ArticlePresident’s Budget To Be Released On April 10thThe White House announced today that President Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget proposal will be released on April 10, 2013. United StatesGovernment, Public SectorDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticlePresident’s FY 2014 Budget ReleasedThe President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget was released this morning.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleSuper Committee 2.0?As the deadline of February 29 rapidly approaches, House and Senate negotiators continue to remain at an impasse on how to address the looming Medicare physician pay cut. United StatesGovernment, Public SectorDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleIndividual Mandate And PatientsOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the individual mandate provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).United StatesInsuranceDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleU.S. Government Decides To Continue Duties For Five More Years On Welded Steel Pipe From ChinaYesterday, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously determined that revocation of the existing antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the People’s Republic of China would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to the U.S. industry. United StatesInternational LawDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleTV Pickup Sites To Be RegisteredRegistration of stationary receive-only sites for pickup licenses in the 6875-7125 MHz and 12700-13200 MHz bands will become mandatory as of April 1, 2013.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleHouse Appropriations Set Ceiling For FY 2013 SpendingThe House Appropriations Committee have released their 302(b) allocations, or spending ceilings, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 spending bills, including for the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) bill.United StatesStrategyDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleDrinker Biddle Client Alert: CMS’s Final Sunshine Rule – Implications for ResearchThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have recently released its long-awaited final rule implementing Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as the "Physician Payment Sunshine Act."United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleHIPAA And HITECH Act Rule SummaryToday, Drinker Biddle & Reath released a client alert summarizing some of the highlights of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleHow Safe Are Your Company’s Trade Secrets? (Video Content)In a world where employee mobility is a business reality, companies should be taking proactive measures to guard trade secrets.United StatesEmployment and HRDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleCMS Proposed Rule On Medicare Payments To SNFsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have recently released a proposed rule.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleCMS Releases Hospital Outpatient Payment RuleThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released its proposed rule implementing changes to the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System for calendar year 2014. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleCMS Releases Proposed IRF Payment RuleThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have recently released its proposed rule implementing fiscal year 2014 Medicare payment rates and policies.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleDoctors Wait For SGR FixCongress has ten days in which to pass legislation to prevent physicians who treat Medicare beneficiaries from facing a 26.5 percent cut in their Medicare reimbursement. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleEssential Health Benefits Rule FinalizedThe HHS has released its final rule outlining the essential health benefits insurers must provide for health plans operating in the health insurance exchanges. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleHHS Extends State Exchange Deadline Yet AgainHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a letter to governors once again extending the deadline for states to decide whether to enact their own health insurance exchanges. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleHome Health Payment Rule ReleasedMedicare has recently released its proposed rule implementing fiscal year 2014 payment rates for the Home Health Prospective Payment System.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleITC Votes To Continue Antidumping And Countervailing Duty Orders On Hot-Rolled Steel From Several CountriesFor your information, on December 17, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission voted to continue: (1) the antidumping orders on hot-rolled carbon steel products from China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine; and (2) the countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled carbon steel products from India, Indonesia, and Thailand.United StatesInternational LawDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleU.S. Government Decides Not To Impose Additional Duties On Imports Of Hardwood Plywood From ChinaThe U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously determined that the U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of hardwood plywood from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce found to be dumped and subsidized. United StatesInternational LawDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Ducks Mootness Question In GenesisA discussion on whether an unaccepted offer of judgment for full relief made prior to a motion to certify does moot the plaintiff’s claim in an FLSA collective action. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP