Publications

On September 30, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the OFCCP’s revised scheduling letter and itemized listing.  As a result, OFCCP is no longer using the previous versions of these documents to schedule compliance evaluations.   The OFCCP states that it will not schedule supply and service […]

Many think that Stark is a law that regulates many aspects of hospital/physician relationships but doesn’t apply to physician group practices. The recent $1.3 million settlement involving Cardiovascular Associates d/b/a New York Heart Center serves as a reminder that the law also applies to Stark designated health services within a […]

On July 21, 2014, President Obama signed an executive order extending workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) Americans in the federal contracting workforce. Executive Order (“EO”) 11246 already protects workers employed by or seeking jobs with federal contractors and subcontractors from discrimination on the basis of race, […]

The OFCCP has been busy. On September 15, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced a proposed rule that would prohibit federal contractors from maintaining pay secrecy policies (similar to the current obligations under the National Labor Relations Act). Under the terms of […]

On September 17, 2014, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published new guidance (the “Guidance”) regarding certain HIPAA provisions in light of the Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor, in which the Court found section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act—which defined marriage and spouse to exclude […]