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Date	Title	Organization
4 Nov	OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard: It’s Out!	Foley & Lardner LLP
4 Nov	The Pandemic Continues, but ACA Reporting Relief Does Not	Jackson Lewis P.C.
4 Nov	Federal Contractor Vaccination Deadline Extended to January 4 to Correspond with OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)	Jackson Lewis P.C.
4 Nov	It’s Not Esoteric: Absent Ambiguity, Plain Contractual Language Governs	McDermott Will & Emery
4 Nov	NYSDOL Issues Guidance Regarding Employee Use of Cannabis	Mintz
4 Nov	CMS Issues Emergency Rule Requiring COVID-19 Vaccines for Healthcare Providers by January 4, 2022	Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky
3 Nov	State, Federal, and Private Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Compliance	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
3 Nov	CMS Will Finalize Heightened Penalties, Additional Requirements Under Hospital Price Transparency Rule	McDermott Will & Emery
3 Nov	It’s Open Enrollment – Time to Get Knowledgeable about Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare/Medigap Policies	Norris McLaughlin P.A.
3 Nov	Why Did Seven Senators Oppose the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021?	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
3 Nov	Outside the Beltway of Health Care - Episode 6 [PODCAST]	Polsinelli PC
2 Nov	OCR Issues Clarifying Guidance on HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccinations, and the Workplace	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
2 Nov	Iowa Strengthens Medical and Religious Exemptions From Vaccine Policies, Permits Individuals Discharged for Refusing Vaccines to Qualify for Unemployment Benefits	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
1 Nov	First Details Leaked Regarding OSHA's Vax-Or-Test Rule	McDermott Will & Emery
1 Nov	Designation of COVID-19 Under New York HERO Act Extended Once Again	Proskauer Rose LLP
1 Nov	Unpacking Averages: Analyzing Descriptions from Cardiovascular Device Adverse Events	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
1 Nov	NY Extends to Dec. 15 Designation of COVID-19 as ‘Highly Contagious Communicable Disease,’ Continuing Employer Obligations Under HERO Act	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
31 Oct	Louisiana and Orleans Lift Their Mask Mandates, Except for Students Subject to Opt-Out Procedures	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
30 Oct	Lessons Learned from Medical Criminals	Polsinelli PC
30 Oct	California Court Finds Peer Review Speech, but Not Actions, Are Protected Under State Anti-SLAPP Statutes	Polsinelli PC
29 Oct	FDA Issues Good Machine Learning Practice Guiding Principles	McDermott Will & Emery
29 Oct	Deadline Approaches for New Stark Physician Group Practice Profit Distribution Rules	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
29 Oct	McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 29, 2021	McDermott Will & Emery
29 Oct	Case Summary: Hartsuch v. Ascension Medical Group	Polsinelli PC
29 Oct	Costly Choices: Delayed Reporting of Suspected Impairment and Lack of Hospital Protocols Results in $4.75 Million Jury Verdict	Polsinelli PC
29 Oct	When State Law Permits Discovery of Sensitive Peer Review Information	Polsinelli PC
28 Oct	PE Firm Pays Record Settlement for Allegedly Deficient Health Services: Identifying Traps for the Unwary	Foley & Lardner LLP
28 Oct	The Medical Staff and Provider Standard of Care Concerns Under the FCA: Do I Really Have to Produce That to the Government?	Polsinelli PC
28 Oct	What Health Care Providers Should Expect in an FDA Inspection [PODCAST]	K&L Gates
28 Oct	Immigration and Compliance Briefing: Fall Travel & COVID-19 Policy Update	Wiggin and Dana LLP
28 Oct	Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Best Practices for Preventing Employee Fraud in Health Care Practices [PODCAST]	Roetzel & Andress LPA
28 Oct	Agencies Propose Rules to Implement No Surprises Act Federal IDR Process	K&L Gates
28 Oct	EEOC Updates Religious Accommodation and Vaccine Mandate Guidance	Mintz
27 Oct	Top 5 Takeaways from Winstead’s Physician Roll-up Transactions Event	Winstead
27 Oct	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
27 Oct	Key Legal Considerations Relating to Ketamine Behavioral Health Platforms	Proskauer Rose LLP
27 Oct	Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Planning for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management in Hospitals	Proskauer Rose LLP
27 Oct	The Keeping Workers Safe Act Introduced: Will OSHA Violations Be Widely Disseminated?	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
27 Oct	Senate Confirms President Biden’s Nominee to Head OSHA	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
27 Oct	EEOC Updates Guidance Regarding Religious Accommodations to Workplace Vaccination Requirements	Miller Canfield
27 Oct	The Growing Role of Data Analytics in Healthcare Enforcement	McDermott Will & Emery
27 Oct	First Circuit Upholds Maine Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers	Nelson Mullins
26 Oct	Nota Bene 149: U.S. Q4 Check In: Infrastructure, Primaries and COVID with TwinLogic’s Elizabeth Frazee and Chani Wiggins [PODCAST]	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
26 Oct	FDA Convenes Medical Device Workshop Focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Transparency	Nelson Mullins
26 Oct	Ohio Department of Health Issues New COVID-19 Quarantine Guidance for Schools	Roetzel & Andress LPA
26 Oct	EEOC Updates Guidance on Religious Objections to COVID-19 Vaccine	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
26 Oct	Trailblazing with Digital Health Pioneers: Episode 5: Dr. Karen Murphy, Chief Innovation Officer, Geisinger [VIDEO]	McDermott Will & Emery
26 Oct	FDA Withdraws Temporary Hand Sanitizer Policies	Keller and Heckman LLP
26 Oct	EEOC Issues Additional Guidance on Religious Objections to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates	Proskauer Rose LLP
25 Oct	Senate Judiciary Committee Debates Amendments Designed to Protect the False Claims Act	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto

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