The COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force was established in May 2021 to utilize the resources of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and various governmental agencies to combat COVID-19-related fraud. These efforts have led to investigations and prosecutions involving Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud as well as healthcare-related COVID-19 fraud, the extent, and implications of
Generally speaking, licensed physicians in New Jersey cannot practice medicine in just any corporate form. But for a limited number of exceptions listed in N.J.A.C. 13:35-6.16, a general business corporation cannot employ a physician to provide healthcare services. This is known as the prohibition against the corporate practice of medicine, or as we healthcare lawyers
The occurrence, prevention, and consequences of burnout among healthcare professionals have been matters of concern and study since the 1960s. The concept of burnout encompasses emotional and psychological job-related stress in any health practice environment with resulting negative impacts on job satisfaction, job performance, and patient outcomes. Both physicians and nurses experience burnout which may
Signed into law by President Joe Biden in March 2022, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 amended the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to effectively ban the pre-dispute arbitration of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. Although this important legislative update has often been framed within the employment context,
White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci reported in late April that the U.S. is out of the pandemic phase despite a continuing uptick in COVID-19 cases driven by the growth of the Omicron subvariant BA.2. In May 2022, the New York Times is reporting a “threefold” increase in new cases since early April,
In light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the consequential global impacts and destabilization, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to caution about escalating threats of cyberattacks. In early March 2022, HHS issued a bulletin warning those in the U.S. healthcare sector of the potential threats of cyberattacks by Russia and