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		<title>::  Failure To Substantially Comply With Claims Procedures Proves Costly To Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>::  EBSA Publishes Guidance On Health Care Reform (PPACA)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>:: Plan Administrators Cannot Invoke &#8220;SPD Prevails&#8221; Rule To Cure Plan Language Deficiencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Ninth Circuit Upholds Ban Of Discretionary Clauses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 23:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  District Court Remands ERISA Subrogation Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Health Care Providers Warn Of Failure In HIT Compliance</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1930</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 23:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Online Resources On The Patient Protection Act</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1905</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Health Care Legislation Creates Uncertainty For Employer Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1889</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Equitable Liens In Restitution &#8211; An Alternative Under ERISA Section 502(a)(3)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Final Regulation On Definition Of &#8220;Plan Assets&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1865</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  New Article Analyzes Proposed Levies Under Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1860</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>:: Tribute To Janell Grenier, Esq.</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1824</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Notice Versus Fact Pleading &#8211; When Additional Facts Must Be Alleged Under F.R.Civ. P. 8</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1805</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Defensive ERISA Preemption Inadequate To Sustain Removal Of Subrogation Dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1756</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  A Primer On Venue Choice In ERISA Claim Disputes</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1752</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  First Circuit Finds Plan Language Adequate For Delegation Of ERISA Fiduciary&#8217;s Authority</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1739</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Health Care Economics &#8211; Why Prices ≠ Costs &amp; Why That Matters</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1710</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Balance Billing Practices May Constitute Breach of Contract</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1666</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  New Scholarship Provides Group Actuarial Perspectives On Health Plan Populations</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1647</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy F Harmon III</dc:creator>
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		<title>::  Health Plan Law Now On Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.healthplanlaw.com/?p=1635</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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