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
6/30/2023
/ Connecticut ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Former Employee ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Nurses ,
Physician Assistants ,
Physicians
Having learned some difficult lessons from the clinical shortages that have accompanied the Covid-19 pandemic, Connecticut’s General Assembly passed two important pieces of legislation last session to provide physicians with...more
Befitting a year in which the lingering COVID-19 pandemic caused delays in almost every aspect of daily life, Pullman & Comley’s annual survey of notable health law cases from Connecticut’s trial and appellate courts makes...more
2/21/2022
/ AIDS ,
Certificate of Need ,
CT Supreme Court ,
Duty of Care ,
First Impression ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIV ,
Judicial Review ,
Liability ,
Negligence ,
Physicians ,
Product Defects ,
Statutory Violations ,
Vicarious Liability
On April 5, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued a much-anticipated Executive Order that provides immunity from civil liability to health care professionals and certain facilities supporting the state’s COVID-19...more
Connecticut healthcare providers should give heed to three sets of recently proposed rules issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) interpreting some of the federal laws relating to electronic health...more
The 2019 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly produced a number of new statutes that impact hospitals and other health care providers, many of which are scheduled to take effect on October 1. These Public...more
Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more
2/4/2019
/ Abortion ,
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) ,
Conservators ,
CT Supreme Court ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Medical Residents ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Nursing Homes ,
Paternity ,
Physician-Patient Confidentiality ,
Physicians ,
Roe v Wade ,
Unconscionable Contracts
The Connecticut Supreme Court issued an opinion yesterday recognizing a common law duty of confidentiality arising from the physician-patient relationship and establishing a new private cause of action for breach of this...more
Continued physician shortages, reduced reimbursement from government and private insurance plans and the ever-increasing health care needs of an aging population are forcing payors and providers alike to increase the...more
Many primary care physicians are transitioning their practices to a “concierge” model, sometimes called “Direct Primary Care” or “Retainer” practice. In a concierge practice, patients pay a fixed annual or monthly fee to...more
Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more
2/16/2017
/ Drug Pricing ,
EMTALA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Hospitals ,
Informed Consent ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Mental Health ,
Negligence ,
Nurses ,
Peer Review ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Psychiatric Hospitals ,
Public Policy ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Wage Index
Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more
2/9/2017
/ Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
EMTALA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Informed Consent ,
Medicare ,
MHPAEA ,
Negligence ,
Physicians ,
Psychological Counseling ,
Self-Funded Health Plans ,
Termination
A major purpose of the Certificate of Need (“CON”) Task Force established by Governor Malloy last February was to deliver recommendations on how to improve the existing CON program in light of the evolving health care...more
1/27/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Certificate of Need ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Final Report ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Physicians ,
Relocation ,
Termination
Hospitals, physician practices and other health care providers that receive federal financial assistance, which includes receiving reimbursement from Medicare Parts A, C and D and/or Medicaid, are reminded to post new...more
10/26/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Financial Assistance Policies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Notice Requirements ,
Physicians ,
Posting Requirements ,
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