Suing hospitals over lack of translation services or signs is becoming big business for some law firms. The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that enforces these standards just published the following Guidance: May 15, 2020 BULLETIN: Ensuring the Rights of Persons with Limited English Proficiency in Health Care During COVID-19 In light … Read more
On April 30, CMS issued a new FAQ (13 pages) on EMTALA compliance vs. Covid. One FAQ is: Q: As a rural hospital, we have utilized our ER ambulance bay to use as a drive through COVID-19 testing location for patients that have been evaluated via telemedicine through our rural health clinic. Is it permissible … Read more
Are face coverings helpful or just virtue signaling?
This is almost comical — if it weren’t true. Reuters News is reporting that the President of Tanzania, for some reason, was suspicious of Covid-19 tests being imported for use in his country. In a simple test, he secretly submitted samples for testing from a goat and a pawpaw fruit and both came back positive. … Read more
EDITORIAL: The emphasis of this website for almost 25 years has been — and continues to be — law related to healthcare and medicine. While the Covid-19/Wuhan virus pandemic has been a medical crisis, it is rapidly developing into a legal crisis of Constitutional proportions. As the lethal nature of the disease has proven much … Read more
The Epoch Times news has released a disturbing documentary citing publications from the Wuhan virology laboratory that show the lab was actively working on methods to make the bat coronavirus capable of infecting humans. The documentary goes against current tacks in the media discounting a man-made source for the pandemic. While not conclusive, this documentary … Read more
What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws Technical Assistance Questions and Answers – Updated on April 17, 2020 All EEOC materials related to COVID-19 are collected at www.eeoc.gov/coronavirus. The EEOC enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act (which … Read more
Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Interim Guidance To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, CDC advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic and additional precautions are … Read more
Work for America The Framework for Reopening America provides guidance to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to adjust restrictive community mitigation measures in a controlled way that supports the safe reopening of communities when appropriate, supporting Americans reentering civic life. Why Is the Plan Important to the American People The strict community mitigation measures … Read more
While a vast majority of US citizens and businesses are making heroic efforts to help their neighbors and honor the President’s request for social distancing and refraining from unnecessary gatherings of more than 10 people, some petty politicians have decided that the pandemic has presented them the perfect opportunity to become the Little Stalin dictators … Read more