This post from Immigration Practice Group Co-Chair, Catherine Wadhwani, suggests J-1 Physician Waiver sponsorship as a means of meeting patient needs.
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FTC and OCR Issue Joint Website Tracking Warning Letter
If you are involved with any health information, even if you are not covered by HIPAA, you should be aware of the government’s recent position that there may be serious…
Continue Reading FTC and OCR Issue Joint Website Tracking Warning LetterAre We There Yet? New HIPAA Privacy Protections for Reproductive Health Data May Be Just Ahead
This blog post was first published on the Fox HIPAA & Health Information Technology Blog. It covers a critical new rule proposed by the Office For Civil Rights to close…
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FTC Proposes Broad Rule Banning Non-Compete Covenants with Physicians and Other Healthcare Workers
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which would broadly prohibit companies from entering into or enforcing non-competition agreements or clauses…
Continue Reading FTC Proposes Broad Rule Banning Non-Compete Covenants with Physicians and Other Healthcare WorkersThe No Surprises Act is Here: How do Practices Comply? (Part I)

The federal No Surprises Act is now in effect, and it is changing how medical practices, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospitals interact with patients and health insurers. See our initial…
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U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for CMS Vaccine Mandate to Be Implemented
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CMS Sets New Deadline to Comply With Vaccine Mandate for Providers in 25 States and DC
To assist health care providers that will soon be required to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance on December 28, 2021 regarding…
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CMS Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect in 26 States as Fifth Circuit Alters Scope of Nationwide Injunction
A nationwide injunction that prevented a health care worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate from taking effect has now been narrowed by a federal appellate court to apply only in the states…
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Nationwide Injunction of CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Issued by Louisiana Federal Court
In a preliminary injunction issued on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, a federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the implementation and enforcement of an interim final rule by the Centers for…
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Federal Judge Blocks CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers in 10 States
In a preliminary injunction issued on Monday, November 29, 2021, a federal judge in Missouri blocked the implementation and enforcement in 10 states of an interim final rule by the…
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