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th December 2020, the UK and EU (together, the “ Parties”) announced a trade agreement that has since been approved by EU Member States and the UK Parliament (the EU Parliament will retrospectively approve it in January this year). The text of the treaty free trade agreement (the “ FTA”) can be found here. Whilst the FTA covers a number of aspects of the trading and cooperation relationship between the UK and EU, it does not cover financial services to any significant degree. The Partie...

Maria Bridson Printed and digital download photos available Maria Bridson, immigration specialist at BridsonHalsall Advocates, gives her expert view on the implications of Brexit and significant changes to Isle of Man immigration rules. Whilst our attention is necessarily focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important that employers don’t forget about Brexit and the major changes to the Isle of Man immigration rules that come into force on January 1, 2021. There is no time to waste an...

On December 3, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“ CMS”) announced key details concerning a new value-based reimbursement and patient care model – the Geographic Direct Contracting Model (the “ Model” or “ Geo”). Geo is a geographic-based approach to value-based Medicare reimbursement and patient care that focuses on improving health outcomes and decreasing the cost of care across an entire geographic region. Direct contracting entities (“ DCEs”) participating in...