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Woman seeks to force payment of $430,000 award
When a legal secretary and her former employer took their chances on an open-ended workers’ compensation settlement, neither party knew how much the final payout could be. In addition to an $85,000 lump sum, the Kansas City law firm and its insurance provider left the amount Stephanie Meyer-Linquist would receive for lifelong medical expenses in […]
SLU, feds take tax case out of court
A university and the federal government have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over taxing medical residents.
Saint Louis University sued the U.S. government last fall alleging it overpaid $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 1995 through March 2005.
Several other teaching medical programs have made similar claims, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which sued se[...]
SLU, feds resolve case over taxing of medical residents
A university and the federal government have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over taxing medical residents. Saint Louis University sued the U.S. government last fall alleging it overpaid $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 1995 through March 2005. Several other teaching medical programs have made similar claims, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which sued […]
Medicare reporting a bitter pill for lawyers, insurers
A new Medicare reporting requirement that goes into effect on Jan. 1 could be a prescription for delays in personal-injury settlements and in processing other insurance-related claims, according to both lawyers and insurers. The requirement – which is part of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act – provides that insurers and other third-party liability […]
SLU seeks $24.6M in tax refund lawsuit
The federal government owes Saint Louis University $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes the university says were wrongfully collected on stipends medical school residents received from 1995 through March 2005, according to a federal lawsuit. The issue of whether teaching hospitals are required to withhold taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act has […]
House health-care bill to include $600 billion in tax increases
Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said. Democrats will work on the bill’s details this week as they struggle through “what kind of heartburn” it will cause to agree on […]
St. Louis attorney sued in fraud case from Tennessee
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville, Tenn., has filed a civil lawsuit against a St. Louis attorney alleging he and a business partner defrauded Medicare of more than $6 million. The suit filed on Monday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee alleges that attorney Robert B. Vining Jr. served as the […]
Medicare fraud alleged in lawsuit against St. Louis attorney
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Middle Tennessee has filed a civil lawsuit against a St. Louis attorney alleging he and a business partner defrauded Medicare of more than $6 million. The suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on Monday alleges that attorney Robert B. Vining Jr. served as the […]
Hospital sues to keep government funding
Select Specialty Hospital-St. Louis, a long-term acute care hospital based inside Forest Park Community Hospital, is fighting to keep its Medicare and Medicaid funding. On Thursday, Senior U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from terminating the hospital’s Medicare provider agreement. In [&hell[...]
Hospital fights to keep government funding
A federal judge in Kansas City granted a temporary restraining order barring the government from cutting the Medicare and Medicaid funding of a St. Louis-based long-term acute care hospital. The hospital, Select Specialty Hospital-St. Louis, operates within Forest Park Community Hospital. In a lawsuit filed Monday, the hospital said the U.S. Department of Health and […]
Lobbying for a little change
Corporate clients that have been sitting on the sidelines are starting to get involved in lobbying efforts as President-elect Barack Obama takes office as president and the Democratic Party tightens its grip on Congress, according to attorneys and lobbyists. Now the Missouri firms who have beefed up or started Washington, D.C., government affairs practices the past three years may find out wh[...]
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