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Stan Freeman and Michale McComis, Executive Director of ACCSC, to discuss recent events in Congress and at the Dept. of Education at the CAPPS Policy Conference April 14th & 15th in Sacramento
April 14, 2010


Rob Lavet to present two programs: “What Institutions Need to Know: Truth in Lending Law Requirements” and “State Supplemental Loan Programs and Legal Issues Involved in Supplemental Lending”
March 12, 2010


Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville – 2009-2010 Honors


Federal Trade Commission Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010
March 4, 2010


Joel Hamme, Mary Susan Philp, Galen Powers, and Ron Sutter named Washington, DC Healthcare Super Lawyers 2010
March 1, 2010


Five PPSV Attorneys Selected as Best Lawyers in America
November 3, 2009


Rob Lavet covers “The New TILA Private Loan Regulations and What They Mean to Schools” in his presentation to the Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO) on October 29, 2009
October 29, 2009


Cynthia Staats and Joel Hamme Author Article On “The Greater Good: Rethinking Risks and Benefits of Childhood Vaccination Programs”
October 16, 2009


Dick Verville Publishes War, Politics and Philanthropy: The History of Rehabilitation Medicine
October 15, 2009


PPSV Principal Jim Pyles Was Awarded the “Member of the Year” Award by the Maryland National Capital Homecare Association
September 18, 2009


PPSV is Pleased to Announce Judith Buckalew’s Appointment to the Advisory Board of the National Priorities Partnership - Palliative and End of Life Care Work Group
September 10, 2009


PPSV Obtains Judgment Requiring Research Time to Be Included in IME FTE Count
September 2, 2009


Federal Reserve Issues Final Rules Regarding Private Education Loans
August 17, 2009


Final Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010
August 10, 2009


Community Benefit Toolkit Available
July 30, 2009


Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule until November 1, 2009
July 29, 2009


Four PPSV Attorneys Again on Chambers’ List of America's Leading Business Lawyers
Firm recognized as leader in Healthcare Law
Chambers USA 2009, June 16, 2009


Powers Pyles Hosts Transplant Compliance and Cost Recovery Seminar
A Legal Briefing Audio Seminar
June 11, 2009


Senate Finance Leaders Release Healthcare Delivery Reform Options
May 1, 2009


PPSV Medicare Appeals Team Presents to AHA Membership
April 22, 2009


PPSV Legislative Group Helps the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Secure FDA Reversal on Painkiller
April 10, 2009


Ronald S. Connelly Elected Principal
January 1, 2009

PPSV is pleased to announce that Ronald S. Connelly was elected principal, effective January 1, 2009. Mr. Connelly litigates Medicare and Medicaid matters and advises clients on a variety of healthcare issues including federal and state healthcare regulations, hospital management, graduate medical education, Medicare coverage determinations, disproportionate share hospital payments, and the Medicare wage index.


PPSV Fast Tracks Hospice & Palliative Medicine Medicare Specialty Code; Achieves Goal in Less than 2 Years
October 23, 2008


PPSV Principal and Co-Founder Jim Pyles Authors Medicare Reform Bill Providing New Cost-Saving Medicare Benefit for those Suffering from Multiple Chronic Illnesses
October 8, 2008


PPSV Client the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Files Amicus Brief in Suit Against CMS to Delay Implementation of New Hospice Wage Index Rule
Lawsuit and Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2009 seek one year delay
October 6, 2008


Rob Lavet to Address Leading Practices in Recruiting, Retaining and Developing Corporate Counsel
WMACCA October Signature Program
Tysons Corner Marriott
Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association, October 1, 2008


PRRB Issues New Rules on Appeals Procedures
August 28, 2008


Joel Hamme Sworn in as President of American Health Lawyers Association
July 16, 2008

Joel Hamme recently assumed the office of President of the American Health Lawyers Association’s (AHLA) Board of Directors. His term began July 2, 2008 at the conclusion of AHLA’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco and will run through July 1, 2009.


Rob Lavet, former General Counsel at Sallie Mae, joins PPSV
July 14, 2008


Two PPSV Attorneys Again on Chambers List of America's Leading Business Lawyers
Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers, June 13, 2008

PPSV is pleased to announce that partners Mark Fitzgerald and Robert Saner were again selected for the 2008 Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers.


CMS Adopts Changes to PRRB Appeal Procedures
June 5, 2008

On May 23, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that substantially changes the procedures for appealing a Medicare cost report determination included in a notice of program reimbursement (NPR) before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB).1 The final rule follows a proposed rule that CMS published on June 25, 2004. Many of these revised requirements will require providers to alter their internal practices and, in some respects, make the appeal process more difficult for providers. Most provisions of the final rule will become effective on August 21, 2008.


Pyles and Gourguechon write about the 'Hidden Wounds of War' for Modern Healthcare
The Hidden Wounds of War: Of Vets, Mental Disorders and the Right to Privacy
James Pyles (with Prudence Gourguechon)
Modern Healthcare Online, June 4, 2008