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Mintz - ML Strategies

Health Care Update - July 2015

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In This Issue: - Medicare Releases Set of Payment Rules, Physician Fee Schedule on Deck - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act - Federal Regulatory Initiatives - Congressional Initiatives - Other...more

Burr & Forman

HIPAA Privacy During Emergency Situations

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A patient arrives at your facility with Ebola-like symptoms. After taking the necessary precautions, you run the requisite tests, conduct a patient interview, and determine that in fact the patient has contracted the Ebola...more

Polsinelli

HHS Issues Special HIPAA Guidance for Ebola Outbreak

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), released a bulletin last week addressing how covered entities (including certain health care providers and employer group health...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations

NNU Ebola “Day of Action” Slated for November 12, 2014

Registered nurses in 16 states and the District of Columbia are planning a national “Day of Action” by engaging in strikes, picketing, leafleting, rallies, and candlelight vigils on Wednesday, November 12, in support of...more

Morgan Lewis

Ebola May Be Bad Enough, But There Is OSHA, Too

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Although most hospitals likely will never encounter a true case of Ebola, that does not mean they are immune to its harms. With nurses and other clinicians clamoring for adequate workplace protections, hospitals must decide...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

CDC Issues Additional Guidance to Healthcare Employers Regarding Protection of Workers from Ebola Virus

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Recently, Miller & Martin Workplace Safety Practice Group provided information regarding the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) launch of its new web page designed to assist employers with their...more

Polsinelli

Is Your Facility Ready for Ebola?

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Polsinelli presents Crisis Management: a multi-part series (culminating in a webinar on 11.20.2014) on what companies must know to stay ahead of external interruption that risks serious impact to their business concerns....more

Morgan Lewis

Employers: How Prepared Are You for Ebola?

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Rapidly changing circumstances raise workplace questions. The Ebola epidemic in 2014 has already been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as the worst in history. The extent of this outbreak is...more

Polsinelli

Polsinelli Podcasts - What Health Care Providers Need to Know About Ebola Preparedness

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As the Ebola epidemic continues to grow in West Africa, hospitals across the U.S. are putting protocols in place to prepare themselves in the event that an Ebola patient is admitted to their facility. We’ve already seen...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Only Surprise Is That It Took This Long...The First Ebola Class Action Has Been Filed

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I am always amused by the manner in which class action lawyers attempt to capitalize on current events and public fears in bringing a “cutting edge” lawsuit that will garner a great amount of media attention. Although the...more

BakerHostetler

Ebola Matters of First Impression; Law Lags Behind Policy

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While we turn to science and laws to guide our response to matters in the healthcare industry, the entrance of the Ebola virus into our lives here in the U.S. has challenged our abilities, both from a medical and legal...more

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Obligations During the Ebola Crisis: Ethical and Practical Considerations

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Providers and health professionals face many challenges in the shifting sands of the Ebola response, including the extent of their duties to each other and their patients and their obligations under a myriad of laws,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Ebola Update–CDC Issues New Protocols

The response to Ebola continues to evolve as additional resources for providers and the public have been made available over the last several days. The Joint Commission (TJC) launched an Ebola Preparedness Resources webpage,...more

NAVEX

Hospitals Have No Room for Error on Policy & Procedure Communications during Fast-Moving Public Health Crises

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In 2006, it was Avian flu. In 2009, it was H1N1, also known as swine flu. This year, it’s Ebola. When fast-moving public health crises hit, one issue that always comes under intense scrutiny is a hospitals’ ability to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Ebola Preparedness: Employee Education Is Key

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In the wake of the world’s largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history, Americans have been inundated with media hype surrounding the disease, and the government and employers’ perceived inadequacy in their...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New CDC Ebola Monitoring Protocol is Good News for Employers

The CDC has just announced new active post-arrival monitoring for all travelers entering the U.S. from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea. ...more

Cozen O'Connor

CDC Publishes Revised Ebola Guidelines and Announces New Monitoring Program

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The CDC recently announced stricter guidelines on the use of personal protective equipment for United States healthcare workers providing healthcare services to patients with Ebola (“Guidelines”). According to the CDC, the...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Health Care: Ebola Advisory For Health Care Facilities and Providers (10/14)

Yesterday, the CDC issued revised guidance ("Guidance") detailing personal protective equipment (PPE) standards, including donning and doffing PPE, for all healthcare workers entering the room of a patient hospitalized with...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Ebola and Infectious Disease Risk Management for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

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The onset of active Ebola infections in the U.S. places hospitals and health care facilities in somewhat “uncharted waters” regarding their respective legal risks related to clinical care and the clinicians providing that...more

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Ebola in Retail Establishments? How to Prepare

News sources recently reported that one of the Dallas nurses infected with the Ebola virus visited a retail establishment before boarding a plane from Cleveland to Dallas. Since then, retailers and customers have been...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Business Interruption Insurance for Ebola – Managing Risk for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers

William Gallagher Associates, a Boston-based insurance broker, has announced the rollout of a new policy to cover Ebola-related losses at hospitals and other healthcare providers involved in primary care emergency treatment. ...more

Troutman Pepper

Ebola: Legal Considerations for Health Care Employers

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As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that “the risk of an Ebola outbreak in the United States is very low,” it is promulgating new protocols to more precisely address safety issues in the health...more

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Ebola: Emerging Concerns for Healthcare Facilities and Employers

Recent months have been filled with news reports about the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. On August 8, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa had become an...more

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