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Posted by Kimberly Ruppel | Feb 21, 2023 | Christopher Ryan, healthcare law, Kimberly Ruppel
Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 40, No. 2 Non-compete provisions are common in healthcare employment agreements. These provisions are designed to prohibit an employed or contracted provider from competing...
Read MorePosted by Erica Erman | Mar 29, 2022 | Behavioral Health Care, health care law, wit v. united behavioral health
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently released an unpublished memorandum decision in the landmark mental parity case of Wit v. United Behavioral Health. In this decision, the Ninth Circuit reversed...
Read MorePosted by Christopher Ryan | Feb 28, 2022 | Christopher Ryan, Health Care, Health Care Providers
Last month, we published an article summarizing new surprise billing laws that prohibit nonparticipating providers from balance billing patients when the patient’s insurance company pays less than the provider’s usual and...
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ruppel | Feb 24, 2022 | Christopher Ryan, Kimberly Ruppel, Labor & Employment Law
What are non-compete agreements? In the broadest sense, non-compete agreements prohibit an employee from accepting employment by a competitor of an employer for a certain time. They are treated differently than non-solicitation...
Read MorePosted by Christopher Ryan | Jan 27, 2022 | Behavioral Health Care, Christopher Ryan, Greg Moore, Health Care
Since last year, certain providers (e.g., anesthesiologists, radiologists, surgeons, etc.) in Michigan have had to navigate Michigan’s Surprise Medical Billing Law (“Michigan Act”). Starting January 1, 2022, those same providers...
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