On Friday, March 27, 2020, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) was signed into law. CARES provides legal immunity to volunteer health care providers in the absence of reckless conduct or gross… Read More
US Senator Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, has proposed the Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act. If passed, the legislation would shield health care providers from federal, state and local civil liability if they are testing or… Read More
While none of us are promised tomorrow, the Coronavirus outbreak has certainly made that fact more top-of-mind for most of us. In spite of the anxiety created by this pandemic, we are finding that estate… Read More
The Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services will be exercising its discretion in enforcement of HIPAA compliance during the nationwide public health emergency created by COVID-19. Physicians acting in… Read More
We wrote a blog last week covering basic information employers need to consider during this pandemic. At that time, Congress had not yet passed legislation changing the provisions of FMLA or providing any federal paid… Read More
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDDHS) is seeking ways to bolster North Carolina’s Health Care System. Dr. Mandy Cohen, Secretary of NCDHHS, has asked for volunteer health care providers and medical… Read More
On March 20, 2020, the North Carolina’s Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services requested that effective March 23, 2020, all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers suspend all elective and non-urgent procedures and… Read More
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially designated COVID-19 a global pandemic. Not only is Wall Street in panic, but misinformation – and pure disinformation – is rampant and spreading as fast as… Read More
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread between persons in close contact with one another through respiratory droplets produced when the… Read More
In 2018, Pew Research Center found that 59% of women and 27% of men indicate that they have experienced sexual harassment. From 2017 to 2018, EEOC Title VII lawsuits increased by 50% and courts are… Read More