10.04.18Gov. Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill 826 into law, which requires publicly held companies whose principal executive offices are located in California to have a minimum of one woman on their boards of directors by the end of 2019.
10.03.18Late last month, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a final order placing FDA-approved drugs that contain cannabidiol (CBD) derived from cannabis and no more than 0.1 percent tetrahydrocannabinols in Schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970
10.01.18On August 7, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), tweeted “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.” to his approximately 22 million Twitter followers.
At the time of the tweet, Tesla’s stock was trading for a
10.01.18With the start of hurricane season, and the recent destruction caused by Hurricane Florence on the Carolinas and beyond, hospitals must review and update their policies and procedures to ensure that proper care can be provided to patients following surges
09.27.18The U.S. Supreme Court granted permission to appeal a Tennessee case involving the constitutionality of the Tennessee residency requirement for retail liquor stores. The petition was granted on September 27, 2018, on an appeal from the Sixth Circuit in Tennessee
09.25.18Updated 09.28.18
Tennessee ABC Director Clay Byrd is resigning to pursue a career with a local Nashville law firm, starting October 15. Director Byrd publicly announced his resignation at the regular monthly ABC meeting on September 27.
The ABC made
09.21.18The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that it had found several vulnerabilities in the Medicare hospice program while examining practices between 2006 and 2016.
The number of beneficiaries in the program expanded
09.19.18At its regular meeting last week, the Metro Nashville Beer Board announced it will charge $8.33 per month for temporary beer permits. The new charge became effective Monday, September 17, 2018.
Instead of seeing this as a bitter pill
09.14.18The occupancy rate for America’s skilled nursing facilities has hit a new low, placing continued pressure on center operators. The occupancy rate in the second quarter of 2018 fell to a record-low 81.7 percent. That’s down 1.4 percent from the
09.11.18In an effort to facilitate the American healthcare system’s transformation from volume-based to value-based payment, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is requesting public comment regarding its newly proposed rule that would shift the amount of risk participants
