Publications

The U.S. Copyright Office (“Office”) has adopted an amendment to regulation 37 CFR § 201 to modernize their system for registering designated copyright agents for notifications of claimed copyright infringement. As of December 1, 2016, the Office will no longer accept paper registrations, and electronic registrations will last three years. […]

As large hospitals and health systems reach out to critical access hospitals (“CAHs”) offering emergency medicine expertise by telemedicine, the question arises as to how the CAH can use that service while still meeting its legal obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”). The Centers for […]

Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule with comment period regarding changes to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs (Meaningful Use). The changes come as many providers continue to face administrative burdens related to Meaningful Use software implementation and other […]

On November 22, 2016, a federal judge blocked the new federal overtime rule that would have made more workers eligible for overtime pay beginning December 1, 2016. U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III of the Eastern District of Texas (an Obama judicial appointee) entered a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking […]

On November 14, 2016, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service at long last published the revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may continue using the current Form I-9 (revision date of 03/08/2013) through January 21, 2017. However, by January 22, 2017, all employers must use the […]