Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
(Podcast) California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Control Deficiencies
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Compliance into the Weeds: Autonomous AI Whistleblowing Misconduct
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
(Podcast) California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Virginia and West Virginia
Great Women in Compliance: Creating Space to Speak Up: The Story Behind Psst.org
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Every July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes two proposed rules that set Medicare reimbursement and shape the administration of the Medicare Part B program for the upcoming calendar year. These...more
Every July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes two proposed rules relating to how it plans to administer the Medicare Part B program for the next calendar year: the physician fee schedule (PFS)...more
In an audit, election statement deficiencies can be costly. Auditors deny all claims covered by the problematic election statement, and those costs can multiply if more than one patient was affected. In this episode, Husch...more
In its recently adjourned session, the General Assembly passed two major bills regarding special education. Although the Governor has not yet signed these bills, we wanted to provide a brief and non-exhaustive overview of the...more
In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute) for Medicare Parts A and B as...more
Over the past few years, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Bank of England (BoE) have published a huge number of consultations, guidance documents and specific directions outlining the requirements under the new regime...more
Over the past few months, the IRS has released guidance that may prove helpful for employers planning for open enrollment and Form W-2 reporting. In particular, we discuss how implementing certain SECURE 2.0 and CARES Act...more
The controversial new requirement for all in-scope Payment Service Providers (“PSPs”) to reimburse victims of Authorised Push Payment (“APP”) fraud are due to be introduced from 7 October 2024. This is a significant change...more
Earlier this year, we reported on the expected U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling concerning Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs). The FDA has consistently shown a commitment to regulating LDTs. On May 6, 2024, the...more
Legislation aiming to reform the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) remains on the horizon on both the federal and state levels. In particular, 2023 was a fertile year for PBM legislative initiatives....more
The PCAOB’s Division of Enforcement and Investigations’ 2024 first quarter activity continued the blistering pace of enforcement since Erica Williams became the Board’s Chair. While the Board’s first quarter enforcement...more
Authorised push payment (APP) fraud in the UK is the largest type of payment fraud, both in number of scams and value of losses. It involves a fraudster convincing someone to send a payment to a bank account that the...more
In summer of 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed Intro. 844-A (Local Law 844-A) and amended the New York City Charter. Local Law 844-A directs Mayor Adams to establish an Office of Healthcare Accountability that will...more
We previously blogged about the new Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) reporting and disclosure requirements established by the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 (CAA). As a refresher, employers...more
In a March 24, 2021 CMS MLN Matters Special Edition Article, SE21003, CMS announced that "[i]n light of the pandemic and various other factors, we will not begin updating the Form CMS-855 applications with affiliation...more
After a drawn-out drafting-and-review process, the hotly contested No Surprises Act (Act) has made its way into law after being tucked into the 5,500+ pages of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, signed into law on...more
With multiple states rolling out phased access to COVID-19 vaccines, many employers are considering whether they want to require employees to be vaccinated, how to encourage employee vaccinations, and the implications of...more
While the release of Provider Relief Fund Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) has dwindled in the last month, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has continued to issue new FAQs on a more limited basis. On December...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) quietly released a Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements (Notice) over the weekend, which provides some initial details regarding the reporting requirements...more
On July 4, 2018, Maine passed a law to extend the state’s Pine Tree Development Zone (PTDZ) program for three years. ...more
The chart below compares key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). This chart is current as of July 13, 2017, and as of that date,...more
Whether state common law claims are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a common issue in reimbursement disputes involving health care providers and insurance companies. In cases when...more
Editor’s Overview - This month we review the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of National Elevator Industries Health Benefit Plan where the Supreme Court considered the scope of...more
First Data Collection Period for Clinical Laboratories Is July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 - In the October 1, 2015 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule...more