Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 251: The Future of Public Health with Dr. Georges Benjamin of APHA
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 249: A New Vision for NC Pediatric Care with Andy Willis of North Carolina Children’s
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation with Dr. Ecoee Rooney of Indicator Sciences
Podcast - What Healthcare Providers Should Be Telling Students and Interns About HIPAA and Snooping
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 219: The Evolving Nursing Industry with Terry McDonnell of Duke University Health System
(Podcast) California Employment News: California’s New Healthcare Minimum Wage
Podcast: California Employment News - Public Healthcare Workers Now Get Meal and Rest Breaks
California Employment News: Public Healthcare Workers Now Get Meal and Rest Breaks
End of Year Tax Planning: Tips for Healthcare Professionals and Practices
#WorkforceWednesday: Employers Respond to Dobbs, Implications of the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, and Pay Increases for CA Health Care Workers - Employment Law This Week®
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 102: Matt Logan, President & CEO, Self Regional Health Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 101: Lara Hewitt, SCHA and Russell Baxley, Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Podcast: OSHA's Permanent COVID-19 Standard and Enforcement Blitz - Diagnosing Health Care
Healthcare Employment Contracts: Important Considerations Before Signing on the Dotted Line
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
On Her Shoulders Podcast Season 2, Episode 2: Inspired Leadership (w/ Dr. Prathibha Varkey)
Hospice Leadership Strategy: Re-engaging Staff and Communities With Story
The Labor Law Insider: Understanding the Risk of Strikes Faced by the Healthcare Industry
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Vaccine Mandate for Construction Workers at Health Care Facilities - Diagnosing Health Care
Employer Vaccine Mandates and Exemptions
California’s Attorney General recently secured a $10 million judgment against a healthcare company for misclassifying in-home care workers as independent contractors, highlighting the serious risks of worker...more
On September 19, 2025, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled on whether Medux, a company that sells mobility aids, is required to join the healthcare and welfare sector pension fund (Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn, “PFZW”) under the...more
Senate Bill (SB) 596 represents asignificant development for California general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, and special hospitals. Governor Newsom signed SB 596 into law on October 13, 2025, amending...more
For the eighth year in a row, New Jersey will be increasing its minimum wage effective January 1, 2026. Under a law passed in 2019, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) initially set a new...more
Welcome to our tenth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at pharmaceutical tariffs, HIPAA compliance challenges for small medical practices, the impacts...more
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 2013 issued a rule that prohibited third-party employers such as home care providers from claiming either the minimum wage or overtime exemption, thus narrowing the definition of exempt...more
In 2024, the Connecticut state legislature passed Public Act 24-19 to enhance protections for home health workers after a patient murdered a home health nurse. ...more
On July 1, 2025, Governor Josh Stein signed into law House Bill 67 (Session Law 2025-37), an Act to Enact Healthcare Workforce Reforms for the State of North Carolina, which makes the most significant updates in years to how...more
Our employer clients often inquire about including non-compete clauses in their employment agreements. Non-compete agreements are contractual clauses that restrict an employee from taking certain jobs (typically with...more
Healthcare employers and the staffing firms who serve them should take note: federal authorities recently announced they will specifically target the use of noncompetes and other restrictive covenants in the healthcare space....more
In the latest round of Colorado’s annual updates to its noncompete statute, C.R.S. § 8-2-113, Colorado enacted Senate Bill 25-083 this summer, which added new restrictions relevant to health care workers and in the...more
A few weeks ago, during Episode 78, some listeners experienced technical issues with the audio on certain platforms. We’re bringing the episode back in full—because the topic is more timely than ever: imposter nurses....more
The Trump Administration on Sept. 19, 2025, released a presidential proclamation that imposes a $100,000 supplemental fee on new H-1B petitions (and restricts H-1B admission into the U.S. unless the fee is paid) and will...more
This week on Taking The Pulse, Heather and Matthew are joined by one of the nation's leading voices in public health: Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association (APHA). With over two...more
Key Takeaways: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the application for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHT) under the Working Families Tax Cut Act (formerly known as the One Big...more
On September 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent letters to numerous unidentified healthcare employers and staffing companies warning them about the potential unenforceability of noncompete agreements directed...more
While the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) quietly let its blanket prohibition against noncompete provisions die, it has recently made a public effort to emphasize case-by-case enforcement against such provisions, especially in...more
Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), on September 10 sent letters to several large health care employers and staffing companies advising them to perform a comprehensive review of their employment...more
Key Highlights - End of nationwide ban efforts: The FTC has officially moved to dismiss its appeals and voted to vacate its proposed nationwide non-compete ban, signaling the end of its push for a universal prohibition....more
On September 10, 2025, FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued letters to several healthcare employers and staffing companies urging them to carefully review their use of noncompetes or other restrictive terms in their...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s September 5 announcement that it will formally withdraw its defense of its Non-compete Rule does not signal reduced focus on non-compete agreements. In fact, recent actions suggest the FTC...more
As federal agencies continue to implement new requirements included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, H.R. 1), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled highly anticipated details on Sept. 15...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that state applications for the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund are now open and due no later than Nov. 5, 2025....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again signaled that it is ramping up scrutiny of noncompete agreements — this time with a pointed message to health care employers and staffing firms. ...more
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to cease its efforts to implement a nationwide prohibition on employer non-compete agreements. This decision followed the agency's decision not to appeal against...more