April 15, 2020By: Mark Opara, Bailie Schnackenberg, and Emily Crane
The recently enacted CARES Act provides much needed relief for providers in areas impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and providers struggling to keep their doors open due to healthy patients delaying […]
April 6, 2020By Mark Opara and Brandon Oldham
Employee Retention Tax Credit
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), enacted on March 27, 2020, offers employers an incentive to keep employees on their payroll, in the form of an […]
By: Bailie Schnackenberg,Char Heins and John FuchsUPDATED April 3, 2020
The recently enacted CARES Act provides much needed relief for small business and mid-sized businesses in the Kansas City area and across the nation through various lending programs, some of which […]
By Mark Opara, John Vering, and Shannon JohnsonApril 2, 2020
On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued temporary regulations and guidance (124 pages) to help carry out the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The temporary […]
April 2, 2020By Lori Beam
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued 18 nationwide blanket waivers to sanctions under the physician-self referral law known as the Stark Law, providing greater flexibility to hospitals and physicians […]
April 1, 2020By Mark Thompson and Emily Crane
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) into law, allocating $2 trillion in funding for various programs, families, and businesses affected by the […]
March 30, 2020By Mark Opara, John Vering, and John Neyens
On March 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published new guidance establishing broad exceptions for certain employers from the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act (herein Act). […]
March 30, 2020By John Vering, John Neyens, and Mark Opara
As part of the CARES Act, Congress broadly expanded unemployment compensation benefits and allocated substantial federal funds to support state-based Short-Time Compensation (STC) or “work sharing” compensation programs which allow employers […]