Tuesday, April 28, 2020
April 28, 2020 By Mark Opara and Emily Crane On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) into law, allocating $100 billion in funding for eligible healthcare providers. Of this $100 billion, now known as the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund (the “Fund”), $50 billion is […]
Thursday, April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020By John Fuchs, Bailie Schnackenberg, and Char Heins All Paycheck Protection (PPP) loan applicants should be aware that PPP loan documents vary by lender. Some lenders are including language in their promissory notes that appear to create joint and several liability for all individuals and entities signing the note. As of this writing, […]
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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 care and cancelling elective services. On April 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health […]
Monday, April 6, 2020
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 employee retention tax credit (Employee Retention Credit). Employers may claim the Employee Retention […]
Friday, April 3, 2020
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 include forgivable grant type portions of such loans for qualifying expenses. Paycheck Protection Program […]
Thursday, April 2, 2020
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 regulations, which are effective April 1, 2020, provide employers with much needed guidance on many […]
Thursday, April 2, 2020
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 as they urgently collaborate to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS also compiled into […]
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
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 COVID-19 pandemic. A large portion of the CARES Act is geared towards providing funding […]
Monday, March 30, 2020
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). Under the Act, the Secretary of the DOL was authorized to issue regulations for good cause […]
Monday, March 30, 2020
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 to make an agreement with state Unemployment Compensation offices to reduce hours, instead of […]