2/1/2023 4:29:33 PM Health Care and Life Science Employers May be Impacted by Proposed NYC Workplace Law By Mark Goldstein Wendy Choi In December 2022, the New York City Council introduced the Secure Jobs Act. The Act attempts to redefine the long-established system of...
3/28/2022 9:03:24 PM OSHA reopens comments on COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard By Nicole Aiken-Shaban James Holt Brittney Cafero Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has reopened the comment period on its June 2021 interim final rule...
5/11/2021 6:44:04 PM HHS to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity By David Bender On May 10, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that— consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in...
12/14/2020 7:46:21 PM HHS proposes important changes to key aspects of HIPAA Privacy Rule By Nancy Halstead Brad Rostolsky Vicki Tankle The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency that enforces the Health Insurance...
10/2/2020 7:36:05 PM Patient access to health information at the forefront of government initiatives and scrutiny By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Even amidst the chaos of a global pandemic, this year multiple U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have dialed in...
6/1/2020 7:08:10 PM OIG releases strategic plan for oversight of COVID-19 response By Vicki Tankle Following the distribution of billions of relief aid to healthcare providers and amidst the guidance issued around reopening of nursing...
4/2/2020 8:34:15 PM Sweeping “CARES Act” Legislation Will Have Wide Impact on Health Care, Life Sciences Companies By Debra McCurdy The recently passed “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (CARES Act) is sweeping legislation that will have widespread...
3/25/2020 2:29:27 AM CMS Offers Guidance to Health Care Providers on Limiting Elective Surgeries, Other Nonessential Procedures During Coronavirus Outbreak By Lesley Reynolds Janine Tougas In a recent guidance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encouraged health care providers (HCPs) to limit elective...