Nov 30, 2023 Patent Term Adjustment woes By Wil Holtz Generally, receiving Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) for a patent that took the United States Patent Office (USPTO) a long time to issue is...
Nov 29, 2023 NIL smashes into high school By David Kaufman Here we go! It was bound to happen sooner or later. Here is what may be reported as the first high school NIL (name, image and likeness)...
Nov 22, 2023 Key investor takeaways from OpenAI boardroom drama By David Kaufman If your head is still spinning, pause for a second to reflect on a few key lessons on the OpenAI boardroom drama. While some aspects may...
Nov 22, 2023 AI class action lawsuits against payers abound By Mackenzie Wallace Class actions by insureds/members against UnitedHealth and Cigna for their use of AI in mass denials of medically necessary care have...
Nov 22, 2023 OCR settles its first ransomware case By Thompson Coburn Last month, more than seven years after it first issued guidance on ransomware and the implication of such attacks under HIPAA, the...
Nov 21, 2023 Nelly's Black and White Ball is back, raising funds for Make-A-Wish and Harris-Stowe By Sonette Magnus I am so excited to see three-time Grammy award-winner Nelly bringing back his Black and White Ball fundraising event in St. Louis. I'm...
Nov 20, 2023 ONC Report: More Patients Accessing Electronic Medical Records By Thompson Coburn According to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, more and more patients are embracing access to their...
Nov 16, 2023 EPA partnership with Harris-Stowe By Sonette Magnus Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis has a new partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to bring research and...
Nov 16, 2023 More money, more antitrust concerns By David Kaufman Big-time college sports are all about the money. Money for the schools, Money for the athletic programs, money for specific sports,...
Nov 16, 2023 OCR risk assessment tool makes it easier to comply with key component of HIPAA By Thompson Coburn When was the last time your entity performed a risk assessment under HIPAA? If it's been over a year, it may be time to do another one. ...
Nov 16, 2023 Proposed changes to FTA SSO Rule By Katie Kraft The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) released proposed revisions to its State Safety Oversight regulation on Nov. 15. The proposed...
Nov 15, 2023 City of Chicago expands paid time off for all Chicago workers By Susan Lorenc Just when we were getting our heads around the upcoming Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act and feeling confident with the parameters...
Nov 15, 2023 Open enrollment highlights challenges in health care costs and provider/payer relations By Mackenzie Wallace That Modern Healthcare titled its article “Providers, employers wage war over costs” instead of characterizing the dispute as one between...
Nov 15, 2023 Providers' recourse when payers wrongfully deny claims using AI By Mackenzie Wallace As evidenced in a recent suit filed against United Healthcare, providers and members have recourse when payers wrongfully deny covered...
Nov 14, 2023 Updates to the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act By Susan Lorenc I'm happy to share a bit of good news … late last week, the Illinois General Assembly passed HB 3641, which proposes to delay the start...
Nov 11, 2023 Market insights: Developments in private credit sector By Katharine Clark Interesting read on hot topics in the private credit sector, including possible regulatory oversight concerns and potential stress on...