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The Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds the Use of “Powerful” Epidemiological Data to Infer Causation in the Absence of Scientific...

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The Court of Appeal for Ontario in Levac v James, 2023 ONCA 73 [Levac] has unanimously upheld a trial judgment in a common issues trial regarding an infectious disease outbreak in respect of which the allegedly negligent...more

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What to expect now that we’re expecting: What the end of the public health emergency means for healthcare providers

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On January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that both the COVID-19 national emergency and the public health emergency (PHE) will end May 11, 2023. This announcement has left many healthcare providers considering how the...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - February 2023 | VOL 11

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Structure of AMCs - While every AMC is unique, there are some common characteristics that many share: (1) the hospital and school are often tethered together from an organizational, governance and/or legal perspective;...more

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Is Your Health System Prepared for the Expiration of Federal and State COVID-19 Public Health Emergency?

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must renew the COVID-19 Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) Determination every 90 days to maintain certain healthcare flexibilities and waivers. On October 13, 2022,...more

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Clinical ColLABorative - Legal Insights in Laboratory Compliance

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What To Do When The Government Knocks On Your Lab’s Door - The volume of federal enforcement actions involving laboratories has increased dramatically over the last few years. Not a month seems to pass without a press...more

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OSHA Extends COVID-19 Emphasis Program for Healthcare Industry While Plotting Permanent Rule

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Federal workplace safety officials just announced an extension of its COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (NEP) that focuses its inspection targeting efforts on hospital and skilled nursing care facilities that treat or handle...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - June 2022

With Memorial Day weekend in the rear-view mirror, the nation’s summer vacation season officially has begun. And experts are forecasting that the national pursuits of fun and relaxation in 2022 won’t just be heating up but...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - April 2022

This issue of our newsletter is personal for me. More than 40 years ago, when I was a young medical reporter at the Miami Herald, I first encountered our nation's broken system of disciplining dangerous doctors and protecting...more

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OSHA Announces COVID-19 Enforcement Initiative for Hospitals and Nursing Care Facilities

On March 8, 2022, OSHA released an enforcement memorandum detailing a new initiative involving a short-term increase in highly focused inspections directed at hospitals and skilled nursing care facilities that treat or handle...more

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Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities Targeted for COVID-19 Scrutiny – 5 Steps to Help Ensure You are Ready for Federal...

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For the second time in a week, key members of the healthcare provider community are the focus of an announcement promising more pandemic-related scrutiny from a federal agency. The Occupational Safety and Health...more

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COVID-19 Executive Order Limits Nonessential Elective Procedures in Hospitals with Limited Capacity

In Executive Order No. 11, issued on November 26, Governor Hochul triggered the authority granted under the emergency Surge and Flex Response Plans (10 NYCRR Part 360) to limit nonessential elective procedures and/or...more

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Big thanks, not threats, are owed to all who work for our better health

In the spring of 2020, health workers were serenaded, cheered, and greeted as courageous heroes for their 24/7 commitment to battling the frightening, new coronavirus pandemic. People - especially New Yorkers with their...more

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Thousands admitted to hospitals for other reasons ended up with Covid-19

When hospitals too often fail to disclose and to adequately deal with their problems, patients and their loved ones suffer. That’s what happened during the coronavirus pandemic, when individuals admitted for other reasons...more

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Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Planning for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management in Hospitals

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still active worldwide, health care industry leaders and regulators have already begun to think about how to implement post-pandemic changes to health care delivery based on lessons learned...more

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The Manatt State Cost Containment Update - October 2021: Manatt Spotlights

In each edition, Manatt will feature “deep dive” topics that share new cross-cutting benchmarking program developments as states seek to evolve and advance their cost growth benchmarking programs to meet new regulatory and...more

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Updates on Legal Challenges to Health Care Employers’ Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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On May 28, 2021, a group of Houston Methodist Hospital employees filed a lawsuit challenging the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees.  The lawsuit, filed by 117 employees, was the first to challenge a health...more

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Most Healthcare Employers Will Soon Need to Implement Vaccine Mandate

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The Biden Administration’s recent “Path Out of the Pandemic” expands the COVID-19 vaccine mandate covering nursing home workers and will soon reach 17 million healthcare workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities....more

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Biden Administration Announces Broad Employer-Based Vaccination Requirements

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On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its new COVID-19 Action Plan (the “Action Plan”), which outlines a six-pronged approach to combat the pandemic. The wide-ranging Action Plan lays out plans to vaccinate...more

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OSHA to Develop Rule Requiring All Employers with 100+ Employees to Implement Vaccine Mandate

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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his administration’s “action plan” for finding a “path out of the pandemic.” President Biden has directed OSHA to develop a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more...more

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What Colorado Employers Need to Know about Statewide and Denver COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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Both the State of Colorado and the City of Denver have recently issued mandatory vaccine policies for certain segments of worker populations – and your organization may be soon required to enforce such a mandate. While the...more

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Hospitals Face Another Administrative Challenge: A New Obligation to Report and Track Employee Vaccination Rates

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In shrewd consideration of the healthcare industry’s unique acute care settings, states, localities, and individual hospitals across the nation have prioritized efforts to increase vaccination rates among healthcare workers....more

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Maryland Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine or Regular Testing for All Nursing Home and Hospital Staff

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Two weeks after adopting a vaccine mandate for state-run residential health and correctional facilities, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan just announced a statewide vaccine mandate for private nursing home and hospital...more

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COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter: Response to Delta Variant Intensifies

FDA Authorizes Booster Shots for Immunocompromised - The United States Food and Drug Administration updated its emergency use authorizations for two currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, sanctioning third...more

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OSHA Puts Healthcare Employers on Alert After Issuing Penalties for Willful Citations

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An alarm bell has sounded for healthcare facilities as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues two Willful COVID-19 Citations with nearly $300,000 in proposed penalties. On August 4th, OSHA...more

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California Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Healthcare Workers

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After announcing last week that healthcare workers (and state employees) will soon be required to either provide proof of vaccination or submit to weekly or bi-weekly COVID-19 testing, California issued an additional order...more

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