Senate Bill 1636 Filed

• 03/04/19
• Judge David Langham

On March 1, 2019, Senator Keith Perry filed Senate Bill 1636 (SB1636). As yet, there are no "related bills" in the House of Representatives. This is worthy of note because adoption of a new law in ...
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Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act Introduced in Congress: Support MARC and The PAID Act!

• 02/28/19
• Heather Schwartz Sanderson

The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) has announced that the Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act was introduced yesterday, February 27, 2019 in the U.S. House of Representatives as ...
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Great Public Harm - and Social Media

• 02/28/19
• Judge David Langham

The Florida Bar filed a Petition for Emergency Suspension recently in a case styled The Florida Bar v. Ashley Ann Krapacs. The Petition provides an illustration of some of the perils of social media. In it, ...
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Definitions, Due Process and Waiver

• 02/26/19
• Judge David Langham

The Connecticut Appellate Court decision illustrates some interesting aspects of workers' compensation. Melendez v. Fresh Start General Remodeling and Contracting, 183 A.3d 670 (Conn. App. 2018). Fresh ...
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Perspectives: Status Woe - Outdated Regulation Impedes Healthcare Innovation

• 02/21/19
• Sandy Shtab

As a college student, I interned with my U.S. Senator, an experience that provided an early glimpse into my future career working with lawmakers in two of the most regulated fields of healthcare and ...
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Who Are Our Leaders For Artificial Intelligence?

• 02/20/19
• Peter Rousmaniere

We can see it coming -- very incrementally at first. Then there will be large disruptions. That is how the workers’ compensation field will enter into the age of artificial ...
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Distinctions, Differences, and Disparity

• 02/19/19
• Judge David Langham

I recently penned Reminded of Death Benefits, including a discussion of a tragic event in Michigan in which an employee was found submerged in a vat of acid solution. He was rescued and treated by ...
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Can a Medicare Advantage Plan Assert a Greater Right of Recovery for Conditional Payments than Traditional Medicare? Optum Seems to Think So

• 02/14/19
• Heather Schwartz Sanderson

The Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) industry is not only experiencing increased recovery demands from Medicare Advantage Plans (MAPs) as of recently, but are also experiencing MAPs attempting to assert a ...
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How can they Both Increase?

• 02/13/19
• Judge David Langham

A headline in the summer of 2018 caught my eye. Fox News reported Exercise and obesity both on the rise in America. As one who has struggled with weight for decades, and for whom exercise is a ...
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