Hinshaw is pleased to announce the addition of Jennifer Driscoll as a partner in the firm’s New York office. The former Antitrust co-chair at Robinson + Cole joins our Healthcare group and brings extensive experience managing antitrust litigation and regulatory counseling.

Hinshaw attorneys Ryan Michaels and Catherine Hedglon recently secured a notable win for their client before the Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine at the Board's February 2026 quarterly meeting.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 lawyers are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with ten receiving this honor for the first time. Additionally, 22 Hinshaw lawyers are included in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Read Hinshaw partner Frank Mazzagatti's insights in Modern Healthcare about the benefits of the Department of Justice's new self-disclosure protocol, which makes it easier for healthcare companies to self-report fraud.

Read Michael Dowell's discussion in Law360 about the impact of Proposition 44—a ballot measure that would require California nonprofit community clinics, including FQHCs, to spend at least 90% of their revenue on "program services."

Read Hinshaw partner Jason Oliveri's guest column in McKnight's Senior Living examining the growing role of AI companions in elder care, and the heightened privacy and bias risks these technologies may pose for LGBTQ+ residents.

Hinshaw partners Frank A. Mazzagatti, William (“Bill”) Schiller, and Ian Wagreich will present at the 2026 Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys (IAHA) 44th Annual Health Law Symposium on November 5, 2026. 

Hinshaw partners David Alfini, Aimee Delaney, and Adam Guetzow will lead a Skilled Nursing Facilities Bootcamp hosted by LeadingAge Illinois on October 6, 2026, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm CST at Northern Illinois University in Naperville.

Hinshaw attorney Katie Anderson will present “Understanding Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying Act” at the 2026 Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) Annual Leadership Conference on September 24, 2026.

Hinshaw partners David Alfini and Adam Guetzow will present a BARBRI CLE webinar, “Right to Electronic Monitoring for Nursing Home Residents: Requirements for Installation; Key Benefits and Concerns,” on October 15, 2026, at 12:00 pm CST.

Hinshaw partner Frank Mazzagatti will present on “CMS Updates to HIPAA: Ensuring Compliance with Electronic Submission,” at a LeadingAge Illinois webinar on Wednesday, September 2, from 10:30 to 11:30 am CT.

Hinshaw partner Jason Oliveri will present at a live CLE Health Law webinar, “Emotionally Intelligent AI in Elder Care: Legal and Compliance Governance for Resident-Facing AI” on August 12.

Read our practical compliance playbook for deploying AI companions in senior living settings, covering data mapping, consent for cognitively vulnerable adults, vendor controls, durable governance frameworks, and more.

Discover key insights from the IAPP 2026 Global Summit on topics affecting the evolving privacy landscape–from cookies, wiretapping theories, and health data, to children’s privacy, dark patterns, and AI governance.

As hospital websites quietly track patient information through pixels and SDKs, learn why this data is the next health privacy scandal and a three-step guide for staying compliant.

Illinois' new medical aid-in-dying law is now in effect as legal challenges continue to unfold. Read our alert for key compliance considerations and practical guidance for healthcare providers.

Food-as-medicine programs can advance patient care while creating significant compliance risks. Read our latest healthcare alert on OIG Advisory Opinion 26-16, and the safeguards organizations should consider before launching such initiatives.

Learn how to comply with California’s AB 1587, which fixes a pharmacist notification gap for emergency refills, but leaves PBM billing and audit issues unresolved, before the law takes effect on January 1, 2027.

The use of a loan receipt agreement to fund the defense of an insured when more than one insurer owes a defense was common practice in Minnesota following the Minnesota Supreme Court's ruling in Iowa National Mutual Ins. Co. v. Univ. Underwriters Ins. Co., 150 N.W.2d 233 (1967). Under the Iowa National rule, if a primary insurer had a duty to defend, it was non-delegable and a primary insurer was barred from seeking contribution against another primary insurer for defense fees and costs it paid to defend a mutual insured. Insurers adopted the practice of obtaining a loan receipt agreement from the insured, which would secure the insurer’s right to recover defense fees and costs in a subsequent action brought against the other primary insurers under the name of the insured. This worked quite well, except when an insured, such as Cargill, Incorporated for example, refused to sign a loan receipt agreement. Recognizing that it was in the minority on this issue, the Minnesota Supreme Court took the opportunity to change the rules in Cargill, Incorporated v. Ace Am. Ins. Co., et al., 784 N.W.2d 341 (2010). Cargill was sued by the state of Oklahoma in 1995 for allegedly polluting land and water in the Illinois River Watershed as a result of its poultry waste practices. Cargill tendered the case to its insurers, including Liberty Mutual, and requested a defense and indemnity. Not liking the responses it received from the insurers, Cargill chose to defend itself and sued the insurers. Several insurers offered to pay their reasonable share of defense fees and costs if Cargill executed a loan receipt agreement. Cargill refused to sign, concerned that if it did so, the insurers would have the right of contribution against Cargill because some of its primary liability policies were "fronted." Under these policies, Cargill would owe as a retrospective premium the amount that some of its primary insurers paid to defend Cargill. The case went up to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which ultimately overruled its opinion in Iowa National and held that "where more than one primary insurer covers the same risk and an insurer discharges a common obligation also belonging to another insurer . . . a right to equitable contribution should exist in these circumstances." The Court adopted an equal shares approach to apportioning defense fees and costs amongst co-primary insurers. The Court also cautioned that if an insurer breaches its duty to defend, it may be precluded from seeking equitable contribution if the insurer is ultimately forced to pay.Practice Note: In Minnesota, if an insurer owes a defense to an insured already being defended by another insurer, it should offer to contribute an equal share. An insurer paying for the entire defense is no longer dependent on the agreement of the insured to secure its rights to pursue the non-contributing insurer. There is no benefit for delaying or denying a defense if owed.

The IRS adopted final regulations on December 29, 2014, implementing the new Internal Revenue Code Section 501(r) requirements for hospitals to maintain 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status. The final regulations apply to taxable years beginning on or after December 29, 2015. In the interim period, compliance with 501(r) requires a hospital to operate with a reasonable, good faith interpretation of the law, which is defined to mean compliance with the proposed or final regulations. Now is the time for hospitals to review their financial assistance policy and application form, to develop a plain language summary of the policy, and to update billing and collection policies. The final regulations affirm hospitals must proactively determine whether patients qualify for financial assistance including directing patients to resources for assistance in completing the application process. 

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) establish the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (the Program), which is designed to provide federal reimbursement to participating plan sponsors for a portion of the costs of providing health coverage to qualifying early retirees. This Alert summarizes the key elements of the Program and reviews the steps that plan sponsors must take in order to apply for Program reimbursements. On June 7, 2010, an application for participation in the Program was published in draft form on the HHS website. The application process has not yet been opened, but will begin sometime prior to June 30, 2010. The date on which applications will begin to be accepted, along with information as to how and where to send completed applications, will be posted on the HHS website in the coming weeks. Applications will be processed in the order in which they are received, and incomplete applications will be denied and must be resubmitted. Overview of the Program

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