA Taxes For Quarters Before April 1, 2005: Now What? By Thomas D. Sykes and Michael N. Fine, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP

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Articles & Analyses
New article discusses the IRS' recent announcement that it would agree to exclude medical residents and fellows from FICA taxes for taxable quarters beginning before April 1, 2005.

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