The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a late December gift to employers (and other coverage providers) by extending a rapidly approaching due date to furnish health care coverage information to employees (or other affected individuals). Notice…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Partner Libby Yin Goodknight has recently been named as the firm's new Litigation Practice Group Chair. Ms. Goodknight, a Partner with Krieg DeVault since 2008 and current member of the firm’s…
Richard Cordray officially resigned as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB" or the "Bureau"), on Friday, November 24, 2017. While Mr. Cordray's resignation was previously announced, the industry did not…
Krieg DeVault is honored to have been named by Benchmark Litigation as a recommended law firm in Indiana, and Partners Tom Costakis, Mark Merkle, Scott Morrisson and Marc Quigley were named as Local Litigation Stars.
Benchmark focuses exclusively on…
Krieg DeVault LLP is pleased to announce that Partner and Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, Paul G. Reis, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Center for the Performing Arts.
“Paul will be a tremendous board…
CMS published its 1,250 page 2018 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (“PFS”) on November 2, 2017.[1] In addition to the finalized changes to payment for non-excepted off-campus provider-based departments (discussed in detail here), the following are…
340B covered entities are facing major changes in the way the discount drug program is reimbursed and administered. On November 1, 2017, CMS made available its 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule (“Final Rule”).[1] The Final Rule…
On November 1, 2017, CMS published its 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System OPPS Final Rule (“Final Rule”).[1] In addition to numerous changes to the 340B Discount Drug Program, the Final Rule finalizes other important rule changes requiring…
Krieg DeVault is proud to announce that Matthew D. Neumann has joined as an Associate in the firm's Real Estate, Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups. Neumann, who brings more than 7 years of experience to the firm, will focus his…
Choosing a strong trademark can be more difficult than it looks. The risk of the mark being used by a third party as well as the risk of the mark being found as merely descriptive of the business, goods, or services offered is cause for concern.…
In May 2017, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1107,[1] which cleared a path for the State’s various heath care professional boards, including the Texas Medical Board (“TMB”) and Texas State Board of Pharmacy (“TBP”), to offer greater, easier…
The State Medical Board of Ohio recently issued a Frequently Asked Questions Guidance Document (“FAQ”) on Rule 4731-11-09 of the Ohio Administrative Code, which governs when a physician or physician assistant can prescribe medication to a patient…
