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December 2024 was an active month for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"). OCR announced (i) a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty ("CMP") against Gulf Coast Pain Consultants, LLC d/b/a Clearway Pain Solutions Institute ("GCPC"); (ii) $548,265...

President Biden has signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act, the first federal anti-hazing law, is the result of a bi-partisan effort and comes after several years of patchwork efforts to address hazing at colleges and universities at the state level, which resulted in the...

Change in Washington, D.C. looms in light of the results of the recent presidential election. Institutions of higher education are asking what they can expect in the short term from the exiting Biden administration, and how policy and regulatory changes brought in by the incoming Trump...

On November 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $90,000 settlement with Bryan County Ambulance Authority (“BCAA”), a provider of emergency medical services in Oklahoma, concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance...

Employment Contracts and Disability Insurance This webinar was presented by Health Law Attorney Bruce Armon who has over 20 years experience in the field. The topics covered are: Interviewing, Compensation, Benefits, Non-Competes, Non-Solicits, Resume's, Term/Termination and other important items...

On November 7, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found, in the case of Joseph v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, that Title IX does not provide an implied right of action for sex discrimination in employment. In addition to the obvious...

Brandon Sherman will speak at the CECU Executive Summit on a panel titled, "What the New Cybersecurity Regulations Mean for You." More information to come.

On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $500,000 settlement with Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota (“PSA”) concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (...

On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) of $70,000 against a solo dental practice that provides family dental care, Gums Dental Care, LLC (“GDC”), based on a complaint that GDC failed to...

In October 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the imposition of a civil monetary payment against Providence Medical Institute (“PMI”), a large medical practice based in Southern California with 275 providers who work in 35...

Saul Ewing’s Higher Education Practice hosted a half-day CLE program prepared specifically for Southern California colleges and universities. The program included three standalone presentations, detailed below. This program was of interest to in-house counsel and campus professionals in a variety of...

With fall sports in full swing, it may be easy to miss the fact that the NCAA has also been busy competing in the courtroom. On the same day that a federal judge in California preliminarily approved a $2.78 billion settlement permitting college athletes to apply for payment for their on-field...

In late September 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers, P.C., a health care provider in the state of Washington (“CESC”), concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance...

NEW YORK, (OCTOBER 2, 2024) – Brian Willett, an experienced litigator, has joined Saul Ewing as counsel in the Higher Education Practice. He is resident in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Willett represents clients in complex commercial disputes, class actions and appeals in state and federal courts...

Jim Keller, Co-Chair of Saul Ewing's Higher Education Practice, will be speaking at the University Risk Management & Insurance Association's 2024 Annual Conference. Jim, along with Benjamin Evans, ARM, Associate Vice President for Risk Managment and Insurance, University of Pennsylvania, and Jeanne...

There has been considerable attention to noncompete clauses since the Federal Trade Commission published its final rule to ban most of them. The final rule was not drafted specifically for physicians, but it will impact physicians if the final rule is not delayed or rescinded by the federal courts...