Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation with Dr. Ecoee Rooney of Indicator Sciences
Podcast - What Healthcare Providers Should Be Telling Students and Interns About HIPAA and Snooping
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 219: The Evolving Nursing Industry with Terry McDonnell of Duke University Health System
(Podcast) California Employment News: California’s New Healthcare Minimum Wage
Podcast: California Employment News - Public Healthcare Workers Now Get Meal and Rest Breaks
California Employment News: Public Healthcare Workers Now Get Meal and Rest Breaks
End of Year Tax Planning: Tips for Healthcare Professionals and Practices
#WorkforceWednesday: Employers Respond to Dobbs, Implications of the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, and Pay Increases for CA Health Care Workers - Employment Law This Week®
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 102: Matt Logan, President & CEO, Self Regional Health Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 101: Lara Hewitt, SCHA and Russell Baxley, Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Podcast: OSHA's Permanent COVID-19 Standard and Enforcement Blitz - Diagnosing Health Care
Healthcare Employment Contracts: Important Considerations Before Signing on the Dotted Line
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
On Her Shoulders Podcast Season 2, Episode 2: Inspired Leadership (w/ Dr. Prathibha Varkey)
Hospice Leadership Strategy: Re-engaging Staff and Communities With Story
The Labor Law Insider: Understanding the Risk of Strikes Faced by the Healthcare Industry
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Vaccine Mandate for Construction Workers at Health Care Facilities - Diagnosing Health Care
Employer Vaccine Mandates and Exemptions
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Exploring Answers to Hospices' Top Vaccination Questions
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Decides on Vaccine Rules, Companies Can Still Require Vaccination, Restrictive Covenants in CO - Employment Law This Week®
A federal judge in Iowa recently struck down key parts of a Biden-era final rule that set new minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities as a condition of participation in Medicare or Medicaid programs. The June...more
News Briefs - Hospitals Lose Supreme Court HHS Payment Case - The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a lawsuit brought by more than 200 hospitals that serve low-income...more
On April 7, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled in favor of the American Health Care Association (“AHCA”) in its lawsuit against Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Robert...more
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
News Briefs - New Foreign Nurse Visas Frozen by State Department - The State Department has essentially frozen foreign nurse visas for the rest of the fiscal year amid high demand, and health groups are warning it threatens...more
While congressional debate and action will focus on aid to Israel this week, committees will continue to move forward their health agendas via hearings. The House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Change Healthcare...more
On April 3, 2024, Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chaired a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security field hearing titled,...more
NY Governor vetoes noncompete ban bill after opposition from health, business groups - Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill passed by both houses of the NY legislature in June that would’ve imposed bans of non-compete clauses in...more
News Briefs - Lawmakers Reintroduce Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act - Federal lawmakers are trying again to push through immigration reform that would allow officials to recapture unused visas and reprocess them for...more
News Briefs - Google Cloud Unveils AI to Help Doctors with Search Capabilities - Google Cloud announced new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities that it said will help healthcare workers quickly pull accurate...more
Walking away from the American Health Law Association’s annual conference, I’m feeling energized from (re)connecting with friends and colleagues, inspired by the complex and transformational work being done throughout the...more
HHS recently announced a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that modifies, rescinds, and retains previous conscience provisions that allow health care workers to deny care based on their religious or moral beliefs. HHS is...more
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
On August 18, 2021, President Joe Biden announced from the White House that his administration would require nursing homes to vaccinate their staffs against COVID-19 or risk losing Medicaid and Medicare funding. He said that...more
OIG maintains a list of all currently excluded individuals and entities called the "List of Excluded Individuals/Entities," or LEIE. Covered entities that hire – or continue to employ or work with – an individual or entity on...more
As K&L Gates begins its third season of Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals, Hilary Bowman previews several topics that the health care practice group anticipates will have a significant impact on...more
Recent audits by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) conclude that state survey agencies in a number of states and a leading national accrediting agency serving the home health and...more