Health Law Alert

Less than one week after the Nebraska Supreme Court issued an important decision for public entities in Nebraska Journalism Trust v. Nebraska Department of Environment, the Legislature passed a bill nullifying a key piece of the Court’s decision and making other changes to the Nebraska Public Records Statutes and Open […]

Health care entities – and their often complex structures with various degrees of related entities – are particularly prone to inadvertently forming a controlled group or affiliated service group for employee benefit plan purposes.  While in some cases, related employers seek to form a controlled group or affiliated service group, […]

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is a federal law that requires many companies doing business in the United States to report certain information about ownership and control of the company.  It is important that a health care organization understands whether it is subject to the CTA.  The following Q&A provides […]

The federal law governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder records, and the accompanying regulations found at part 2 of title 42 of the Code of the Federal Register (or “Part 2” as it’s more commonly known) has long been part of the health care privacy landscape. In fact, Part […]

The 108th Nebraska Legislature convened for the 2024 session on January 3, 2024. On the first day alone, over eighty bills were introduced. The bill introduction period concluded on January 17, 2024 and over 500 new bills were introduced, which is an ambitious attempt by the Legislature to address myriad […]