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Health Care Industry Under Attack for Independent Contractor Misclassification: July 2025 IC Legal News Update

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Unless you were in the health care industry, July 2025 was a relatively slow month for judicial developments in the law of independent contractor (IC) misclassification and compliance. Only two significant IC cases came to...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation...

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In this episode, hosts Lynnsey and Lauren are joined by Dr. Ecoee Rooney, Chief Nursing Officer at Indicator Sciences and a nationally recognized leader in nursing innovation. Dr. Rooney shares how her team is tackling nurse...more

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Florida Legislative Session 2025: Health Care Highlights

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The Florida Regular Legislative Session began on March 4, 2025, and ended on June 6, 2025. Below is a summary of health care legislation scheduled to take effect upon becoming law, contingent on constitutional procedure. The...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

NY Department of Health Signals Costly Fines for Ignoring Staffing Issues

A COVID-era law targeting understaffing at health care facilities has seen its first significant settlement, serving as a signal to other New York facilities to address staffing issues in a timely manner or face fines....more

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We Are Almost Back to Normal Post-COVID, Except When it Comes to Nurse Staffing

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Nurses make up the largest section of the healthcare profession and spend more time with patients than any other care team member. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people learned the incredible impact hospital nurses have...more

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Federal Judge Vacates Key Provisions of CMS’s Nursing Home Staffing Mandate

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Earlier last week, Hon. Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated two key provisions of CMS’s 2024 nationwide staffing mandate, the requirements that skilled nursing facilities...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 219: The Evolving Nursing Industry with Terry McDonnell...

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Ringing in the New Year, hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Terry McDonnell, SVP and Chief Nursing Executive for Duke University Health System. The group discusses leadership and developing the next generation of nurses,...more

Napoli Shkolnik

In Staffing Push, Nurses Fight for Patients and Themselves

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In the years since enduring the front lines of the Covid pandemic, nurses have been increasingly vocal about the challenges they face in securing adequate working conditions—and the direct correlation between working...more

Dentons

Ep. 36 – What to Consider When Terminating a Patient-Care Relationship

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Healthcare workers nationally are facing an increase in workplace violence, often instigated by patients and visitors. A study published earlier this year reported that almost 20% of healthcare workers have faced physical...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

States, Interest Groups Launch Fresh Attack Against Federal Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule in New Litigation

The Biden administration’s controversial Final Rule establishing minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes is under new attack. The Final Rule, long decried by nursing home industry leaders as a one-size-fits-all...more

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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #2

News Briefs - Lawmakers Boosting Investigation of P.E. Role in Healthcare - Influential U.S. Senators are the latest to launch investigations into private equity's increasing role in owning and operating everything from...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #2

News Briefs - Groups Urge Appeals Court to Revive Drug Price Negotiation Suit - Healthcare and drug industry groups urged a U.S. appeals court to revive their challenge to a law requiring manufacturers to negotiate the prices...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Workplace Violence Law Means for Texas Healthcare

Violence in the workplace is something all employers prohibit and try to prevent. Healthcare employers have a tougher time, because the violence often comes from patients. How do you best protect workers while still...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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Don’t Mess with Texas Nurses: Texas Healthcare Facilities Must Adopt Workplace Violence Prevention Plans by September 1, 2024

Texas has now joined states like California in creating statutory protections against workplace violence against healthcare workers. Senate Bill 240, now Chapter 331 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, requires healthcare...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - December 2023 #3

News Briefs - Major Visa Delays Continue Impacting Hospitals' Nursing Shortages - The U.S. is in the midst of a visa retrogression, when a surge in demand collides with annual caps, jamming up the processing queue. The delays...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

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] The Time is Now: Foreign Nurse Immigration Sponsorship and the US Healthcare Staffing Crisis - November 15th, 9:00 am PT

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The healthcare industry is facing a nurse staffing crisis in the wake of the pandemic. Many US healthcare facilities are looking abroad to meet the demand for patient care, but are unsure about how visa processing delays...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - September 2023 #2

News Briefs - AHA Urges FTC to Pull Back Pre-Merger Notification Requirements - The American Hospital Association is among those pushing back against the Federal Trade Commission's plans to update pre-merger notification...more

Baker Donelson

"Crackdown": Proposed Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule to Cost the Industry $4.23 Billion and Would Directly Impact For-Profit...

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According to President Biden's recently published column, the Administration's proposed rule, published on September 6, 2023, mandating that nursing homes begin to staff facilities so that registered nurses (RNs) and nurse...more

Stoel Rives - Health Law Insider®

Solving Healthcare Staffing by Fiat: Oregon and Washington Take Different Approaches

More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, many healthcare institutions continue to have difficulty fully staffing all their facilities.  In response, both the Oregon and Washington legislatures enacted new laws...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2023 #3

News Briefs - Hospitals Report Major Drug Shortages, Many Rationing Care - As drug shortages near record levels in the United States, a new survey shows how widespread -- and serious -- the effects are. About 99 percent of...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Health Law Diagnosis - Connecticut Expands Nurse Protections Relating to Hospital Nurse Staffing Plans, Scope of Practice, and...

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On June 27, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-204, “An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2025, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Expands Nurse Protections Relating to Hospital Nurse Staffing Plans, Scope of Practice, and Overtime

On June 27, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-204, “An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2025, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to...more

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