How the NLRB’s Memo on Non-Compete Clauses May Affect Health Care Providers
By Joseph F. LavignePartner, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Jones Walker LLP
By Thomas P. HubertPartner, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Jones Walker LLP
On May 30, 2023, U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued an agency-wide memo announcing her position that — except in limited circumstances — non-compete provisions in employment contracts and severance agreements violate Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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CMS Updates Hospice Payment Rates for 2024 Fiscal Year
By Stacie Snider,
Senior Manager, Health Care Consulting Practice, Moss Adams
By Steven Hartley,
Manager, Moss Adams
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a final rule updating hospice payment rates for fiscal year (FY) 2024. This rule is effective October 1, 2023.
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The Lost Art of Health Care
By Craig B. GarnerFounder, Garner Health Law Corporation
A long time ago on Planet Earth, health care practitioners drilled holes into the skull to cure illnesses (trepanation). An even longer time ago, the same profession employed leeches or simple cuts to the vein as a means to rid the body of “bad blood” (bloodletting). Not so long ago, mental health practitioners severed connections in the brain’s prefrontal cortex to treat psychiatric disorders (lobotomy). All three examples underscore the ways in which health care employed medical science as much as it relied upon art. While the scientific process was largely responsible for advances in health care over the centuries, artistic moments defined miracles, eventually known as epic innovations.
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Health Plan Financial Reports for California, Ohio and Washington State
By David Peel,
Publisher and Editor
Healthcare News
We recently updated our financial reporting for health plans in California, Ohio and Washington State. Click on the links below to see the numbers.