Healthcare Workers and Businesses in Need of Free Legal Advice During the Pandemic Many healthcare workers and struggling businesses have legal questions, but they stay quiet just because they don’t know what to do next.  Legal Advocacy for Medical Providers Foundation (LAMP)  – Established in the midst of the 2020 Corona Virus pandemic, for purposes of providing …

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 A Real Alternative to Laying Off Employees, Try Independent Contracting? First Understand the IRS’s 20 Factor Test The pendulum from employee to independent contractor has started to swing. As Covid-19 plays out in the economy, department heads of healthcare organizations are being asked to cut their budgets. Employers are unsure of demand and how to …

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Dealing with employer/employee work issues can be difficult, but not dealing with them can be worse. So, can a physician terminate and employment contract, the short answer is, generally Yes if the termination is “for cause”, often the termination can be triggered and it may even be immediate. If the termination is “without cause” or “at will”, …

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Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and The Bostock Decision By: Komal S. Mirza, Esq. June 19, 2020 On June 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its roll-back on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As it stood, the law prohibited discrimination on the basis of …

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What will Telehealth be like after Covid-19?  The Future of Telemedicine As a primary care physician caring for adults with developmental disabilities such as autism was my passion for years. Most of my patients were nonverbal adults who often felt overwhelmed by typical clinical or hospital settings. During their childhoods some had difficult encounters in …

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U.S. Justice Department Warns of Contact Tracing Scams By Edward A. Meyer* As part of their Covid-19 reopening plans, city and state health agencies are now using what is known as “contact tracing” as a key tool to slow the spread of Covid-19. Contact tracing involves the identification of people who have come in contact …

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As a chief resident of a primary care residency at a major county hospital in south Florida, I had often heard my attending physicians and mentors talk about legal issues related to medicine. Though well intentioned, they seemed to speak in generalities, never really providing me with real world insight into the issues I needed …

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