The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or the “Bureau”) released their Final Rule on Arbitration (the “Final Rule” or the “Rule”) on July 10, 2017, containing very few changes from that initially proposed in 2016, and significantly…
After months of negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell failed to find enough Republican support to advance some form of health care reform legislation late last week. Accordingly, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)…
Without surprise, not many hospital providers joined in the celebration of EMTALA’s recent 30th anniversary. A lack of shared joy notwithstanding, EMTALA remains as rigorous, nuanced, and enforced as when it was first enacted as part of the 1986…
A June 12, 2017, OIG report indicates that, between 2001 and 2014, CMS paid $730 million in electronic healthcare record (“EHR”) incentive payments to eligible professionals (“EPs”) who did not comply with Federal requirements for “meaningful use”…
On June 30, 2017, CMS published a proposed rule with changes and policy updates to the Quality Payment Program (“QPP”) for calendar year 2018. The QPP, established under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”), includes…
Indiana’s seven day script law for new patients, Senate Enrolled Act (“SEA”) 226, went into effect on July 1, 2017.[1] Under SEA 226, the general rule is as follows: A prescriber may not issue more than a seven day supply of an opioid if the…
A Texas District Court judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging a Federal Regulation that expands protections to transgender patients, among others (“Rule”) recently agreed to stay judicial proceedings while the Health and Human Services (“HHS”)…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Amy E. Schwarz has joined the firm's Governmental Affairs & Public Advocacy Practice Group, where she serves as the Legislative and Regulatory Operations Coordinator. She has experience working with the…
While federally regulated lenders are typically aware of their responsibilities under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (the "Act") to obtain flood certifications upon an initial extension of credit, lenders that fail to maintain and update…
As seen in the July/August 2017 issue of the Indiana Banker Association's Hoosier Banker.
Question: Our largest shareholder passed away last week after a long illness. She owned approximately 35 percent of the outstanding shares of our holding…
Krieg DeVault has once again been recognized in two categories by BTI Consulting Group. The firm was named by clients to the Honor Roll of Core Firms in the manufacturing industry, in the top 30% of firms working in that industry, and was also named…
After months of employers wondering what would happen to the new overtime rule that was to go into effect on December 1, 2016, but was halted through an injunction issued by a federal district court, we have some new insight. But first, some…
