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Benefits Law Advisor
Additional IRS Guidance on W-2 Reporting of Health Care Costs
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has amended its guidance to employers on how to report the cost of group health coverage. Notice 2012-9 addresses, among other things, cost determinations for employee…
Health Law Prof Blog
Health Law Headlines of the Week (1/15-1/21)
Sam Baker, Court Angst for Left Over Healthcare, The Hill, Jan. 18, 2012 (here).Supporters of President Obama’s healthcare reform have lost the high level of confidence they once displayed that…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUSblog post on the Anti-Injunction Act
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUSblog has a great post on the amicus brief by Robert Long on why the Anti-Injunction Act means that the Supreme Court should postpone hearing the ACA challenge cases until…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Seeks Comments on ACA “Essential Health Benefits Bulletin”
CMS has released an “Essential Health Benefits Bulletin,” which provides information and solicits comments on the regulatory approach that HHS plans to propose to define essential health benefits (EHB) under…
Sentencing Law and Policy
An effective review of the SCOTUS year that was(n’t much)
Main December 29, 2011An effective review of the SCOTUS year that was(n't much)Writing in The National Law Journal, Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle have put together this lovely review of…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Suspending ACA Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP)
The ERRP was established by the ACA as a temporary program to reimburse employer and union sponsors of participating employment-based plans for a portion of the cost of health benefits…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Seeks Early Input on Future Quality & Efficiency Measures
CMS has made available a list of quality and efficiency measures being considered for adoption in 2012 under the ACA's pre-rulemaking process for such measures. CMS lists 366 measures under consideration…
Health Law Prof Blog
Position Announcement: Associate Director for the Center for Law, Health & Society at the College of Law at Georgia State University
The College of Law at Georgia State University seeks to fill the position of Associate Director for the Center for Law, Health & Society. Established in 2004, the Center’s mission…
Health Industry Washington Watch
House Panel Votes to Repeal ACA CLASS Program
On November 15, 2011, the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved by voice vote H.R. 1173, the “Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011,” which would repeal the ACA’s…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Constitutional Law Final Exam: 2011 Version
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It's time to draft the Constitutional Law final exam. In our previous best practices regarding final exams, we included a discussion of the strategy of using current controversies to frame…