In times of emergency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") has authority to issue temporary waivers or modifications of certain Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and HIPAA requirements. The Centers for...more
4/7/2020
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health Emergency ,
State of Emergency ,
Waivers
On March 30, 2020, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") announced a blanket waiver ("Waiver") of sanctions for violations of Section 1877 of the Social Security Act, also known as the...more
4/7/2020
/ Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Self-Referral ,
Stark Law ,
State of Emergency ,
Waivers
Recently, we have noticed an alarming increase within the Spilman footprint of revocations by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") of physicians' Medicare billing privileges. In particular, CMS has been...more
9/19/2017
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
DMEPOS ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Health Care ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Billing Privileges ,
Medicare Provider Agreements ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Record Retention ,
Revocation ,
Right of Access ,
TRO
...This issue of SuperVision is dedicated to questions our friends and clients may have regarding insurance and benefit topics. While not a common part of the Labor & Employment field, Spilman prides itself on having...more
9/18/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Audits ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Home Health Agencies ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Plan Documents ,
Provider Payments ,
Record Retention ,
Right to Work
From the financial sector to the healthcare industry, and even the security business itself, hackers are creeping their way into business data systems and pilfering personal information. For financial institutions, security...more
10/22/2015
/ Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
FRB ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Interagency Guidance ,
Notice Requirements ,
OCC ,
OTS ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
In This Issue:
- Another Perspective - James C. Cherry, Chief Executive Officer, Park Sterling Bank:
With more than three decades of experience in banking in North Carolina and Virginia, Park Sterling's CEO James C....more
10/21/2015
/ Anti-Deficiency Provisions ,
CEOs ,
Community Banks ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreclosure ,
Guarantors ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Lenders ,
Mortgages
What is the difference between a Deed of Trust and a Mortgage?
The terms “Deed of Trust” and “mortgage” are often used by people interchangeably. Both serve to give the lender a lien as collateral for a loan but, these...more
6/13/2015
/ Bona Fide Purchaser ,
Community Banks ,
Creditors ,
Deed of Trust ,
Joint Tenancy ,
Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship ,
Lenders ,
Lien Priority ,
Liens ,
Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Real Estate Professionals ,
Recording Acts ,
Surviving Spouse ,
Tenancy by Entirety ,
Tenancy-in-Common
In This Issue:
- Another Perspective
- Facing Merger Challenges. In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....
- Real Property 101 for Community Bankers in the Spilman Footprint
- Facet One of Social Media and Community Banks - Employees...more
For more than twenty years, the federal government has attempted to limit the number of unsolicited phone calls consumers receive through the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (“TCPA”), which is perhaps best...more
For banking executives and in-house counsel, arbitration can be a preferable alternative to litigation to avoid costly trials and home-town advantages. In this article, we highlight four recent court decisions that affect the...more
According to December 2012 data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for Gulf War Era veterans, hovering around eight percent, remains higher than the national rate. Over the last decade, more...more