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October 2021 | Sudden Medical Emergencies in the Trucking Industry: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to the Rescue
Sometimes a motor vehicle accident is not the fault of the truck driver nor of other motorists. In some instances, an accident is precipitated by an unexpected medical event, such as a heart attack, a stroke, or passing out due to a sudden drop in bl...
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Nov 19, 2021 | House Passes Build Back Better Act
By: Julianna Moyer & Galen L. Schuerlein Early Friday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives approved President Biden’s sweeping social and climate spending proposal known as the Build Back Better Framework. Key provisions in the approximately...
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Nov 18, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: A Shot in the Arm: Navigating the Evolving Federal Vaccine Requirements
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. With vaccine requirements being issued by both individual states and...
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Nov 17, 2021 | The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Will Hear the Court Challenge to OSHA’s Vax-or-Test Rule
Yesterday afternoon, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals was selected to determine the fate of OSHA’s “vaccine or test” rule for large employers. The Court will decide whether or not the rule, adopted as an emergency temporary standard, is a valid exe...
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Nov 11, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: HIPAA Technical Audits: Protecting your Practice
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. In this episode, host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health La...
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Nov 8, 2021 | H.R. 3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
On November 5, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill that will make historic investments in core infrastructure priorities including roads and bridges, rail, transit, ports, airports, the electric gri...
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Nov 5, 2021 | OSHA Issues COVID-19 Vaccination Rule: What Employers Need to Know
Yesterday, OSHA released its emergency COVID-19 vaccination rule. Under the rule, employers with over 100 employees must implement a policy by December 5th requiring all employees to either be vaccinated or to undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wea...
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Nov 4, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Asset Protection for Doctors — Going Beyond Malpractice Risk
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. Most physicians will be sued for malpractice once or twice during the...
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Oct 28, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Best Practices for Preventing Employee Fraud in Health Care Practices
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. Healthcare practices, like other small businesses, can fall victim to...
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Oct 26, 2021 | Ohio Department of Health Issues New COVID-19 Quarantine Guidance for Schools
On Monday, October 25, the Ohio Department of Health ("ODH”) held a press conference to update COVID-19 school quarantine guidance that aims to keep asymptomatic children at school. This update comes after 10 schools in Warren County adopted a pilot ...
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Oct 21, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Upcoming Tax-Related Proposals for Health Care Professionals to Watch
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. In this Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot episode, Roetzel shareholder and He...
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Oct 14, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Stark Law Alert: Be Ready for January 1, 2022
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. Clarifications to the Stark Law concerning the physician compensation...
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Oct 13, 2021 | What is a ‘Quick Take’ in Eminent Domain Law?
By and large, the default for eminent domain cases is paid compensation before a property is taken, and after a court has reached a verdict about the value of that compensation. However, there is one common ‘exception’ to this rule, known as “quick t...
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Oct 11, 2021 | Ohio Court Reaffirms Employer’s Right to Raise Voluntary Abandonment
In two separate rulings, Ohio courts reaffirmed an employer’s right to raise voluntary abandonment as an affirmative defense to an injured worker’s request for temporary total benefits. House Bill 81 (H.B. 81), signed into law by Governor DeWine in J...
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September/October 2021 | Navigating Physician Employment Contracts
"Navigating Physician Employment Contracts," the supplement that accompanies the September/October issue of FPM Journal, gives a high-level view of the contracting process, defining terms commonly used in physician employment agreements, offering adv...
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Oct 11, 2021 | Ohio CDL Manuals Do Not Alter the Standard of Care for Truck Drivers
A recent opinion by an Ohio Federal Court rejects an argument frequently made by the plaintiffs’ bar in truck accident cases – that commercial truck drivers should be held to a higher standard of care because they are “professional drivers.” To make...
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Oct 7, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Are You Protecting Your Practice’s Social Media?
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. In this episode of the podcast, host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholde...
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Oct 5, 2021 | Can I Challenge the Authority of a Condemning Party in Ohio?
I regularly present on eminent domain, and one of the most common questions that came up this past year during live or remote presentations had to do with necessity determinations made by a condemning authority.  Basically, people today want to kn...
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Sep 30, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Understanding the Perils of Physician Recruitment Agreements
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. In this episode, host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health La...
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Sep 29, 2021 | Kentucky Federal Court Allows Hospital to Proceed with Vaccination Policy for Employees
In what is likely to be just the first of many court challenges to private employer COVID-19 vaccination requirements, a United States District Court judge in Kentucky refused to stop a hospital from requiring its employees to receive the COVID-19 va...