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OHS Issues 2024 Statewide Health Care Facilities and Services Plan

The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has released the 2024 Statewide Health Care Facilities and Services Plan, along with a biennial inventory of all Connecticut health care facilities and services (the Plan)....more

Proposed Bills Spell Big Changes for CON Law in Connecticut

UPDATED MAY 14, 2024 NOTE: The legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly ended on May 8, 2024. The bills discussed in this blog did not pass. We will be monitoring new developments in the law regarding...more

Significant 2023 Connecticut Health Care Case Law

Pullman & Comley’s annual review of significant case law affecting Connecticut health care providers summarizes a number of important decisions issued in 2023 by Connecticut state and federal courts. Among the highlights are...more

DEA Extension of Telemedicine Flexibilities and Impact on CT Practitioners

On October 10, 2023, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a new temporary rule which extends, through December 31, 2024, the ability of ...more

CT and NY Are Looking Closely at Transactions Involving Group Practices

Group medical practices in Connecticut and New York that are contemplating acquisitions, mergers or other significant transactions with third parties should pay close attention to new legal developments in these states....more

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

The Status of 10 Key CMS Waivers Affecting Health Care Practitioners Following the Expiration of the COVID Public Health Emergency...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) used its emergency waiver authority to relax many aspects of health care delivery during the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE) to allow health care...more

CT Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Regarding Med Mal Opinion Letters

Health care providers should take note of a recent decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court that may make it easier for individuals to bring medical malpractice actions. In Carpenter v. Daar, 346 Conn. 80 (2023), the court...more

Significant 2022 Connecticut Health Law Cases

Significant health care cases of 2022 included a surprise billing unfair trade practices case, a class action recognizing a patient’s constitutionally protected interest in their inpatient classification and a ruling...more

Reminder: CT Employers Must Allow Time Off to Vote

Election Day is November 8 this year. Connecticut employers should be aware  that a statute passed in 2021 requires them to provide their employees with two hours of unpaid time off to vote during the hours of 6:00 am and...more

Regulatory Reminder: New CT Health Care Laws Effective July 1

The most recent legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly produced a number of new statutory provisions impacting the operations of hospitals, physician groups and other health care providers. To help remind the...more

Top 10 Connecticut Health Law Cases for 2021

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

The Federal No Surprises Act: 10 Things Connecticut Providers Should Know Now

The Federal No Surprises Act (42 USC §300gg-111 et seq.), effective for plan years beginning January 1, 2022, restricts surprise bills for patients with job-based or individual health care coverage who receive...more

January 1 Brings Big Changes to CT’s Family and Medical Leave Law. Is Your Company Ready?

The Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act (CT FMLA) generally requires private-sector employers to provide unpaid, job-protected leave to employees for various reasons related to their health, the health of a family member...more

New Connecticut State Laws Affecting Hospitals and Health Care Providers

The 2021 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly was a particularly busy one with dozens of important new statutes being enacted that will impact the health care industry. We’ve highlighted below some of the...more

New Executive Order Imposes Vaccine Requirements on Connecticut Long-Term Care Facilities

In an attempt to stem the rising tide of COVID-19 cases involving the highly contagious Delta variant, Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, issued Executive Order (EO) No. 13B over this past weekend requiring the vaccinations...more

Health Care Providers Should Take Note of Recent Repeals and Extensions of COVID-Related Executive Orders

Governor Lamont’s recent renewal of his declaration of the public health and civil preparedness emergencies through July 20, 2021 was followed by  Executive Order 12B that repeals portions of previously-issued Executive...more

Notable 2020 Connecticut Decisions Affecting Health Care

Plaintiff Cannot Cure Defective Malpractice Opinion Letter with an Affidavit Connecticut law requires that a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action demonstrate the existence of his or her good faith by obtaining a written...more

US DOL Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Electronic Workplace Posters and Telemedicine under the FMLA

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued two Field Assistance Bulletins in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first Bulletin provides guidance on when employers can satisfy certain federal workplace...more

Certain CT Businesses Permitted to Open May 20 with Restrictions

On May 9, 2020, Governor Lamont announced rules for the reopening of certain non-essential businesses in the state on May 20. This first phase of Connecticut’s reopening plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic includes outdoor...more

Connecticut Allows New Telehealth Capabilities and Further Expands Clinical Workforce In Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

On April 22, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7DD that expands the ability of health care providers to offer services remotely. This Executive Order also expands the health care workforce in Connecticut in...more

Latest Executive Order Repeals Certain Changes Made to Provider Reimbursement Rates

This week, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7CC, which repeals two of the temporary changes to health care provider reimbursement rates that were made in Executive Order No. 7U. ...more

New Liability Limitations for Health Care Providers and Added Workforce Flexibility in Connecticut Should Not Obscure Duty to...

On April 7, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7V, which amends in part Executive Order No. 7U issued on April 5. The April 5 Order added new protections from civil liability for certain health care...more

Executive Order Limiting Liability for Connecticut Providers Responding to COVID-19 Grants Protections for Health Care...

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

Update on Connecticut’s Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Governor Forms Health System Response Team; CMS Grants Connecticut a Waiver...

Governor Lamont Forms Health System Response Team - Earlier today, Governor Ned Lamont announced a collaboration among three of the largest hospital systems in Connecticut (Hartford HealthCare, Nuvance Health, and Yale New...more

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