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The Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the IRS (collectively the Departments) recently released the Interim Final Rules with a…

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The American Society of Anesthesiologists has accused BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina of abusing new federal law designed to protect patients from out-of-network bills. Essentially, the ASA is underlining what it sees as proof of its prognostication to Congress: That insurers would use loopholes in the No Surprises Act to leverage their market power in such a way as to

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Starting around October 26, 2020, the Small Business Administrations (the “SBA”) asked Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) lenders to provide certain questionnaires to PPP borrowers with loans of $2 million or greater. There are two questionnaire forms on the Treasury: Form 3509 for for-profit borrowers and Form 3510 for non-profit borrowers. On December 9, 2020, the SBA released FAQ 53, which provides some clarifications on the questionnaire (the “FAQ #53”). Update: Starting in March 2021, we saw borrowers with loans of...

The US Government has taken back a regulation proposed by former President Donald Trump's administration that sought to narrow the definition of "specialty occupation" under the H-1B visa regime. The change will be a relief for Indian information technology firms, the largest users of H-1B visas. "The Department of Homeland Security has formally vacated a regulation that would have redefined the H-1B specialty occupation, restricted off site placement of H-1B employees, and otherwise increased employer compliance obligations. The vacatur follows a federal court ruling that set aside the reg...