State Settles With Former University of Iowa Secretary Fired for Sleeping at Work
The Gazette: Peggy Waters reported being diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2014 while working at the university.
The Gazette: Peggy Waters reported being diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2014 while working at the university.
The National Law Review shares its take on the recent case of Guzman v Brown County. The holding in the case is important because the Seventh Circuit confirmed a long-standing legal principle in an employer’s favor and clarified...
Preparing for upcoming new health care requirements.
Read MoreA survey of US primary care physicians shows that many believe that their own patients are receiving too much medical care and many feel that malpractice reform, realignment of financial incentives, and having more time with patients could reduc
Read MoreThe Obama administration urged courts to support mandates required by the new health care reform laws, because the costs of the uninsured are a burden on interstate commerce, according to AP reports. In a 62-page argument filed last week in a fe
Read MoreIn the most recent legal ruling about the sweeping changes made to America’s insurance industry as a result of last year’s health reform law, US District Court Judge Gladys Kessler summed up what many believe is the inevitable truth: "It is
Read MoreThe error rate for Medicare claims declined in 2010 and is on track for a 50% reduction by 2012, according to the latest US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency Financial Report. “Last year we changed how we calculate the e
Read More"There is no precedent for this power grab," Robert Muise stated, according to a Detroit News article. Muise, an attorney with an Ann Arbor-based legal advocacy group, represents four Michigan residents. US District Judge George C.
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Read MoreNo matter what the intended message from voters, the fact is that the election of Scott Brown (R-Mass) to the Senate has put the brakes on efforts to sign sweeping changes to the existing US health care system into law. As Brown assumes his new rol
Read MoreThe much-debated “public option” is out of the Senate Finance Committee bill, succumbing to a 13-10 vote that included two Democrats on the “no” side, and all Republicans voting against. According to a September 30 Bloomberg
Read MoreU.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Wednesday that he "absolutely" will get healthcare reform completed in 2009 but declined to say what the final package would eventually look like. "Yes, absolutely," O
Read MoreThe $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed by President Obama on February 17, gives a huge monetary boost to the country and pushes forward an abundance of health care provisions. More than $140 billion will be spent on
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