OSHA Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

To read this article in its entirety, please click here. In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).

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Bill of Health

APRIL 21, 2023

public investment in the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. A full posting of abstracts/summaries of these articles may be found on our  website. US Public Investment in Development of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines: Retrospective Cohort Study. Brown BL, Kesselheim AS, Sarpatwari A. Value Health.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 22, 2022

Has the worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines been impacted by patent rights? Tran , senior associate at Milbank LA, argue that the story is much more complicated — making vaccines involves much more than waiving patents, they explain. David Gindler , head of IP at Milbank LA, and Jasper L. What is a patent?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2021

The following is a guest article by Abner Mason, CEO at ConsejoSano. COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort is about to change in a big way.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO at Carrot Health.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Recently, hacking group Cozy Bear attempted to steal COVID-19 vaccine research from multiple organizations in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Illegal copying is prohibited. The hackers, […]. The hackers, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The following is a guest article by Lori Jones, Chief Revenue Officer and President, Provider Market at Olive. Healthcare technologists are our next line of defense against COVID-19. Without them, the vaccine rollout will take years.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Catholic Health Association (CHA) is urging Americans to “love thy neighbor” by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Sister Mary Haddad wrote in an editorial published in Modern Healthcare, published on September 3, 2011. You can see the co-branding with the Ad Council’s COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative.

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OSHA Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has withdrawn its enforcement of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring most employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines or tests for employees. To read this article in its entirety, please click here.

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OSHA Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

If President Joe Biden’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) vaccine or testing mandate for employers goes forward, nearly half the states have the option of going their own way. To read this article in its entirety, please click here.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2021

The following is a guest article by Eric Paternoster, CEO of Infosys Public Services. They must equitably distribute and safely administer enough COVID-19 vaccines to immunize at least 70% of the population to achieve herd immunity and enable the country to return to some semblance of […].

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Article 28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: States must work individually and collectively to ensure a social and international order where human rights can be enjoyed by everyone. The Principles aptly characterize solidarity by paraphrasing, in Principle 2.1,

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

DISCLOSING COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS. HHS has published an article on the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s effect on the disclosure of COVID-19 vaccination status for healthcare. The following are excerpts from the article. For the full text see: [link]. Generally, yes.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 24, 2022

At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article. Consider, for instance, the case of COVID-19 vaccines. We summarize our proposals in the following sections.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 20, 2022

In month of April 2022, CMS also announced couple of important billing update for COVID-19 tests and booster dose. We shared billing update for free COVID-19 tests and second free booster dose in detail in this article. Medicare to Cover Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

DISCLOSING COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS. HHS has published an article on the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s effect on the disclosure of COVID-19 vaccination status for healthcare. The following are excerpts from the article. For the full text see: [link]. Generally, yes.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

This month’s article looks at COVID enforcements.?? ?. The program was specifically designed to vaccinate long-term care facility residents and staff when doses of COVID-19 vaccine became available. Don’t miss the next enforcement action article from C.J. MorseLife agreed to pay $1.75

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In a recent article, Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Innovation , I offer four potential avenues for structuring a societal discourse in the U.S. on the topic. using administrative law: (1) adapting the U.K.’s s public consultation methods used in the leadup to the legalization of mitochondrial transfer to the U.S.’

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Health Populi

MAY 11, 2021

who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot have a welcoming side-effect: peace of mind and mental health, according to a survey conducted by Walgreens in April 2021. Most people in the U.S. Consumers can donate rides to fellow patients via the Uber app, as Spike talks about here.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Taking the example of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, this would require balancing immediate public health concerns, (i.e., In practical terms, this will mean that, inter alia , PPRR measures limiting or derogating against human rights (pursuant to Principles 16.1, Similarly, Principle 6.1

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Med Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most institutional care settings. Also, all eligible workers must be fully vaccinated by January 4, 2022. A copy of the CMS press release can be found at [link].

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

By Ana Santos Rutschman What can the New York City Marathon experience teach those reflecting on ways to increase equity in the transnational allocation of scarce vaccine doses? Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health. Quite a lot, it turns out.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 31, 2022

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the CMS as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff. Staff Interviews.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2024

High-profile examples – like Pfizer utilizing an AI tool to speed up clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine – may naturally help build public trust in this kind of AI-powered innovation, but there is still more work to be done to build confidence that AI can safely innovate, diagnose, and treat.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

Vaccination Recommendation While not required, CMS encouraged facilities to offer testing to visitors. CMS also strongly encouraged all visitors to stay up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations and facilities should educate and also encourage visitors to become vaccinated.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

Monsanto and Myriad) ( this 2015 article discusses the history and taxonomy of patent pledges, many of which are collected in this online database ). The unprecedented scope of the COVID-19 pandemic quickly gave rise to a surge of pledging activity, which is detailed in this article (see pp. Pandemic Pledges.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Better still would be for both these instruments to include separate articles that directly address human rights, incorporating and stating states’ express commitment to the Principles – though a human rights article included in the pandemic treaty’s initial draft was since removed.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. population previously received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Related: Wondering how to get your seat at the table?

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Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

Those deadlines (January 27 and February 28, 2022) are described in more detail in in the Compliance Dates section of our earlier article here. The CMS cases came before the Court after the Fifth Circuit and the Eight Circuit upheld district court decisions blocking implementation of the CMS vaccine mandate. Special thanks to J.D.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Welcome to the inaugural edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Care coordination network CarePort released its 2021 growth numbers.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Nerima Were and Allan Maleche Taking into account our experiences as human rights lawyers working in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, in this article we briefly analyze the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) and make a case for their utility in guiding State measures to prepare for, prevent, (..)

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2021

The Wall Street Journal featured the grocery chain Kroger in an article yesterday titled, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Tests Give Boost to Kroger’s Health Ambitions. With 2,250 pharmacies and 220 clinics largely in the Midwest and the southern U.S.,

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MedTrainer

MAY 4, 2023

You’ve got plenty of tools and training courses to utilize and this article will provide a quick checklist for changes that are common to many sectors. Many of those are impacted by the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). That’s a lot to keep track of!

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Hall Render

APRIL 5, 2022

In light of the US Supreme Court’s invalidation of OSHA’s vaccination-or-testing requirement earlier this year, OSHA is not currently considering requiring mandatory vaccination for employees covered by this final rule. OSHA indicated that it might limit paid vaccine leave requirements to employers not covered by the CMS mandate.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The following is a guest article by Mike Noshay, MSE, Founder and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Verinovum. As 2020 comes to a close, healthcare industry leaders are looking ahead to 2021 with excitement and anticipation.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 31, 2022

i), the regulation that details the requirements related to COVID-19 vaccination of facility staff. i) has multiple elements that call for skilled nursing facilities to develop and implement policies and procedures that will ensure all staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Enforcement.

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