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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

Fisher Phillips

New Texas Bill Expands Limitations on Non-Competes for Healthcare Employers: What You Can Do to Prepare

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A new law in Texas will cause a seismic shift in the scope and enforceability of non-competes for healthcare professionals. SB1318, which takes effect on September 1, expands protections currently afforded only to physicians...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

[Webinar] Employment Law Issues Impacting Health Care Practices - May 13th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am EST

Harris Beach Murtha invites you to join us as we discuss key employment law issues affecting physician practices in New York State. Topics will include Restrictive Covenants, Handling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Paid...more

Roetzel & Andress

Exit Strategies for Healthcare Employment Agreements

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Join host Ericka Adler on the latest episode of the #HealthLawHotspot as she provides essential insights on how physicians and dentists can navigate the termination of their employment agreements. In this episode, Ericka...more

Hanson Bridgett

SB 1451 Updates Some Requirements for 103 and 104 Nurse Practitioners

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Nurse practitioners who practice pursuant to Sections 2837.103 and 2837.104 of the California Business and Professions Code may practice independently, without standardized procedures, in certain settings....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Florida Legislation Will Increase Background Screening for Healthcare Professionals

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House Bill 975, if signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, will have a significant impact on the Florida criminal background screening requirements for healthcare professionals and facilities. Currently, only certain healthcare...more

Dickinson Wright

Physician Recruitment: How Hospitals Can Comply With Stark Law While Recruiting Top Talent

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Hospitals play a vital role in ensuring the well-being of communities by recruiting and employing skilled physicians. However, physician recruitment in compliance with the Stark Law can be a complex task for hospital...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Connecticut’s Physician Non-Compete Law Now Revised to Include New Restrictions and Extended to Cover APRNs and PAs

Since July 1, 2016, Connecticut has had a law (CGS §20-14p) which, among other things, places a one year and 15 mile restriction on all physician non-compete agreements. Effective July 1, 2023, the law has been revised...more

K&L Gates LLP

Health Care Triage: 2021 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review and a Look Forward

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In this episode, Lou Patalano, Jacqueline Hoffman, and Spencer Hamer discuss employment law and the health care sector. They give a review of highlights from 2021, as well as developments that will impact employment law and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Working Wise: 2021 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review and a Look Forward

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In this episode, Lou Patalano, Jacqueline Hoffman, and Spencer Hamer discuss employment law and the health care sector. They give a review of highlights from 2021, as well as developments that will impact employment law and...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

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Enforceability of Physician Non-Compete Agreements

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Non-compete covenants in physician employment and shareholder agreements are common practice. Whether they are legally enforceable as drafted varies from state to state. Some states have broad interpretations of...more

Roetzel & Andress

Health Care Recruiting: What Employers and Employees Should Know

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Host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health Law Practice Group Leader is joined this week by Andrea Winslow, Neurosurgery Recruitment Consultant at Rosman Search, for a look at both the employer and candidate sides of...more

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July 2021: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Polsinelli

Prescription Practices Called into Question: Iowa Court Applies Four-Factor Test to Physician’s Defamation Claim Based on Report...

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The Supreme Court of Iowa recently reversed the judgment of a district court and remanded the matter with instructions to enter summary judgment in favor of Hamilton County Public Hospital, operating as Van Diest Medical...more

Roetzel & Andress

How to Handle Difficult Employees in Your Health Care Practice

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Roetzel health law attorneys and co-hosts Ericka Adler and David Hochman are joined by fellow Roetzel attorney Michael Brohman to discuss how to handle situations where employees are disrupting your physician or dental...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Are You a Hospital or Health Care System with No Poach Agreements?

“No poach agreements” have once again grabbed the legal headlines with a nationally known integrated provider of hospital and physician services a focus of the attention. Allegations of no poach agreements, agreements by...more

Fisher Phillips

Independent Contractor vs. Employee: Federal Appeals Court Instructs How to Structure Physician Agreements To Avoid...

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While the use of independent contractors in the healthcare industry has been a longstanding practice, it is now front and center as the gig economy continues to expand across several industries and the preference for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Top 10 Questions Asked By Medical Group Clients In Response To COVID-19

In response to COVID-19, medical groups are doing their best to care for patients and ensure the safety of their contracted and employed healthcare providers in the face of this new virus. Given the scope of the virus and the...more

ArentFox Schiff

Federal Agency Sues Hospital Over Late Career Practitioner Policy

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On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a complaint against Yale New Haven Hospital alleging that the hospital’s Late Career Practitioner Policy violates both the Age Discrimination in...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Florida’s HB 1243 Stalls, but Restrictive Covenant Provisions Move Forward

Florida’s HB 1243, with its proposed reporting requirements that would have directly affected timelines for health care transactions, particularly those involving hospitals or medical practices with four or more physicians,...more

Fisher Phillips

3.8 Million Reasons Why Proper Process in Physician Discipline Matters

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Any avid watcher of medical dramas would tell you that a hospital always has the ability to cut ties with any doctor who is not up to snuff. (For podcast fans we highly recommend Dr. Death.) They would tell you this is...more

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Lack of Statutory Private Right of Action is No Bar to Privacy Suit

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HIPAA and several other privacy laws do not include a private right of action. This is cold comfort for healthcare providers, health plans and other members of the healthcare industry if a patient is able to demonstrate that...more

Buchalter

Healthcare Client Alert: California Supreme Court's Dynamex Decision Alters Independent Contractor Landscape

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On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court, No. S222732, in which the Court chose to essentially scrap the nearly 30-year old test for determining...more

Fisher Phillips

7 Steps To Sever Ties With An Employed Physician

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It is always unpleasant for a healthcare entity or medical practice to have to sever ties with an employed physician, but it is sometimes necessary. Perhaps the physician has committed serious policy violations or lost an...more

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