Warner Norcross & Judd attorneys are prepared to help employers, health care providers, insurers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology companies and others effectively manage the substantial changes they face in the health care realm.
Our Health Care Reform Task Force has up-to-date information on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act because we have an ear toward the federal agencies issuing the guidelines and regulations. Our attorneys have analyzed the ins and outs of the complex package of bills, have written extensively on health reform, and are ready to help you move forward with confidence.
Employers' Task Force
Though President Obama has signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the work that needs to be done by employers is just beginning.
Many of the provisions apply only to health care providers and governmental health programs, but others are intended to reform the health insurance market. These new provisions apply not only to insurers, but also to employer-sponsored group health plans.
The reforms are designed to change health insurance coverage practices, create health insurance exchange markets, require individuals to have health insurance and introduce incentives to encourage employers to offer group health benefits – and penalties for employers that don't.
Our Employee Benefits and Labor attorneys have expertise in the following areas:
Providers' Task Force
Physician groups, hospitals, health plans, clinical researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical equipment manufacturers and pharmacies are among the health care providers that face significant changes in the coming years.
Our attorneys have tackled these issues from myriad perspectives and can help you move forward successfully in this new era. We can help with these and many other areas:
Changes in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rules
Stricter fraud and abuse enforcement, including new rules for required Medicare refunds and expansion of "false claims" liability exposure
Medicare reward opportunities through Accountable Care Organizations
Disclosure requirements related to payments to hospitals or physicians participating in medical trials
New transparency and compliance rules for nursing homes and other post-acute facilities