Aug 2, 2016 | Employment Law
On May 12, 2016, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule revising and updating its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation. Under current OSHA regulations, most businesses (some...
Aug 2, 2016 | Health Care
On July 7, 2016, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) agreed to a $2.75 million settlement with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for multiple alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and...
Jul 8, 2016 | Employment Law
On June 15, 2016, in an effort to implement certain provisions of President Obama’s Executive Order 11246, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) updated the sex discrimination guidelines applicable to all federal...
Jul 7, 2016 | Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
Contained within the bipartisan budget deal passed by Congress on November 2, 2015, the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Improvements Act of 2015 (the “Improvements Act”) mandates that all federal agencies make inflation-based adjustments to all civil...
Jul 7, 2016 | Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
In March 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a long-awaited final rule pertaining to the 60‐day rule, which requires Medicare providers to report and return Medicare overpayments to the government no later than sixty (60) days after...
