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On August 27, 2020, the federal government announced that it has partnered with Abbott Laboratories to produce rapid point-of-care COVID-19 tests and has purchased 150 million tests for distribution to certain healthcare...more
The independent, 25-member Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes (Commission) convened earlier this year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to study lessons learned from the early...more
Effective September 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented an interim final rule with comment period to bolster its regulatory authority in addressing a number of issues relating to CMS's...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
Due to the high risk for infection, serious illness and death in long term care (“LTC”) facilities, CMS is amending the current infection control requirements for LTC facilities by adding obligation to “test all of its...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) earlier this month issued a series of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) regarding the point-of-care (“POC”) program to provide certain Medicare and Medicaid certified...more
While much of the COVID-19 testing has been done by government and private dedicated laboratories, many providers in the acute and long-term care space are moving towards providing their own CLIA-waived tests. ...more
As most employers know, the EEOC has confirmed employers may implement processes to take employee's temperatures before allowing them to enter the workplace during the pandemic. State and local governments in over twenty...more
In an effort to keep their employees, customers, clients, and others safe, businesses are considering whether to require their employees to submit to testing for COVID-19 or antibodies. Testing can play a crucial role in...more
On June 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of the Treasury jointly released updated guidance, in the form of FAQs, to implement the...more
On June 26, 2020, five regions (Central New York, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, North Country, and Southern Tier) in New York are scheduled to begin Phase 4 of the "NY Forward" reopening plan....more
The EEOC further revised its guidance to employers to clarify that it does not deem workplace antibody testing lawful under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). COVID-19 antibody tests have recently been touted as a way...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical assistance guidance for employers. The new guidance explains that antibody tests cannot be required from employees to re-enter the workplace, addresses...more
As businesses prepare to re-open, many employers will be concerned about the risk of workplace transmission of the COVID-19 disease. Testing employees before allowing them to enter the workplace is one preventative measure...more
There is substantial support for the view that reliable widespread testing is essential to the restoration of a semblance of normalcy in New Jersey when considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In connection with...more
Across the US and EU, life sciences companies are pushing diagnostics, antibody testing, vaccines and other efforts forward to flatten the Coronavirus (COVID-19) curve. Our multidisciplinary cross-border life sciences team...more
The EEOC continues to update its pandemic preparedness guidance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and other Equal Employment Opportunity laws in the wake of COVID-19. The guidance...more
Widespread testing of patients and the public for COVID-19 exposure appears to be the key to reopening society sooner rather than later. Current estimates suggest that clinical laboratories across the United States have...more