Approximately ten days after the first federal court decision in the country about mandatory-COVID-19 vaccinations by an employer, Bridges v. Houston Methodist Hospital (the “Hospital”), 153 of the Hospital’s employees were...more
6/30/2021
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On October 28th, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alerted hospital administrators and...more
11/11/2020
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Hospitals and other providers should take note of a recent federal court ruling that green-lighted a whistleblower suit against MedStar Health Inc. brought by a former employee who alleged that the health care system billed...more