In this two-part Triage series, Gina Bertolini, Sarah Carlins, and Jianne McDonald analyze two recent HHS initiatives that address cybersecurity risks to hospitals and health systems nationwide. Cybersecurity events involving...more
In this two-part Triage series, Gina Bertolini, Sarah Carlins, and Jianne McDonald analyze two recent HHS initiatives that address cybersecurity risks to hospitals and health systems nationwide. Cybersecurity events involving...more
3/27/2024
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Telehealth
As we emerge from the COVID health emergency, there is widespread agreement that Americans are suffering from inadequate access to mental health care. To shore up community mental health systems, on 23 March 2023, the...more
In this episode, Sarah Carlins and Spencer Hamer discuss employment law and the health care sector. They review highlights from 2022, as well as developments that will impact employment law and the health care sector in 2023,...more
3/30/2023
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
State Labor Laws ,
Telehealth ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour
In this episode, Sarah Carlins and Spencer Hamer discuss employment law and the health care sector. They review highlights from 2022, as well as developments that will impact employment law and the health care sector in 2023,...more
3/29/2023
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
State Labor Laws ,
Telehealth ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour
Health Care partners Sarah Carlins and Jackie Hoffman interview Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety partner Craig Leen in this episode of Triage, recorded in collaboration with our Working Wise podcast. As the former...more
7/8/2021
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Clinics ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Physicians ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour
For the year ending August 2020, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that opioid overdose deaths increased 26.8 percent compared to the previous 12 months, with opioid overdoses...more
On 2 December 2020, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule or Rule). The Final Rule adds multiple new safe harbors,...more
1/22/2021
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Technology ,
OIG ,
Safe Harbors ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care
As we previously reported, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) overhauled 42 U.S.C. §290dd–2, commonly referred to as “part 2.” Part 2 regulates the confidentiality of substance use disorder...more
In this week’s episode, Carla Dewberry, Sarah Carlins, and Cheryl Choice discuss the ways in which the COVID-19 emergency has changed the landscape of behavioral health in the United States. The presenters address the ways in...more
On March 6, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the “Act”) which allows physicians and other health care professionals to bill Medicare for patients covered under...more
Introduction -
Last month, a jury found seven defendants guilty in a federal bribery case that has caught the attention of the health care law world due to its novel approach to prosecuting fraud and abuse. ...more