January 12, 2021 By Curry Sexton and Greg Whiston On Monday, the NCAA announced
that it will delay voting on name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) legislative
proposals that were scheduled for a vote at this week’s NCAA Convention and
that would ultimately enable student-athletes to benefit […]
Be sure you understand the implications of a mandatory COVID-19 policy.
Bukaty Companies is hosting a complimentary webinar on considerations for employers regarding COVID-19 policy. Seigfreid Bingham Labor & Employment Attorney John Vering will be presenting. Register here.COVID-19 vaccine policy considerations9:00 […]
January 5, 2021
By: John Fuchs and Char Heins
On Sunday, December 27th,
2020 President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021 (the “Act”). Among other things, the Act offers an additional round of
funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and […]
January 4, 2021By John Vering and Mark Opara
EMPLOYERS MAY VOLUNTARILY EXTEND FFCRA PAID LEAVE BENEFITS AND RECEIVE A PAYROLL TAX CREDIT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2021As you probably recall, when Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), it provided […]
December 22, 2020By: John Vering and Mark Opara
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance in the form of an updated technical
assistance document (“TAD”) entitled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the
Rehabilitation Act, […]
December 21, 2020By Lori Beam
An early holiday present arrived for providers charged with establishing physician compensation arrangements. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services […]
December 16, 2020Lori Beam, shareholder, was published in the fourth quarter issue of Kansas City Medicine. Just as the positivity rate in COVID-19 cases continues to go up, the positivity rate for physicians considering selling their private practices has also […]
December 8, 2020
By Lori Beam
The new final rules
implementing the Physician Self-Referral Statute (the Stark Law) and the
Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) remove the sunsetting provision that would have put
a stop to on health system
donations of electronic health records (EHR) items and services […]