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CMS Confirms Hospitals May Not Bill Secondary Payor Insurers For Amounts In Excess Of Medicare Coinsurance And Deductible Amounts

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.04.11

CMS has re-affirmed earlier 2004 guidance that hospitals participating in the Medicare program may not, where Medicare is primary, bill secondary payor insurers for amounts in excess of applicable Medicare coinsurance and deductible amounts, regardless of the terms of hospital contracts with the payors.


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.07.26

At Long Last, DoW Signals Rule Implementing PCB Prohibition and Commercial Exemptions

On July 2, 2026, the Department of War (DoW) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) setting out a framework to implement the prohibition on acquisition of covered printed circuit boards (PCBs) from “covered nations”—North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran—enacted under sections 841 and 851 of the National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs) for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022, respectively, and codified at 10 U.S.C. § 4873.  DoW invites industry to respond to specific questions and provide comments on the ANPR by August 31, 2026....

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