BW INSIGHTS

The Contracting and Credentialing Process for New Dentists

By BrownWinick | 07.09.2019

It’s a busy time for recent dental graduates across the state. After years of planning and preparation, you have walked across the stage and have taken the first step of your professional career. However, while exciting, this time can certainly be filled with unfamiliarity as well. Our Health Law team assists many new dentists as they transition... Read More

Physician Employment Contracting - Top Five Terms to Consider

By BrownWinick | 06.13.2019

Our health law team reviews, revises, and negotiates many physician employment contracts each year—contracts with major health systems, contracts with group practices, contracts with nonprofit health centers, and private practice buy-in deals. This experience gives us a view of physician contracting that may be a bit broader than the perspective... Read More

Post Session Report 2019

By BrownWinick | 06.11.2019

Iowa lawmakers debated numerous policy proposals during the 2019 legislative session. Legalizing sports betting; establishing Iowa’s first children’s mental health system; restoring felon voting rights; and instituting work requirements for Medicaid recipients were just a few of the many issues debated at the Capitol. The Iowa House introduced... Read More

Governor Reynolds Fills Vacancy on State Health Facilities Council

By BrownWinick | 05.30.2019

The State Health Facilities Council is a five-member board appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate that reviews, and approves or denies, Certificate of Need (CON) applications to establish or change certain institutional health services in the state. CON applications relate to facilities such as hospitals, nursing facilities, and... Read More

Mandatory Reporters of Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Subject to New Training Requirements Effective July 1

By BrownWinick | 05.24.2019

Iowa law requires many health care professionals (and others) to report incidents of suspected abuse of children or of dependent adults. Professionals subject to this requirement—often called “mandatory reporters”—include physicians, dentists, optometrists, chiropractors, dental hygienists, nurses, physician assistants, emergency medical care... Read More

EEO-1 Pay Data Collection for 2017 and 2018

By BrownWinick | 05.08.2019

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that employers must report pay data for 2017 and 2018 by September 30, 2019. Pay data must be collected and reported with respect to race, sex and ethnicity. While the details regarding how to upload the required data have not yet been released, employers with 100 or more employees or... Read More

Is it a Pet or an Assistance Animal

By BrownWinick | 04.25.2019

In recent years, the number of requests for assistance and emotional support animals has increased significantly. Landlords and people managing senior housing facilities ignore or flatly deny such requests at their own peril. For purposes of housing, these requests need to be treated very differently than if a resident seeks to bring a pet into... Read More

2019 Legislative Session - Week 14

By BrownWinick | 04.22.2019

House and Senate Republicans have reached an agreement on the budget for next fiscal year (FY20). Under the joint plan, the state will spend $7.64 billion from the general fund. That’s a 0.2 percent increase from last year. Although lawmakers can legally spend 99 percent of ongoing revenues, the GOP proposal uses just north of 97 percent.... Read More

OIG Begins Investigation into Medicaid Managed Care Denials

By BrownWinick | 04.22.2019

The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently announced that it is investigating denials by managed care organizations (“MCOs”) that contract with state Medicaid agencies. It its announcement, OIG recognized that the arrangement between MCOs and the State “shifts financial risk for the... Read More

IEDA and IEC Financial Assistance Programs

By BrownWinick | 04.17.2019

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) and the Iowa Energy Center (IEC) have opened two new programs to facilitate energy-related projects in Iowa, the IEC Grant Program and the Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program. The IEC Grant Program is a competitive grant program for projects that provide a benefit to Iowans who purchase electric... Read More