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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Louisiana State Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Attacking Vaccine Mandate

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On September 23, 2021, at the conclusion of a contentious hearing, a Louisiana state court judge in Lafayette dismissed a lawsuit filed by 48 employees and contractors of Ochsner Lafayette General Health System seeking to...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Houston Methodist Hospital Loses 153 Employees Over Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

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Approximately ten days after the first federal court decision in the country about mandatory-COVID-19 vaccinations by an employer, Bridges v. Houston Methodist Hospital (the “Hospital”), 153 of the Hospital’s employees were...more

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Texas Court Upholds Mandatory Vaccination Policy

Since vaccines have become readily available, employers have been grappling with whether they should mandate vaccines for employees. Most companies have chosen to “strongly encourage” employees instead of mandating, and many...more

King & Spalding

CMS Announces 14-Week Timeline for Hospitals to Comply with Daily COVID-19 Reporting Requirements or Risk Termination from...

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On October 6, 2020, CMS announced new enforcement measures to ensure hospitals report daily COVID-19 data, with the exception of psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals that must report weekly, to the federal government...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - September 2019 | VOL 3

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Dr. Kenneth Economy was employed by East Bay Anesthesiology Medical Group (“Anesthesia Group”), which held an exclusive contract to provide anesthesia services at The East Bay Hospital (“Hospital”). During asurprise...more

Baker Donelson

What's Next Now that Mandatory EPM and Cardiac Rehabilitation Payment Models Have Been Terminated?

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CMS released its Final Rule canceling the Episode Payment Model (EPM) and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model (CR Incentive Payment Model). This was an expected result following August's proposed rule to cancel...more

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7 Steps To Sever Ties With An Employed Physician

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It is always unpleasant for a healthcare entity or medical practice to have to sever ties with an employed physician, but it is sometimes necessary. Perhaps the physician has committed serious policy violations or lost an...more

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Employee Suspected of Drug Diversion Could Not Establish “Regarded as Disabled” Claim

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An appellate court recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of a hospital that terminated the employment of a nurse for diverting medications, rejecting her claim that she had been perceived to be a drug addict by her...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

2016 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Connecticut CON Task Force Issues Final Report

A major purpose of the Certificate of Need (“CON”) Task Force established by Governor Malloy last February was to deliver recommendations on how to improve the existing CON program in light of the evolving health care...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

NLRB Rejects General Employee Behavior Standards in Code of Conduct

The National Labor Relations Board continues its assault on employer handbooks and other policies it considers to impede employees’ rights to engage in protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the NLRA. Last month, the...more

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But We Need You to Work More Than 40 Hours This Week! Overtime and the Health Care Employer

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Hospitals and other health care facilities often do not know exactly how many hours each week they may need nurses and other allied health staff to work. Other employees may get sick, have a baby, go on vacation, or patient...more

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The Long Reach of the National Labor Relations Act

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Non-union employers are often under the misimpression that they are not affected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) — the federal statute governing union-related issues in the private sector. A recent court decision...more

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Physician Estopped From Alleging FCA Violations in Contract He Previously Approved

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Cooper v. Pottstown Hospital is another case where a dissatisfied party is attempting to use the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or the Stark Law in litigation arising out of the contracts to which they were willing parties at...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Don’t Go Break-rooming My Heart

Being a hospital maintenance worker is grueling. Just ask Darrell Allen, who worked for Atrium Medical Center. His job was so taxing that he created a secret break-room for himself in one of the hospital’s air handling rooms....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Peer Review Concludes with Termination of Reviewer

You read that correctly: the hospital fired the physician who did the reviewing in a medical staff peer review proceeding. Hospital executives present at the proceeding felt the reviewing physician was too harsh in...more

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St. Alexius Medical Center of Hoffman Estates To Pay $125,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Suit

Hospital Fired Employee With Cognitive Disabilities Rather Than Reasonably Accommodate Her, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - St. Alexius Medical Center of Hoffman Estates will pay $125,000 to a former employee as...more

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Eighth Circuit: Doctor Is Unable to Maintain Employment Claims Due to Determination of Independent Contractor Status

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From 1991 until 2011, Larry Alexander worked as a pathologist for Avera St. Luke's Hospital in South Dakota. Under the terms of his contract, Alexander was an independent contractor free from control of Avera. Alexander paid...more

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EEOC Sues Louisville Hospital for Race Discrimination

Jewish Hospital Fired Black Employee Because of Race, Federal Agency Charges - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's Healthcare, Inc., a Louisville hospital, unlawfully fired an employee because he is...more

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What Has Fahlen Wrought?

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The California Supreme Court's decision in Fahlen v. Sutter Central Valley Hospitals has confirmed (not created) a sea change in the relations between hospitals and their medical staffs on the one hand, and physicians on such...more

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Physician Employment Termination Without Cause Reported to NPDB

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A strange result in Langenberg v. Warren General Hospital, suggests you should pay close attention to the termination language in hospital-physician employment contracts. Warren General Hospital terminated Dr. Langenberg...more

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A Federal District Court in Florida Finds Hospital System Properly Terminated a Professional Services Contract for a HIPAA Breach

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida found on June 20, 2013 that defendant Community Health Systems, Inc., and its affiliated hospital, Salem Hospital (collectively, “CHS”) properly terminated a...more

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EEOC Sues Midwest Regional Medical Center For Disability Discrimination

Hospital Fired Employee for Accepting its Offer of a Brief Leave of Absence After Cancer Treatment, Federal Agency Charged - OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Midwest Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital and for-profit...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Washington Supreme Court Limits Public Access to Hospital Privileging, Peer Review Documents

Public hospital districts may not disclose certain records created during closed-door meetings about hospital privileging decisions, the Washington Supreme Court recently held in Cornu-Labat v. Hospital Dist. No. 2 Grant...more

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