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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - September 2024 #2

News Briefs - Licensure Compact Aims to Allow PAs to Practice in Other States - By 2028, the nation as a whole will be short some 100,000 critical health care workers, according to a new report....more

K&L Gates LLP

2023 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review

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Employment matters in the health care industry once again prompted significant attention from federal and state governments in 2023. While much of our 2022 Year in Review discussed how states were beginning to address...more

Fisher Phillips

Snapshot on Healthcare Industry: April 2022

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Welcome to our latest Healthcare Snapshot, where we take a quick look at some of the most pressing issues facing employers in the industry. Even though COVID-19 numbers are generally trending in a positive direction,...more

Fisher Phillips

Snapshot on Healthcare Industry: February 2022

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Welcome to FP Snapshot on Healthcare, where we take a quick look at some of the most significant current workplace law issues, including hot non-COVID-19 issues, with an emphasis on the practical impact of how they affect...more

Saul Ewing LLP

2022 Health Care Predictions

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​COVID-19 – and its variants Delta and Omicron – continue to wreak havoc around the world. Thousands of individuals have died and continue to die, and millions more have been diagnosed as having COVID-19. Many sectors of the...more

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California Boosts Vaccination Requirement for Workers in Healthcare Settings

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Right before you left the office for the holiday season, California public health officials issued an order requiring all workers in healthcare and high-risk congregate settings to receive their COVID-19 booster shots by...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The COVID-19 Strain On Health Care Remains, As Administrators Look To Long-Term Impacts

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In March 2021, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released results from a national survey conducted between February 22-26, 2021 of front-line hospital...more

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PREP Act And COVID-19 Vaccinations: Health And Human Services Department Clears Way To Assist

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Individuals and organizations that want to play a role in administering countermeasures to combat a disease or combat a public health emergency, such as COVID-19, worry about the potential legal exposure. The choice to...more

King & Spalding

HHS Expands Categories of Persons Covered Under the PREP Act Who Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccine

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On January 28, 2021, HHS issued a fifth amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), expanding the categories of persons able to prescribe, dispense, and administer...more

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HHS to Permit Retired and Out-of-State Nurses and Doctors to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to dramatically increase the number of available vaccinators who may administer COVID-19 shots. At a press briefing held on January 27, 2021, White House...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Blocked Shot? Employer Runs into Religious Issues with Mandatory Flu Vaccines

If you require your employees to get a flu shot, what do you do with the ones who refuse on religious grounds? As with so much in employment law, it depends. In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Mission Hospital, a...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 13

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McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 13 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. - Failure to Update Business Associate Agreement Results in...more

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Massachusetts Nurses Association Battles Hospital Over Influenza Vaccine

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On September 22, 2014, the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) filed a complaint in Massachusetts Superior Court seeking an injunction against implementation of a new mandatory influenza vaccination policy by Brigham &...more

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