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Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 18. News Briefs: May 2020

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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

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Labor Relations During a Pandemic: Employer Duties Under the NLRA in the Wake of COVID-19

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The COVID-19 outbreak implicates many different laws for employers to consider as they develop and refine their responses to rapidly changing circumstances. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is just one of these laws....more

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Union Requests for Medical Information: Do You Have to Provide It?

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Employers often receive requests for medical information from the unions representing their employees. These requests come up in a variety of contexts and include...more

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Comingling of employee and patient data compromises employer’s HIPAA defense to employee’s claim of discharge for union activity

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An administrative law judge (ALJ) of the National Labor Relations Board has concluded that a health care employer’s use of its medical records software to store employee contact information allowed an employee to access that...more

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