Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 145: Dr. Pat Hymel, CEO, Indicator Sciences
Pamela Para on Effective Investigations in Healthcare
Texas has now joined states like California in creating statutory protections against workplace violence against healthcare workers. Senate Bill 240, now Chapter 331 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, requires healthcare...more
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue of the Advisor, we cover three of those sharply divided...more
On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule titled “Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency...more
Most Washington hospitals will soon be subject to a sweeping 30-page "Safe Staffing Bill" (Bill 5236), aimed at strengthening workplace standards. Starting January 1, 2024, covered hospitals, which is broadly defined to...more
Please join us for the 8th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference hosted by Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association. Eligible for more than seven hours of CLE credit (including ethics), this...more
For over two and a half decades, the Compliance Institute (CI), has been HCCA’s primary educational and networking event for healthcare compliance professionals, offering attendees the latest in real-world compliance issues,...more
Much has changed in the world of compliance, especially of late, but when it comes to healthcare investigations, not all should, says Pamela Para RN, MPH, CPHRM, ARM, DFASHRM, President and Chief Content Officer at CE...more
HCCA has assembled our second half-day virtual conference on January 7 with updated information to help compliance professionals stay on top of the fast-moving changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear directly from...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 9 (September 2020) - The fact that people are the weakest link in compliance is a truism in the privacy and security world. But just how weak is this link, and how likely is it that...more
ethikos 34, no. 5 (May 2020) - Doctors around the world are facing choices that no one wants to make. As healthcare facilities run out of beds, supplies, ventilators, and drugs, doctors must “triage”—a term coined during...more
In our prior bulletin, we discussed the likely lack of civil immunity from Justice Center enforcement actions conferred in other contexts by Executive Order 202.10. However, other Executive Orders provided some relief in the...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 18 (May 11, 2020) - The HHS Office for Civil Rights has posted guidance reminding providers that “the COVID-19 public health emergency does not alter the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s existing...more
Latest Healthcare False Claims Act Roundup and Top 3 Best Practices to Reduce Exposure - As the legal landscape in healthcare becomes increasingly complex, healthcare companies that receive federal program funds face...more
As we have discussed in the past, to be eligible for one of the “white collar” exemptions (executive, administrative, or professional) or as a highly compensated employee (HCE), Section 541.600 of the FLSA regulations...more