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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 229: Public Health in South Carolina with Dr. Edward...

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This week, our hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Dr. Edward Simmer, the Interim Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health. After leading DHEC through the latter half of the COVID pandemic and its transition...more

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Massachusetts Public Health Council Approves Hospital Occupancy Reporting Requirements

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On Friday, May 3, 2024, Massachusetts’s Public Health Council (PHC) approved emergency amendments to 105 CMR 130.000 requiring hospitals to report occupancy data to the Department of Public Health. This requirement extends...more

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What to expect now that we’re expecting: What the end of the public health emergency means for healthcare providers

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On January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that both the COVID-19 national emergency and the public health emergency (PHE) will end May 11, 2023. This announcement has left many healthcare providers considering how the...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - February 2022

Human sexuality is an eternal constant, but the recent global tumult with the pandemic and more underscores some changes in sexual behavior worth paying attention to. In this newsletter, we focus on five trends. 1. For...more

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More federal courts dismiss legal challenges to hospital vaccine mandates

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In early September 2021, a group of current and former employees of St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Kentucky filed suit challenging St. Elizabeth’s vaccine mandate for its employees. In the case of Beckerich v. St. Elizabeth...more

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Updates on Legal Challenges to Health Care Employers’ Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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On May 28, 2021, a group of Houston Methodist Hospital employees filed a lawsuit challenging the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees.  The lawsuit, filed by 117 employees, was the first to challenge a health...more

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What Colorado Employers Need to Know about Statewide and Denver COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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Both the State of Colorado and the City of Denver have recently issued mandatory vaccine policies for certain segments of worker populations – and your organization may be soon required to enforce such a mandate. While the...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from August 2021

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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

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New York Governor Signs Legislation Establishing Mandatory Staffing Committees for NY Hospitals

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On June 22, 2021, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation (S.1168-A / A.108-B) requiring the establishment of clinical staffing committees in general hospitals.  The staffing committees will be composed of registered...more

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“Tele-Triage”: The COVID-19 Crisis’s Transformation of Emergency Care and Potential Post-Pandemic Opportunities

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers have faced unique challenges in the delivery of health care. As COVID-19 began to spread across the United States, the CDC advised health care providers, especially in areas...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] Vaccine IP Fight; Delicate Dem Dynamics; Deciphering CDC

In this new episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome public law and policy partners Ed Pagano and Clete Willems to talk federal health...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available for First Responders and Adults Aged 65 and Older in Georgia

On Monday, January 11, 2021, the Georgia Department of Public Health expanded the COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 1a+, to new populations including adults aged 65 and older and first responders, including law enforcement and...more

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Several Trauma Service Areas, Including Travis County, Trigger Governor's Order on Capacity Restrictions

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On October 8, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-32 to reopen certain venues to 75% capacity and allow resumption of elective surgeries in certain counties, with the exception of counties that reside...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 5

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In Washington: The White House Coronavirus Task Force is warning that there may be a new fast-spreading U.S.A. variant of the coronavirus. "This fall/winter surge has been at nearly twice the rate of rise of cases as the...more

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Two New Trauma Service Areas Cross Hospitalization Threshold to Trigger COVID-19 Reopening Rollback

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The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has advised that two additional Trauma Service Areas (TSAs) now have COVID-19-related hospitalization rates high enough to trigger capacity reductions under Governor Greg...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Coronavirus in the Workplace - December 1, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has changed the landscape of our workplaces, now and in the future. As we navigate these turbulent times, Bond will provide guidance during a 45-minute webinar each Tuesday. Business Recovery Issues In...more

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[Webinar] PAVC Telehealth: Perspectives on the Patient Experience During COVID-19 and Beyond - October 29th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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You’ve experienced the telehealth surge firsthand at the height of the public health emergency. Now hear from leading providers on how they deployed telehealth solutions and supported patients during COVID-19, and how the...more

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[Webinar] PAVC Provider Panel: Lessons Learned from Deploying Telehealth Strategies in COVID-19 - October 27th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm...

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You’ve experienced the telehealth surge firsthand at the height of the public health emergency. Now hear from leading providers on how they deployed telehealth solutions and supported patients during COVID-19, and how the...more

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Governor Newsom Signs Law Requiring California Hospitals to Stockpile PPE

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On September 29, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2537 (AB 2537), the latest in a series of legislative enactments designed to protect employees from COVID-19 exposures in the workplace. ...more

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Governor Abbott Loosens Restrictions on Businesses, Hospital Capacity, and Nursing Home Visitation Policies for Most Counties in...

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Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to continue Texas’ reopening process after the coronavirus pandemic brought public activity in much of the state to a halt earlier this year. Executive Order GA-30 allows...more

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Barry Ostrowsky on The Future of Health Care: Health Care Delivery and Consolidation Trends in 2020 and Beyond - Diagnosing Health...

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This episode is part of a special podcast series discussing “The Future of Health Care: Health Care Delivery and Consolidation Trends in 2020 and Beyond.” Join attorney Gary Herschman as he speaks with Barry Ostrowsky,...more

McAfee & Taft

A brief history of the future: Healthcare amid the pandemic

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We want to share our perspective about various legal and regulatory issues and business challenges affecting the healthcare industry from COVID-19, along with a few anticipated changes in the legal and regulatory climate. ...more

Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - September 2020 #1

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: K&L Gates Triage: COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health -- A Closer Look at the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on...

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In this episode, Mary Beth Johnston and Nora Becerra discuss recent COVID-19 federal data and the disparate impact of the disease on ethnic and racial minorities; they examine the data through the lens of social determinants...more

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New CMS regulations bolster enforcement of COVID-19 reporting by hospitals, long-term care facilities and labs

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On August 25, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim final regulations known as CMS-3401-IFC that become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for September...more

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