Updates & Insights

EDGAR modernization continues: Form 144 moves from paper to structured data XML

In 2021, the SEC received over 30,000 Form 144 filings. Of those, only 234 were submitted electronically on the EDGAR...

Jennifer Froberg - Sr SEC Product Specialist

July 8, 2022

Corporate Compliance

A guide to de-SPAC transactions and how the process works

While both a traditional IPO and a SPAC IPO (with a de-SPAC transaction) are vehicles to bring a company public,...

Toppan Merrill

June 23, 2022

Capital Markets

Building business advantage through effective ESG Disclosure: A 3-part webinar series

The rising importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure hit a tipping point in the last year. Entering a...

Toppan Merrill

June 1, 2022

Capital Markets Corporate Compliance

SEC fee payment method changes effective May 31, 2022

In 2021, the SEC adopted a significant final rule, Filing Fee Disclosure and Payment Methods Modernization, to modernize how companies...

Jennifer Froberg - Sr SEC Product Specialist

May 25, 2022

Corporate Compliance

Inline XBRL taxonomy for closed-end funds (CEFs) and business development companies (BDCs)

In 2020, the SEC adopted a final rule, Securities Offering Reform for Closed-End Investment Companies, modernizing disclosure and the offering...

Jennifer Froberg - Sr SEC Product Specialist

May 20, 2022

Financial Services

Medicare, Medicare Advantage and CMS. A timeline from 1901 to today

In social settings, when someone asks, “What is Medicare?” or “What is CMS?” the common adage used to be, “Oh,...

Summer Beach – Associate Director, Medicare Compliance Solutions

May 4, 2022

Health Plans

Oh, my CMS stars! Yes, sales and marketing can impact Star Ratings

If you are an insurer who operates as a Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO), you’re well-aware how a plan’s 5-Star Rating...

Summer Beach – Associate Director, Medicare Compliance Solutions

April 14, 2022

Health Plans

Back to the future: CMS sales and marketing guidelines

With the ever-changing landscape of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines, let’s take a look at the recent...

Summer Beach – Associate Director, Medicare Compliance Solutions

March 15, 2022

Health Plans

Accessibility in healthcare: how providers can pivot for Section 508 compliance

Social awareness, diversity, and equality are all common topics, and all have a common thread — accessibility. 

Toppan Merrill

March 1, 2022

Health Plans

The revised MCMG: what’s happening for 2024?

Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines (MCMG), the Medicare Advantage and Part D health plan industry will be sifting through rubble...

Summer Beach – Associate Director, Medicare Compliance Solutions

February 18, 2022

Health Plans