Stoel Rives RSS Feed - Health Care Newsletters From the Stoel Rives Web Site http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?show=6797 en-us Copyright 2013, Stoel Rives clientservices@stoel.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 5/23/2013 5:23:14 AM Labor Relations for Health Care Employers: Turbulent Times Call for Careful Measures Across Providers http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=10191 Perhaps more than any time in recent memory, practitioners in the field of labor relations and human resources face a potential sea change of unprecedented dimensions. Decisions by an activist National Labor Relations Board (Board) have strengthened ... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations: Health System Transformation or Managed Care Revisited? http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=10174 A greater focus on coordinated care, or global health management, is the direction that health care reform is driving the health care industry. Oregon's approach to global health management is to replace fully capitated health plans, physician care organizations, ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Preparing for Meaningful Use Stage 2 Audits http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=9930 The publication of the Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rule in September brought some welcome relief to hospitals and physicians' organizations implementing Electronic Health Record systems ("EHR"). However, the rule also adds complexity and, when viewed ... Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Cheating Death Through Taxes: Chief Justice Roberts and the ACA http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=9670 In a Washington Healthcare News article, Stoel Rives attorney Tony Miles discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act. In the article Tony draws attention to two significant aspects of the ruling: Medicaid expansion ... Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Large Employers Advised to Prepare Now For Reporting Aggregated Health Benefits http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=9163 ... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Details and Bedevilment: New Data Validate Concerns and Raise More Questions About ACOs http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=9619 ... Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT More Employers Resorting to No-Nicotine Hiring Policies http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=7447 Summary: Stoel Rives attorneys Keelin Curran and Karin Jones discuss in a Washington Healthcare News article the developing trend of strict no-smoking policies in the workplace, including no-nicotine hiring practices. Research indicates that smokers ... Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Federal Healthcare Reform Begins for Health Plans http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=7279 ... Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Begin Implementing Federal Healthcare Reform http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=7272 Summary: In a recent Washington Healthcare News article, Stoel Rives attorneys Howard Bye and Erin Lennon discussed the impact of federal healthcare reform on employer-sponsored group health plans. The article focused on several new requirements for ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Using Physician Noncompete Agreements in Washington http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=7193 Stoel Rives attorney James Shore discusses in a Washington Healthcare News article the application of physician noncompete agreements in Washington State. Healthcare employers commonly require physicians to agree to restrictive covenants as a condition ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Data Security Remains Key Risk Management Issue for Insurers and Other Large Holders of PHI http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=7852 ... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Health Care Reform http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=6795 ... Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Health Care Reform, Transparency, and Program Integrity http://www.stoel.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=8001 ... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT