The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced on April 11, 2023 that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretions issued during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) would be expiring at 11:59 p.m. on May 11, 2023 due to the expiration of the PHE. A copy of the notice of
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for a non-compete clause rule. The NPR, if approved as published, would ban as an unfair method of competition all non-compete clauses between an employer and workers in all industry sectors throughout the country. The NPR might also extend
In August 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act. The Act’s key provisions include the ability of the federal government to negotiate certain prescription drug pricing. Specifically, the law created a program that allows the federal government to negotiate prices for a limited number of high-cost single-source drugs (lacking generic and/or biosimilar
On March 9, 2023, the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners filed an Order and statement of reasons for denying reinstatement of a physician’s medical license that had been previously revoked but with a right to apply for reinstatement. The denial was based on the Board’s conclusion that N.J.S.A. 45:1-15.9 barred reinstatement because of
In light of the New Jersey Appellate Division’s recent decision in County of Passaic v. Horizon Healthcare Services affirming the validity of a commercial arbitration agreement that did not contain a jury waiver, contracting entities including those in the healthcare sector need to approach language differently depending on whether they are dealing with a consumer
The NJ BPU’s new Competitive Solicitation Incentive (CSI) Program, mandated by the New Jersey Solar Act of 2021, is available to qualifying grid supply projects, with or without energy storage, and net-metering installations in excess of 5 MWs. The deadline to submit applications to earn solar renewable energy certificates under the program is March 31
In the wake of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Allstate Insurance Company v. Northfield Medical Center, P.C., management services organizations (MSOs), physicians, private equity funds, and practicing healthcare attorneys should keep the following “do’s and don’ts” in mind when structuring their MSO arrangements to comply with New Jersey corporate practice of medicine
Healthcare employers are among the many members of New Jersey’s business sector who will be impacted by the newly-signed Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights, which requires temporary workers to be paid the same average compensation rates (or cash equivalent) that is paid to permanent employers. This requirement, and other implications of the bill signed into
On February 10, 2023, the United States National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Intelligence Service (NIS), and the ROK Defense Security Agency (DSA) issued a joint Cybersecurity
With New Jersey annually ranked as having one of the highest average effective tax rates in the country, NJ-based healthcare entities are impacted by high property taxes across the state, notwithstanding the tax-exempt status of certain hospitals and satellite emergency care facilities pursuant to New Jersey statute. Please join us on Wednesday, March 1 at