Archive for the ‘Health Care’ Category
Defending Drug and Medical Device Companies in the United States – Working Overtime
February 21st, 2012 | 
Author: DRI’s Drug and Medical Device Seminar, May 10-11, 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana
As a volunteer for the DRI’s Drug and Medical Device Committee, I am happy to report that this year’s annual seminar will be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 10th and 11th. Anyone involved in representing drug or medical device companies in the United States should consider attending. Besides presenting significant educational opportunities, this conference can be a great opportunity for pharmaceutical and medical device companies to gather their inside and outside counsel together in a private meeting to exchange ideas, strategies, expectations, and projections. It can also be a wonderful opportunity for global pharmaceutical and medical device companies to get a reading on the litigation climate and activity occurring in the United States. For more information about the seminar, please visit http://www.dri.org/Event/20120070.
Health Care Reform, Part II: How Health Care Reform Will Impact Doing Business in the U.S. in 2014
Guest Blogger: Stefanie R. McNamara, General Counsel at St. Peter’s University Hospital (formerly a Senior Associate with Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.)
After the initial reforms in the health care law go into effect later this year, the bulk of the reforms applicable to U.S. employers and insurance carriers will be effective in 2014. A few key provisions are detailed below:
- As of January 1, 2014, individuals must obtain minimum essential health care coverage for themselves and their dependents. Employee waiting periods for coverage may not exceed 90 days. U.S. employers with more than 50 employees must offer qualified coverage to all employees. An employer’s failure to do so will subject them to a $2,000 penalty per employee after the first 30 employees.
Posted in Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits, Health Care, Labor & Employment | 
Tags: coverage, deductibles, dependents, employee, employer, essential coverage, government sponsored plan, Health Care, insurance, penalty, pre-existing condition, premiums, preventive care, qualified coverage, reform | 
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Health Care Reform, Part I: How Health Care Reform Will Immediately Impact Doing Business in the U.S. (UPDATED)
Guest Blogger: Stefanie R. McNamara, General Counsel at St. Peter’s University Hospital (formerly a Senior Associate with Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.)
As health care reform is now the law of the land in the U.S., foreign entities who do business here in the U.S. need to know about a few aspects of the law that will immediately impact them. While the Senate is expected to further tweak the entire health care reform package that was passed by the House and signed into law by the President, there The following are a few key things that U.S. employers, together with their insurance carriers, must begin to address now.