How a Municipality Can Get Rich at the Expense of Competition and What We Should Do About it
Digital health solutions to become reimbursable in Germany – milestone for patients and providers
Outline
On 7 November 2019, the German parliament passed a new law enhancing digital healthcare provision for patients (Digital Health Service Act/Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz – DVG). The focus of the new law is to entitle patients in statutory health insurance to reimbursement of digital health solutions by including respective provisions in the Social Security Code V (Sozialgesetzbuch V – SGB V). Close to 90% of the German population is covered by statutory health insurance (SHI). The remainder…
De redelijke termijn voor nakoming
In zijn arrest van 11 oktober 2019 (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:1581) heeft de Hoge Raad zich uitgelaten over de redelijke termijn die bij een ingebrekestelling aan een niet-presterende contractspartij moet worden gegund om nog correct na te komen. Ook gaat de Hoge Raad in op de gevallen waarin verzuim zonder ingebrekestelling kan intreden. Dit arrest is van groot belang voor contractspartijen die zich geconfronteerd zien met een wederpartij die haar verplichtingen niet nakomt.
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What Is Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable? GAO Clarifies Reach of New LPTA Restrictions
As previously discussed on this blog, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 and the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2018 imposed new limitations on when the Department of Defense can use Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection methods. Just last month, the Department of Defense issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement those provisions. Now, in Inserso Corp., B-417791, B-417791.3, Nov. 4, 2019, GAO…
Access to Public Records and Constitutional Rights
The United States Supreme Court, in McBurney v. Young, ruled that there is no federal constitutional right to public records, and the states have the discretion to limit access to public records to their own citizens. This decision and its impact on the right to obtain public records was explored in a recent article: Chad G. Marzen, “A constitutional right to public information,” available at https://ssrn.com/abstact=3472464
The article also reviews a handful of states that have…
Our 2019 Tech Toys for the Holidays Podcast
The holiday shopping season is upon us and that means it is time for our annual ‘Tis the Season: Tech Toys for the Holidays from the Digital Edge podcast. Co-hosts Jim Calloway and Sharon Nelson give you a tour of some great high-tech gadgets. We include some very practical and some not-so practical gift ideas, ranging from Bose Frames Audio Sunglasses to Rocketbooks to your very own Death Star fire pit. Clocky, the original Alarm…
DoD Releases Version 0.6 of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
On November 7, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition released Version 0.6 of its draft Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) for public comment. The CMMC was created in response to growing concerns by Congress and within DoD over the increased presence of cyber threats and intrusions aimed at the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and its supply chains.
The model updates Version 0.4, which DoD released on September 4, 2019, and which…
Scott’s Law Violations Are On The Rise In Illinois
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PA Workers’ Compensation Uninsured Employers’ Guaranty Fund Gets New Legislation
Findings of Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee’s Fiscal Year 2018 Report
I recently commented to Law360 on the findings of the ISDC’s report on suspension and debarment activity in FY2018. The report, which is available here, shows an increased used of tools such as proactive engagement by contractors, pre-notice letters, and administrative agreements by suspending and debarring officials, all of which indicate an increased willingness to consider measures short of exclusion to address compliance weaknesses, particularly where those weaknesses do not pose a risk to the…