7/30/2010
CMS Has Published the Final "Meaningful Use" Rules
After a long wait, CMS has published the “meaningful use” rules on electronic health record technology. Click here to review the final rule (276 pages) or view a (Read More)
7/26/2010
Labor and Employment Law Update - July 2010
One topic that continues to have the most decisions and expensive settlements are class action wage and hour lawsuits. Millions of dollars are being awarded against employers or employers are paying such sums to settle these class action lawsuits.
The major issues involved in these lawsuits are the following:
- employees not getting their uninterrupted 30-minute meal break and not being compensated when they do not;
- automatic meal break deduction;
- misclassification of employees as exempt;
- unauth... (Read More)
7/15/2010
HIPAA Revisions Officially Published for Comment
With a grace period for implementing Business Associate Agreements and lots of proposed revisions, it looks like its going to be a while before we know the "real" impacts of HITECH on HIPAA. Stay tuned. Here's a link to the new, proposed regulations. Let us know if you have comments!... (Read More)