GreisGuide to LTACHs

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• Health Care Update: Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act Diminishes Regulatory Relief for LTACHs

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled the long-awaited Senate health care bill, titled the “Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act,” yesterday evening. The bill contains a number of provisions that would impact LTACHs, including:…

• EEOC Severance Agreement Guidelines Provide Tips for Employers and Employees

  The EEOC recently issued guidelines on employee severance agreements: "Understanding Waivers of Discrimination Claims in Employee Severance Agreements". In the guidelines, the EEOC provides general information about the enforceability of releases in severance agreements, a…

• Health Care Update: House Approves the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962)

  On Saturday, October 7, the House approved H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The bill passed the House 220 to 215, squeaking by with just two votes more than the bare minimum…

• FTC Defers Red Flags Rule Enforcement to June 1, 2010

  On Oct. 30, 2009, the FTC deferred enforcement of the Red Flags Rule once again, from Nov. 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010. Equally important, is the October 21 passage of H.R. 3763 by the…

• GreisGuide to LTACHs Newsletter (October 2009)

  The October 2009 GreisGuide to LTACHs newsletter is now available online

• Red Flag Rules Update: Hope for Healthcare Providers

  The House Financial Services Committee is sending legislation (H.R. 3763) to the floor that addresses concerns over Federal Trade Commission rules requiring a broadly defined mix of "creditors," including healthcare providers, to implement identity theft…

• F.E.R.A. Amendments to False Claims Act Likely to Generate More Cases Against Healthcare Providers

  Recent substantive and procedural amendments to the Federal False Claims Act enacted under the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 are expected to fuel growth in the number of whistleblower-generated cases brought against healthcare…

• The Future of LTACHs: A Case Study for Industry Consolidation

  I have attached a copy of the presentation that I gave at ALTHA's Legal Issues Conference on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. The presentation addresses how and why various macroeconomic and facility-specific financial, regulatory and operational…

• Senate Finance Committee Approves Health Care Reform Bill and Moves toward Reconciliation

  On October 14, 2009 the Senate Finance Committee became the fifth and final Congressional Committee to approve a health care reform bill. Passing the Committee 14-9, every Democrat plus Republican Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) voted…

• Proposed Healthcare Legislation: Effects on Tax-Exempt Organizations

  The Senate Finance Committee has completed its mark-up of the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009. The Act currently contains certain provisions that will affect some tax-exempt healthcare organizations, but there is no way to…