Daria retired from Mintz in 2023 from the Health Law Practice. Her legacy includes a position as the former director of Mintz's Domestic Violence Project, the firm's signature pro bono initiative.
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OIG Defends Its Hospital Compliance Reviews in Response to AHA Criticism
January 26, 2015 | Blog
The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services(“OIG”) responded to concerns expressed by the American Hospital Association (“AHA”) regarding the OIG’s hospital compliance reviews, particularly regarding Medicare Part A.
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CMS’s Proposed Changes to the MSSP Aim to Grow Two-Sided Risk Models and Modify Processes for Evaluating and Facilitating Care Coordination
December 9, 2014 | Advisory | By Daria Niewenhous
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published long-awaited changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).
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Mintz Advisory Analyzes Medicare Shared Savings Program Proposed Rule
December 9, 2014 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch
On December 8th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its proposal for long-awaited changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Our colleagues Daria Niewenhous, Andrew Shin, Lauren Moldawer *, and Stephanie Willis have authored an Advisory that provides an in-depth analysis of key provisions of the proposed changes and how they may impact current and future MSSP accountable care organizations created under the authority of the Affordable Care Act.
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Final Medical Marijuana Regulations Approved in Massachusetts
May 10, 2013 | Blog | By Kimberly Gold, Dianne Bourque, Daria Niewenhous
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Public Health Council approved, by unanimous vote, final regulations for the implementation of the medical marijuana ballot initiative law that will allow qualifying patients with certain medical conditions to obtain and use marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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Negligent Credentialing Claim Recognizable Under Massachusetts Law
April 8, 2013 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
A recent Massachusetts Superior Court decision recognizes a claim against a hospital for “negligent credentialing.” The court in Rabelo v. Nasif, et al found that, through the credentialing process, a hospital must "exercise reasonable care to protect its patients from incompetent or careless surgeons, ...”
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ML Strategies Publishes Weekly Health Care Reform Update on February 4, 2013
February 5, 2013 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Reform Update. This publication provides timely and concise information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and other state and federal administrative and legislative activities related to health care reform.
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OIG Approves Gift Cards to Encourage Clinical Visits to Health Center
January 9, 2013 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous, Theresa Carnegie
In Advisory Opinion 12-21, the OIG concluded that a Federally qualified health center’s offer of grocery store gift cards to capitated managed care patients would not constitute grounds for the imposition of sanctions under the civil monetary penalty law’s beneficiary inducement prohibition or the Anti-Kickback Statute.
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ML Strategies Publishes Weekly Health Care Reform Update on January 7, 2013
January 8, 2013 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Reform Update. This publication provides timely and concise information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and other state and federal administrative and legislative activities related to health care reform.
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OIG Approves Hospital’s Electronic Interface Arrangement
December 21, 2012 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous, Theresa Carnegie
In OIG Advisory Opinion 12-20, the OIG determined that a proposed arrangement (the “Proposed Arrangement”) by a hospital (the “Requestor”) would not constitute grounds for the imposition of sanctions under the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”).
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Merck Compelled to Disclose Documents; Confidentiality and Privilege Waived with Prior Disclosure to Government
December 19, 2012 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous
A court has ruled that Merck’s production of documents to the government under a confidentiality agreement during the Vioxx investigation waived any confidentiality or privilege; documents that Merck had previously disclosed to the government under a confidentiality agreement must now be produced to private party plaintiffs in pending securities litigation.
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News & Press
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.
35 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 25 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2022.
Communication Outlets: Challenges and Opportunities
January 5, 2021
Mintz Member M. Daria Niewenhous co-authored an American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Business Law and Governance Practice Group Briefing that featured a Q&A discussion with two strategic communications and media experts, including Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications of ML Strategies Nancy J. Sterling, APR, Fellow PRSA, offering insights on best practices for proactive and reactive media communications for healthcare organizations.
Mintz Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
April 26, 2019
Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 03, 2018
Mintz partner and Massachusetts lawyer Julie Korostoff is one of 49 attorneys recognized as “Leaders in Their Fields” by the 2018 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Chambers named Korostoff a “Recognized Practitioner” in Technology.
Best Lawyers named 85 Mintz attorneys to its 2018 list of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, Mintz attorneys Matthew J. Gardella and Samuel M. Tony Starr were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas.
Eighty-Four Mintz Attorneys Named 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 18, 2016
Fifty-three Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers for 2016 and thirty-one have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars. The findings will be published in the November 2016 issue of Boston Magazine and in a stand-alone magazine, New England Super Lawyers.
Best Lawyers named 73 Mintz attorneys to its 2017 list of The Best Lawyers in America. Mintz attorneys selected for inclusion in this year’s list span 44 practice areas.
Firm’s National Healthcare Practice, NY Corporate/M&A and Litigation: General Commercial Among Newest Rankings
The 2015 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide names 52 Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. attorneys as “Leaders in Their Fields.”
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Health and Hospital Law: MCLE BasicsPlus
MCLE Conference Center, 10 Winter Place, via Winter Street
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MCLE New England's 20th Annual Hospital and Health Law Conference 2019
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Ten Winter Place, Boston
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Creating Value Through Strategic Care and Operational Innovations
Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association
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Long Term Care and the Law
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Recent Insights
Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
