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Texas Attorney General Reaches Generative AI Settlement

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Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reaches a first-of-its-kind settlement with a healthcare company that provides generative AI products. On September 18, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it had reached a...more

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Post‑Chevron Spotlight: Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Restored as Texas Hospitals Prevail in Challenge to HHS Exclusion...

In a victory for Texas health care providers, in Baylor All Saints Medical Center dba Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center‑Fort Worth et al. v. Xavier Becerra, case number 4:24‑cv‑00432, the United States District...more

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What Workplace Violence Law Means for Texas Healthcare

Violence in the workplace is something all employers prohibit and try to prevent. Healthcare employers have a tougher time, because the violence often comes from patients. How do you best protect workers while still...more

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Don’t Mess with Texas Nurses: Texas Healthcare Facilities Must Adopt Workplace Violence Prevention Plans by September 1, 2024

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

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New Texas Medical Billing Requirements can Leave Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Unable to Collect for Services...

Starting September 1, 2023, health care facilities in Texas will have to make changes to their billing practices to comply with a newly passed law requiring greater transparency in medical billing as a result of Texas...more

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Texas Lawmakers Enact New Laws Reforming Texas Medical Board Disciplinary Authority and Increasing Hospital Reporting Obligations

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On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a major new patient safety bill into law that is intended both to reform the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board (TMB) and to better protect patients from...more

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Texas Jury Renders $10 Million Verdict in Novel Corporate Practice of Medicine Case

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Following two weeks of trial testimony, a Travis County jury recently rendered a $10 million verdict in a novel corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) case. The jury found in favor of a physician hospitalist group that claimed...more

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HHS Says Hospitals Must Provide Abortions When an Emergency Medical Condition is Found to Exist; Texas Files Lawsuit in Response

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HHS released guidance on July 11, 2022, stating that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)—which requires hospitals and physicians to provide emergency medical treatment when an emergency medical...more

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In Wake of Dobbs Decision, CMS Issues Guidance to Hospitals on EMTALA Obligations

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) issued guidance to remind hospitals of their ongoing federal obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), specifically when treating patients...more

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Texts Regarding COVID Vaccine Eligibility Are Not Actionable Under TCPA, Texas Northern District Holds

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently held that unsolicited text messages that simply inform recipients of the availability of a free COVID-19 vaccine are protected by the “emergency purposes”...more

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Increases in Coronavirus Hospitalizations Triggers Reopening Rollbacks in El Paso and Lubbock

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Update: On the evening of October 29, 2020, El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego issued Order No. 13 “Stay Home/Stay Safe.” Order No. 13 supersedes all prior orders unless referenced in Order No. 13. Order No. 13 went into...more

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Texas Allows More Elective Procedures, But Questions Remain

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On April 17, 2020, Texas Governor, Gregg Abbot signed Executive Order GA-15 which extended, with some modifications, Executive Order GA-09 which prohibits certain non-emergency surgeries and procedures and is set to expire on...more

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