Office of Inspector General Revamps Self-Disclosure Protocol

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Updated Protocol Features Incentives for Providers: Lower Multipliers and Presumption Against Requiring Integrity Agreements On April 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a substantially revised...

Insurance News, Spring 2013

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Industry News In Re: Deepwater Horizon Insurance Litigation – Fifth Circuit Reverses in Favor of BP’s Additional Insured Claim By Charles Platto, Joseph G. Grasso, and Michael Menapace The following is excerpted from a recently published Feature Article in the...

Income Tax Provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and Other Recent Legislation

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

On January 2, 2013, Congress passed the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” (“the Act”). Aside from the welcome certainty it provided to the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemptions and rates...

Department of Labor Issues New FMLA Regulations Expanding Leave for Military Families, Clarifying Intermittent Leave

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

The Department of Labor has issued a final rule, effective March 8, 2013, expanding the protections of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) for military family members, and clarifying the regulations on intermittent leave. The Federal FMLA...

Possible Changes May Impact Indian Outsourcing Companies

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

A proposed new immigration law may significantly change the applicable rules and processes associated with foreign national workers being employed in the U.S. Among other things, the proposed law includes changes to the H-1B temporary worker program and changes to...