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Powers Co-Sponsors “Healthcare Reform: The Next Critical Steps”

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville co-sponsored “Healthcare Reform: The Next Critical Steps,” a CQ/Roll Call Policy Breakfast, on June 22, 2010. Panelists included Liz Fowler, Majority Chief Health Counsel, Senate Finance Committee; Tim Westmoreland, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center and Senior Scholar, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law; Chuck Clapton, Minority Health Policy Director, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; and Dan Elling, Minority Staff Director, House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, and was moderated by John Reichard, Editor, CQ HealthBeat. Approximately 350 people attended. For a recording of the program, click here.

Four Powers Attorneys Named to Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2010 Edition

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC is pleased to announce that partners Mark Fitzgerald, Mary Susan Philp, Robert Saner and Joel Hamme were again selected for the 2010 edition of Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers. New this year, Mark Fitzgerald was selected to the top band of healthcare transactional lawyers nationwide.

In Memoriam: Powers Celebrates the Life of its Founder, Galen Powers (1936-2010)

Galen D. Powers, beloved founder of the Washington, D.C. law firm that bears his name, died at home at his farm in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on May 27, 2010, at the age of 73.

Powers holds Healthcare Reform Webinars

Beginning April 22 to May 26, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville held a series of webinars concerning healthcare reform and the major components of the new law, along with how these changes could affect both practitioners and consumers. The series also discussed the Affordable Care Act’s impact on chronic care coordination and long-term care, as well as how it will affect hospitals and physicians. A full review of the series and information from each presentation can be seen below.

Powers Conducts Healthcare Reform Interest Groups Survey

Did you know that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires the issuance of at least 41 new sets of regulations? Government agencies have already issued several regulations and other guidance to implement the health care reform legislation. Notably, new rules have been issued addressing: provider enrollment and documentation related to orders of certain services and supplies, high risk pools for individuals with pre-existing conditions and federal subsidies for health plans for early retirees. In addition, the Secretary has already named a Director of CMS’s new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which soon will be considering funding proposals submitted by providers and others who keep themselves apprised of the opportunities presented by the health reform legislation.

Stan Freeman and Michale McComis of ACCSC discuss recent events in Congress and Dept. of Education

The California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools is pleased to announce that Stan Freeman of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville and Michale McComis, Executive Director of the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges or ACCSC, conducted a presentation on the recent events occurring in Congress and at the U.S. Department of Education, including proposed Legislation and the Negotiated Rulemaking recently concluded, at the CAPPS policy conference April 14th and 15th in Sacramento. For more information, visit CAPPS.

Peter Thomas Attends President Obama Ceremony on Passage of Healthcare Reform

On March 22, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville Principal Peter W. Thomas was invited by the White House to attend the ceremony following the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Mr. Thomas represented the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities or CCD in his role as Co-Chair of the Health Task Force, and was honored to be seated in the third row of the 400-person event held at the U.S. Department of the Interior. Read More

Joel Hamme and Jim Pyles address Healthcare Reform and Chronic Care Coordination Issues for Long-Term Care Providers

At the February 2010 American Health Lawyers Association’s Long-Term Care and the Law program, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville principals Joel Hamme and Jim Pyles presented sessions, respectively, on the implications of national healthcare reform for long-term care providers and the emergence of chronic care coordination in home care. Individuals interested in these topics and wanting to learn more can contact Joel at joel.hamme@ppsv.com or Jim at jim.pyles@ppsv.com.

Federal Trade Commission Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010

In November 2007, the Federal Trade Commission issued a set of regulations known as the “Red Flags Rule” or the Rule requiring that certain entities develop and implement written identity theft prevention and detection programs to protect consumers from identity theft. Due to wide confusion over who must comply with the Rule, the FTC has postponed enforcement of the Rule four separate times, with the most recent postponement issued November 1, 2009. In order to give entities more time to review FTC guidance and develop and implement mandated written identity theft prevention programs, the FTC has further delayed enforcement of the Rule until June 1, 2010.

Joel Hamme, Mary Susan Philp, Galen Powers, and Ron Sutter named Washington, DC Healthcare Super Lawyers 2010

Joel Hamme, Mary Susan Philp, Galen Powers, and Ron Sutter were named Washington, DC Healthcare Super Lawyers 2010. Super Lawyers identifies the top 5 percent of attorneys in each state as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics magazine. Super Lawyers is based on the survey of more than 30,000 lawyers across the District of Columbia. More information is available at Super Lawyers.

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