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Hall Render is proud to congratulate its attorneys who have been selected to 2017 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Mac Stewart has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, and Brandon Kulwicki has been named to the Texas Rising Stars list. Bruce Bagdady has been selected to the Michigan Super Lawyers list, and Brad Taormina and... READ MORE

The Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) has “suspended indefinitely” the compliance date for the new pay data reporting requirements on the EEO-1 report. Private employers with at least 100 employees will still be required to annually file EEO-1 reports, but the scope of the report will be limited to the same “race/ethnicity and... READ MORE

On August 29, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that adjustment of status applications based on employment and refugee/asylee petitions will be subject to in-person interviews with immigration officers beginning October 1, 2017. USCIS POLICY CHANGE Although Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) regulations provide a legal basis for requiring all adjustment of... READ MORE

A recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision increases chances for data breach victims to successfully sue. In 2014, customers of a health insurer filed a lawsuit after their personally identifiable information (“PII”) was revealed in a data breach that affected more than one million individuals.[1] The lower court dismissed the lawsuit in 2014, but... READ MORE

On August 18, 2017, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”) issued a statement confirming numerous reports of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) denying Form I-131 Applications for Advance Parole where applicants exited the U.S. while the applications were pending. These denials have occurred even where applicants possessed separate, valid advance parole documents or... READ MORE

NATIONAL Deloitte: Many states establishing Medicaid APMs, but few evaluated for effects on outcomes Doctors loathe their EHRs, right? Not these physicians Is Amazon about to take over the pharmacy industry? HHS proposes another 340B penalty rule delay For-profit hospital operators likely to experience weak patient admissions through 2018 Governors Preparing Bipartisan Health Care... READ MORE

With the intention of improving care for individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment and mental health care by better coordinating care, Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act (“Act”), a bipartisan bill designed to grant incentives to behavioral health organizations to adopt electronic... READ MORE

While federal efforts in recent years may have incrementally increased the number of medical residents in training in the United States, still too few residents are being trained to meet expected demand for physicians. This article examines a recent United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) report that outlines the federal efforts to expand graduate... READ MORE

Hall Render was recently featured on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick. President and Managing Partner John Ryan stopped by to discuss Hall Render’s 50th anniversary and the state of health care. Through the unpredictable times in health care, Hall Render has been, and remains, dedicated to providing its clients with high-quality legal counsel.... READ MORE

On July 25, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued guidance (the “Guidance”) stating that it does not intend to object to an Institutional Review Board’s (“IRB”) wavier of the informed consent requirements for human subjects research involving no more than minimal risk. The Guidance, effective immediately, aligns the FDA’s policy on the waiver... READ MORE