Last week, we posted Part 1 of this blog series. Therein, you will find a discussion of employment discrimination laws that are potentially triggered when an employee requests to telework for health, safety, or disability reasons. In Part 2, we examine how the state of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic…
As mandatory work-from-home restrictions related to COVID-19 relax, many employees have asked to continue working remotely to protect themselves and their families. Understandably, many employers are unsure how to respond to such requests on both a practical and legal level. This two-part series addresses some legal considerations for employers and…
Your reputation as a medical provider is a commodity you must protect, especially regarding your aptitude for providing patient care. Of course, you may not be a perfect fit at every medical practice. When that happens, your employment may end, and you seek other employment. No harm, no foul. But…
If you are a non-physician owner of a medical practice, you may wonder what requirements govern the process of closing your small business. Our Georgia-based business and healthcare law firm assists medical practice owners with set up, a variety of business transactions, dissolutions and wind-down of the business. Medical licensing…
As Georgia schools and other businesses respond to open and operate safely in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic, many are posting warning signs consistent with a new law in the state passed to protect them from liability. Georgia-based Business and Healthcare Law Firm This summer, Georgia joined many other…
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2 trillion relief act to provide financial support for individuals, businesses and government organizations that experienced revenue losses from COVID-19. The purpose of the Act is to offer financial relief and to establish telehealth…
About 20% of United States tax dollars are spent on heathcare. Naturally, reducing improper payments has been a priority of CMS. Thus, all medical practice managers and healthcare providers should be aware of CMS’s process of contracting with Uniform Program Integrity Contractors (UPIC’s), private entities hired by CMS to audit…
Telemedicine has new and profound importance due to the COVID-19 crisis. “Virtual” healthcare preserves patient protective equipment that would otherwise be used and allows physicians to manage chronic illnesses remotely, without the in-person interaction that exposes provider and patient to the risk of spread. This increased reliance on telemedicine has prompted…
As patients, naturally we intend to go to the doctor to get well. But there is a catch 22. What if the trip to the doctor or the emergency room to be made well might cause us to get sick, or more sick? Or what if we make the doctor…
On April 6, 2020, Lee Little Health Law co-presented with Brian Tuttle, Navigating HIPPAA and Telemedicine during COVID19. The United States Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued new COVID-19 guidance on various aspects of its jurisdiction under both HIPAA and the federal civil rights laws. Many of these changes…