Total HIPAA

MAY 18, 2020

With the onset of COVID-19 , many employers have had to face the possibility of the virus entering the workplace. Normally, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are prohibited from asking employees about symptoms or illnesses they’ve experienced. Exceptions to the ADA.

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Total HIPAA

MAY 10, 2021

What do laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal agencies like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have to say about this? Can an employer require that employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination? Asking whether or not an employee has received a vaccine is a matter of workplace safety.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 29, 2022

Long COVID exposes an often-unacknowledged facet of disability: that one is far more likely to develop a disability than be born with one. The upswell of advocacy and awareness around Long COVID should be mobilized to call attention to and address the challenges faced by newly-disabled adults, particularly with respect to employment.

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Total HIPAA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Secure Remote Work During COVID-19. The two discussed security practices to use while working remotely during COVID-19. HIPAA Waiver: How COVID-19 Impacts HIPAA Compliance. What Should an Employer Do if an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19? COVID-19 HIPAA Compliance Checklist.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 8, 2022

Workplaces are, by and large, no longer safe for employees who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19. During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was common for workplaces to require masks, at least in shared spaces. Unfortunately, the ADA does not reach every workplace.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Remote accommodations were granted freely during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2021, the in-person aspect of teaching and learning was suddenly deemed essential, and at many institutions, remote classes came to an end. That same medication rendered him high-risk for severe illness or death from COVID-19.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 1, 2022

One of the most persistently frustrating aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as currently applied to schools and workplaces, is its emphasis on the eligibility of qualifying individuals for accommodation, rather than on population-based removal of barriers to participation. By Jennifer Bard.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 23, 2022

The silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has opened the door to new opportunities to improve our society. The workplace accommodations gained during COVID-19 are nothing new to the community of workers with disabilities; some workers had already been approved to work at home prior to the pandemic. By Scott J.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By Sharona Hoffman As state and federal public health authority erodes, employers may increasingly find themselves playing a central role in promoting public health. In the future, they may frequently take the lead in implementing public health measures. Sharona Hoffman is the Edgar A.

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Bill of Health

JULY 20, 2023

health care leaves little room for individualized accommodation and self-advocating patients vulnerable to retaliation. Further, covered entities must “[d]esignate a responsible employee to coordinate their efforts to comply with Section 504 and the ADA.” In a health care setting, a patient’s high-risk status likely is known.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Negotiating Masks in the Workplace: When the ADA Does and Does Not Apply. Depoliticizing Social Murder in the COVID-19 Pandemic. What Macrodosing Can Learn from Microdosing. The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative. A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 3: We Have the Tools (Sept. –

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

By Matt Dowell. Recently, I remotely attended a mask-optional, in-person meeting where campus leaders proudly proclaimed that DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) is my college’s “top priority.”

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Health Law RX

JULY 25, 2022

Employers who are conducting automatic COVID-19 testing of employees or gathering test results of employees’ families should beware: the Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued new guidance limiting the former and has penalized a healthcare practice recently for doing the latter. Returning to Work After COVID-19.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

By Katherine Macfarlane Public health in the U.S. This essay describes the cost of casting aside what is best for the public’s health in favor of individual choice, especially to those who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19. In other words, public health is a group project.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 19, 2022

Like plaintiffs with other conditions lacking definitive physiological markers, long COVID plaintiffs seeking disability anti-discrimination law protections have confronted courts suspicious of their reports of symptoms and insistent on medical evidence in order for them to qualify as “disabled” and entitled to statutory protection.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 14, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the incoherence of the Republican party’s employment agenda, which, on the one hand, deifies full, in-person employment, and, on the other, makes the workplace hostile to this aim through relentless deregulation. By Doron Dorfman.

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AIHC

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Written By: Compliance Blogger This article addresses COVID testing and consent considerations for: healthcare organizations, nursing homes and business associates or non-healthcare workplaces. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) continues to be a health risk to be mitigated by health care institutions and at the workplace.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

COVID-19 will be with us — in our society and in our brains — for the foreseeable future. This symposium contribution focuses specifically on COVID’s lasting effects in our brains, about which much is still unknown. What does COVID infection do to our brains? By Emily R.D.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Some have suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic could be a moment of what critical race theorist Derrick Bell called “ interest convergence ,” where majority interests align with those of a minority group to create a critical moment for social change. Why Haven’t Interests Converged During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 29, 2023

hospitals for maternity care UMass Memorial Medical Center to reinstate caregiver mask mandate Massachusetts health system sees over $17M FY ’23 profit Mass. hospitals for maternity care UMass Memorial Medical Center to reinstate caregiver mask mandate Massachusetts health system sees over $17M FY ’23 profit Mass.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

hospital sees less severe cases Georgia Supreme Court vacates judgement in case with Northside Hospital, NGMC Poor Health: How Is Georgia Addressing The State’s Mental Health Woes? Acquisition of BCBSLA Paused a Second Time It was the biggest health care deal in Louisiana history. And lawmakers are trying to help.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Vincent, Indianapolis Colts announce new partnership Franciscan Health launches 24/7 ambulance to help patients in rural counties Lilly to make $1.8B headcount among top 10 biopharma employers shrinks New Mass. headcount among top 10 biopharma employers shrinks New Mass.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

’s most distinguished (and hardest-working) dogs Dozens laid off at the George Washington University Hospital GWU Hospital lays off dozens, citing ‘challenging time’ in health care MedStar agrees to pay in federal suit alleging disability discrimination MedStar, Justice Department reach settlement over allegations of ADA violations D.C.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

health care startup Ounce raises $5.2M health care startup Ounce raises $5.2M Heywood Hospital faces challenges McLean Hospital to advise Rippl Care on mental health for seniors Some Mass. hospitals mandate Covid vaccines. Others stick to ‘encouraging’ This year’s best-performing public company in Mass.?

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Hall Render

MAY 26, 2023

California Hospitals Seek a Broad Bailout, but They Don’t All Need It CEO of California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies discusses CARE Court initiative Rady Children’s lands $2.5 Providers warn new laws could further strain maternity care Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient.

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Health Law RX

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The first rule, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (the “OSHA Rule”), will require private employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that each of their workers is either fully vaccinated, or tests negative for COVID-19 at least once per week. The OSHA Rule. and wear a face covering.” Verification.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Check new local medical center report cards Idaho Falls Community Hospital starts stroke survivors support group Ada County commissioners say hospitals get too many tax exemptions. renovation St. renovation St.

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Hall Render

JUNE 9, 2023

ConnectiCare names new president; interim leader Wachtelhausen to retire CT passes bill focused on expanding kids’ mental health services DC Why D.C.’s Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9 Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9 What happens now?

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M Nevada Medicaid must cover abortion services, judge rules Clark County health rankings improve, but physicians per capita still well below U.S. family sues hospital over life-altering injuries Calif.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Over one million Americans have died from COVID-19, while 20 percent of those who survive may develop post-COVID conditions. With weak safety net policies and high health care costs it would hardly be surprising if our fellow citizens tried to shift some of their COVID costs to arguably responsible defendants.

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.

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