03.11.19State certificate of need (“CON”) programs regulate the building and expansion of health care facilities and the acquisition of health care equipment. In our region, the states of Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina have bills working their
An important message from the American Craft Spirits Association regarding the Federal Excise Tax is below. This impacts every alcohol manufacturer and importer in the country. Please spread the word to make this tax cut permanent.
From the ACSA:
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03.07.19If your restaurant, bar, club or hotel employs tipped staff, this post is for you. Guest blogger and employment law guru Casey Duhart gives the lowdown on avoiding seriously expensive lawsuits for wage and hour violations.
Casey asks: “Why are
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Listen to Gov. Lee’s comments on healthcare.
Earlier this week, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee delivered his first State of the State, which included a number of proposals that could impact healthcare in Tennessee:
03.05.19The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its first set of guidance relating to hemp production, under the recently-passed 2018 Farm Bill. As we previously blogged, the 2018 Farm Bill empowered the USDA to issue regulations and guidance
02.28.19Why do we have to show our IDs every time we purchase alcohol at bars, restaurants, grocery stores, convenience markets, retail liquor stores and seemingly every other place we want to buy alcohol in Tennessee? Confusion over carding reigns supreme
02.21.19The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a new payment model for emergency ambulance services that will permit Medicare patients to be transported to healthcare facilities other than hospital emergency departments.
The Emergency Triage, Treat
02.20.19 In early 2018, Amazon announced a joint healthcare venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to build an independent, nonprofit healthcare company targeted at improving care and reducing costs for its employees.
Since then, the joint venture has continued to
02.20.19Make no mistake, the federal government intends to hold health information technology (“HIT”) companies accountable for failures to develop HIT in accordance with federal certification standards and compliance with federal fraud and abuse laws, including payments for customer referrals.
This
02.18.19Last month, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) proposed new access standards for community care as part of the implementation of the MISSION Act, which President Trump signed into law last June. One goal of the MISSION Act is to
