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31 Mar 2020, 2:00 am by HR Daily Advisor Editorial Staff
Source: Jarun Ontakrai / Shutterstock Section 6001 of the FFCRA, signed March 18, requires both health insurers and self-funded plans to cover approved COVID-19 testing products and their administration without imposing any cost sharing, prior authorization, or other medical management requirements. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 6:40 pm by Jonathan Aronie and Keeley A. McCarty
The law follows the Food & Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization for emergency use of industrial-grade face masks in health care settings on March 2, 2020. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 5:04 pm by Bevin Newman
The agencies’ press releases specify that health care facilities may need to work together in providing resources and services to assist patients, consumers, and communities affected by the pandemic and its aftermath, while other companies may need to temporarily combine production, distribution, or service networks to facilitate production and distribution of COVID-19-related supplies. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 3:11 pm by Steven Boutwell
 A public health emergency is defined as an emergency with respect to COVID-19 declared by federal, state or local authority. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 3:07 pm by Meaghan McCormick
On March 23, 2020, Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, warned all licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities, including abortion providers, that they must postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not immediately medically necessary. [read post]
The CARES Act also authorizes agencies to modify federal contracts with contractors whose employees cannot perform work (at a federally approved site) or telework. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 12:47 pm by Shannon O'Hare
  The definition of “qualified wages” in the CARES Act includes certain “qualified health plan expenses,” such as costs for group health plans (but only to the extent such amounts are excluded from the employees’ income). [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 12:44 pm by Steven Boutwell
Definitions of Health Care Provider and Emergency Responder. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 12:22 pm by Michael Abramowicz
" This post was published in mid-February, well before the idea to "flatten the curve" and maximize our health care response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself spread virally across the Internet. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 12:12 pm by Elliot Setzer
The new Executive Director will be a caring manager who excels at supporting, mentoring, and motivating staff; developing structures and processes that ensure services are customer and community centered; and supporting teams that work closely with individuals experiencing trauma. [read post]
The CARES Act also: (1) provides the Department of Labor with the authority to investigate and gather data to ensure compliance with the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act; and (2) clarifies that employers cannot discriminate against employees who have taken emergency paid leave or (not “and,” as was originally required under the FFCRA) filed a complaint under the Act or participated in a proceeding to enforce the Act. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 12:00 pm by Holly Buckley
The next in our series of posts sharing key takeaways from panels at the Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Lending Conference is authored by our colleagues Lauren M. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 12:00 pm by James McQuade
Independently Self-Isolating Employees Are Excluded from the Act The Guidance reminds employers that the Act provides emergency sick leave to an employee who is under an order of either mandatory or precautionary quarantine or isolation issued by the State of New York, New York State Department of Health, local Board of Health or any government entity authorized to issue such an order. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 10:07 am by Shannon O'Hare
Any lenders already authorized under the SBA’s current Business Law Program are pre-authorized to make loans under the CARES Act. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 10:02 am by RCoffield@fsblaw.com
Guidance on how health care providers can share information with the CDC, family members of patients, and others, to help address the COVID-19 emergency. [read post]