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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Intelligence - September 2023

Welcome to the September edition of Akin Intelligence. As the U.S. Congress reconvenes after the August recess, we continue to see bipartisan interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch,...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Non-Discrimination Law Leaves Many Open Questions

On July 19, 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed a bill that is intended to combat discrimination in health care. SB 567 prohibits health care providers in Oregon from denying medical treatment, or limiting the amount of medical...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Claims by Physician Against Medical Center

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Plaintiff, an emergency room physician, was employed by Defendants, a hospital and its affiliates, pursuant to an employment agreement and subsequent independent contractor agreement, both of which contained an arbitration...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Health Care Reform in Transition While Congress Deliberates

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Changes are imminent for the Affordable Care Act and a range of other laws and regulations affecting the health care industry. Ballard Spahr attorneys established a Health Care Reform Initiative in 2008 to monitor and analyze...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Religious Institutions Update: October 2016

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Timely Topics - The final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on May...more

K&L Gates LLP

HHS Proposes Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Care

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On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed new regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Future of Healthcare Discrimination Litigation-Section 1557 of the ACA

This article was originally published by American Health Lawyers Association. Copyright 2015, American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, DC. Reprint permission granted. It is no secret that the Affordable Care Act...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Eighth Circuit Says Termination Made to Lower Health Care Costs Constitutes Age Discrimination

Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1993 Hazen Paper decision, employers that select employees for layoff using the date of vesting of their pensions based on years of service are not discriminating on the basis of age, even if...more

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PJP Health to Pay $300,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

Insurance Sales Company Harassed and Terminated Employees Based on Their Age, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - PJP Heath, Inc. will pay a total of $300,000 to three former employees to settle a lawsuit for age-based...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

EEOC Sues PJP Health Agency, Inc. for Age Discrimination and Retaliation

Health Insurance Broker Harassed and Discharged Employees Because of Their Age, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - A health insurance broker with offices in Melville, Lake Success and Garden City violated federal law...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Letter, July 2013: Updated Psychiatric Manual May Pose New Challenges for Employers

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Suppose a shy and awkward employee who just performed badly in a customer presentation brings a note from his doctor diagnosing “Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder” and asks not to have to meet with customers again as...more

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