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Health Care Week in Review: HHS Finalizes Provider Disincentives for Information Blocking and House Ways and Means Committee...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2024 #4

News Briefs - Lawmaker Introduces Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act - Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has introduced the Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024, which would allow for advance and accelerated...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - January 2024 #1

News Briefs - FDA Gives First Approval of Mass Canadian Drug Imports - The Food and Drug Administration has allowed Florida to import millions of dollars' worth of medications from Canada at far lower prices than in the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - November 2023 #3

News Briefs - Senate Committee Advances Bill on 'Ghost Providers,' PBMs - In a unanimous 26-0 vote, the Senate Finance Committee passed a comprehensive draft package that puts pharmacy benefit manager reform and mental health...more

Gardner Law

Anti-Fraud & Sunshine Update

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Staying up-to-date with fraud enforcement trends and recent cases and settlements can sometimes be viewed as a “Glass Half Empty” perspective, focusing on negative aspects of the industry and the perceived threat of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Updates on Legal Challenges to Health Care Employers’ Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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On May 28, 2021, a group of Houston Methodist Hospital employees filed a lawsuit challenging the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees.  The lawsuit, filed by 117 employees, was the first to challenge a health...more

Polsinelli

Flattening the Curve: Are Vaccination Mandates a Viable Strategy for Hospitals?

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines hold promise to control the pandemic and help restore normal social and economic life, even as variant threats loom. ...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal Court Rejects Lawsuit Challenging Texas Hospital's Mandatory Vaccination Policy

Last week, a federal district court judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Houston hospital workers who object to their employer’s requirement that all employees receive the COVID-19 vaccination. The...more

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Mandatory Vaccination Policy Lawsuit Update: Nurses Take a Shot Against Hospital, But Judge Jabs Back

Many workplace leaders have been wondering, “Can we require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment?” According to a recent Ogletree Deakins benchmarking survey, most employers are not ready to...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Making Sense of FDA’s Recent Guidances on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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To address the COVID-19 public health crisis, FDA issued two immediately in effect guidance documents:  FDA Guidance for Industry (April 2020) Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease...more

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