Hello. Our Saul Ewing Health Law Practice Group is thrilled to share with you our 2025 predictions article addressing multiple areas of interest in the health care delivery system. Many of our group’s colleagues have shared...more
1/9/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Patents ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Telehealth
On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published in the Federal Register a final rule on Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities. These regulations are at 28 C.F.R...more
5/1/2024
/ Colleges ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Mobile Apps ,
New Regulations ,
NPRM ,
Public Entities ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Website Accessibility ,
Websites
Happy 2024! The entire Saul Ewing Health Law Practice Group wishes you and yours a healthy and prosperous new year and successful (and compliant) activities in the health care delivery system this year and beyond....more
2/2/2024
/ Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
HIPAA Violations ,
Hospitals ,
Information Technology ,
Marijuana ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Popular ,
Price Transparency ,
Private Equity ,
Telehealth
On August 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities. The...more
On August 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities. The...more
Last week, the Supreme Court issued two significant decisions impacting employers nationwide. The Court’s holding in Groff v. DeJoy requires employers to grant religious accommodations to employees, unless such accommodations...more
See below the Saul Ewing LLP Health Law Practice Group 2023 predictions from various members of our practice group! Our colleagues help interested parties in the health care delivery system with transactional, regulatory,...more
2/23/2023
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Surprise Medical Bills
By now, business owners and their counsel have become increasingly aware of the high volume of lawsuits filed across the country alleging that commercial websites violate Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act...more
On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released the much anticipated emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) regarding vaccination and testing required by an...more
The More Things Change . . . This is the first in a series on key issues regarding the “Return to Office”. We started planning this series earlier this summer and, like many of our clients’ plans, it got delayed and kept...more
On May 10, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 12-15, expanding the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) originally issued on December 11, 2020 for individuals ages...more
In President Biden’s March 11, 2021 speech, he urged everyone to “stay vigilant” against the virus even as more vaccines are rolled out. The same applies to employers. Three recent developments—an employee lawsuit challenging...more
3/17/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Biden Administration ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
OSHA ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which went into effect back in March, required covered employers (those with fewer than 500 employees, with some exceptions) to provide emergency paid sick leave and...more
On December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer. On December 18, 2020, the FDA granted similar approval to a vaccine developed by...more
More than 2,000 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in federal courts each year in 2018 and 2019, alerting business owners of the rising trend in website accessibility litigation. ...more
On the first day of the 2019 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued orders denying dozens of petitions for a writ of certiorari—a request that the Supreme Court take a case. ...more
In a November 17 memorandum, Attorney General Sessions prohibited DOJ agencies from using “guidance” documents to circumvent rulemaking. A DOJ Task Force charged with identifying existing regulations and guidance for repeal,...more
President-Elect Donald Trump has offered the job of Attorney General of the United States to Senator Jeff Sessions (R- Alabama). The announcement raised eyebrows in some circles due to Senator Sessions’ history and recent...more
In Roe v. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, No. 12–cv–04788 (NSR), 58 EBC 1077, 2014 WL 1760343 (S.D. N.Y. May 1, 2014), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held a self-insured health plan that...more
In a landmark decision that will re-invigorate the recent campaigning by student-athletes and their advocates for a greater role in the business of college sports, the Regional Director for Region 13 of the National Labor...more
The DOJ has concluded that two medical schools had no lawful basis for excluding applicants who had active cases of Hepatitis B because they could not show that these individuals posed a direct threat to the health and safety...more