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Healthcare:  District courts lack jurisdiction to award a Medicare Provider (Doctor) injunctive relief until administrative remedies are exhausted

Healthcare:  District courts lack jurisdiction to award a Medicare Provider (Doctor) injunctive relief until administrative remedies are exhausted   Providers of medical services to Medicare recipients often must navigate claim denials in order to get paid.  Medicare contractors determine provider reimbursement eligibility based on several sources, including local coverage determinations...

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REMOTE AND IN PERSON EMPLOYEES CA LABOR COMMISSIONER IS COMING FOR YOU

REMOTE AND IN PERSON EMPLOYEES CA LABOR COMMISSIONER IS COMING FOR YOU Employers in California better get it right in the treatment of employees.  Any employee working in California must be paid under California laws, including remote employees.  The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) is tasked with combating...

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♥ WORKPLACE LOVE AFFAIRS ♥

♥ WORKPLACE LOVE AFFAIRS ♥ Workplace ‘spouse’ relationships, where employees have a close working relationship is one thing, but what about when workplace relationships blossom into a Cupid Romance – what liability does the employer suffer?   Results of a Society of Human Resource Management survey conducted earlier this year...

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Bankruptcy:  New U.S. Supreme Court Case on Automatic Stay – Holding Property To Maintain Status Quo Does Not (Necessarily) Violate Automatic Stay

Bankruptcy:  New U.S. Supreme Court Case on Automatic Stay Holding Property To Maintain Status Quo Does Not (Necessarily) Violate Automatic Stay:  Bankruptcy courts in most jurisdictions have held over the years that merely keeping property of a debtor after the debtor filed a bankruptcy petition violated the automatic stay provisions...

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