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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Five Takeaways for Health and Social Service Providers Operating in Québec: the Act Respecting Health and Social Services...

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On July 1, 2024, most of the provisions of Québec’s Bill 3, An Act respecting health and social services and amending various legislative provisions took effect. Now known as the Act respecting health and social services...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Harnessing the Power of Data Exchange to Support Care for Older Adults: Gaps and Opportunities - April 6th, 2:00 pm -...

Data exchange is crucial to coordinating care and services for older people, particularly those who have an array of health and social needs that require multidisciplinary teams to manage care and transitions between...more

McDermott Will & Emery

10 Things Providers Should Know About California’s Data Exchange Framework

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By January 31, 2023, general acute care hospitals, clinical labs and certain physician organizations and medical groups in California are required to enter into the Single Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) to participate in the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

California: Health Care Providers Must Join Statewide Data Sharing Agreement by 2024

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Many California health care providers, including hospitals and physician groups, will soon be required to sign on to California’s first-ever statewide data sharing agreement governing the exchange of health and social...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Drivers of Health: New Approaches for Financing, Partnering and Mitigating Fraud and Abuse Risks - June 8th, 1:00 pm -...

Drivers of Health (DOH)—the conditions under which people live, learn, work, play and age—are proven to have a greater impact on health than medical care. As evidence mounts for the importance of DOH in driving health...more

Roetzel & Andress

Illinois Governor Signs Sweeping Health Care Law

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Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law the “Illinois Health Care and Human Service Reform Act” (Act). The purpose of the Act is to address inequality in the delivery of health care services in Illinois. While many...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Home Health Care Trade Associations Denied Injunction Against AB 2455

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In 2018, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2455 (“AB 2455”), which required the Department of Social Services to provide labor organizations registered home care aids’ contact information to assist with...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New York State Budget Bill Amends Various Medicaid Requirements, Including Compliance Program Requirements Applicable to Health...

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New York State has enacted amendments to provisions of the Social Services Law governing the compliance program requirements applicable to Medicaid providers. These changes generally took immediate effect on April 1, 2020,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HHS to Distribute $25 Billion of Relief Funds to Medicaid & CHIP Providers and Safety Net Hospitals

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On Tuesday, June 9, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in a press release that it expects to distribute approximately $15 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (Relief...more

Baker Donelson

Coronavirus: Implications of an Emergency Declaration

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As the situation continues to unfold, the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States is prompting increased federal and state action. There is much confusion regarding the implications of an emergency...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Social Determinants of Health 2020 - February 27th, 1:00 pm ET

It is widely recognized that social and economic factors—such as housing, food, toxic stress and income—have a significant impact on individuals’ and communities’ health. These factors, often referred to as “social...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

House Passes Legislation on Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Assistance

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill with bipartisan support that would require the Department of Labor to promulgate an OSHA standard specifically aimed at protecting healthcare and...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Legislature Places Restrictions on the Use of the Title “Social Worker”

On July 9, 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 19-164 “An Act Concerning Social Workers,” (PA 19-164) which sets forth new restrictions on individuals seeking to hold themselves out as social...more

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Caring for Our Caregivers: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Healthcare Workplace Violence Bill

On February 27, 2019, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on House Resolution 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, introduced by...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Healthcare Revolution Impacting Social Service Agencies

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While the fight in Washington has been focused on the future of Obamacare, here in New York a healthcare revolution is well underway. Over the past several years, major changes in New York healthcare laws and regulations have...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Legislature Revises DSS Provider Audit Processes

On June 1, 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act No. 18-76 “An Act Concerning Audits of Medical Assistance Providers” (PA 18-76), which makes several changes to the Medicaid provider audit...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Standard for Workplace Violence in the Healthcare and Social Service Industry?

In response to calls from labor groups and unions to develop federal standard that addresses workplace violence in the healthcare and social service sectors, former OSHA chief David Michaels stated during a January 10 meeting...more

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Proposed Rule for Prevention of Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Assistance Industries

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Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA Publishes RFI on Proposed Rule Concerning Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Assistance Industries. Federal OSHA currently enforces workplace violence under the General Duty Clause, under...more

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OSHA Issues “Strategies and Tools” to “Help Prevent” Workplace Violence in the Healthcare Setting

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OSHA announced on December 1, 2015, that it had issued a number of “strategies and tools” for preventing workplace violence in the healthcare setting. The strategies and tools were contained in a new webpage, “Preventing...more

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Connecticut legislation establishes statewide Health Information Exchange

Effective October 1, 2015, this legislation contains several provisions to encourage the free exchange of patient health information among providers and consumers. Hospitals, health systems, and electronic health record (EHR)...more

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